Gathered

Examples

• I think that we have gathered all that we can. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Repentance, replied the man, whose sinister brow gathered clouds as he spoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As its eyes met Clayton's it stopped, and deliberately, cautiously gathered its hind quarters behind it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Here there were no white men, no soldiers, nor any rubber or ivory to be gathered for cruel and thankless taskmasters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I could not lay a finger anywhere but I was pricked; and now I seem to have gathered up a stray lamb in my arms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Then, feebly leaning on her arms for an instant to steady herself, Margaret gathered herself up, and rose. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He got all those pebbles on the sea shore, abreast the ship, but professes to have gathered them from one of our party. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But the power of expression failed her suddenly; she felt a tremor in her throat, and two tears gathered and fell slowly from her eyes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It will have been gathered that the funds for this great experiment were furnished largely by Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was as the day went on that the clouds gathered, and the brightness of the morning became obscured. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As they came up, he made out that they were gathered around a something that was carried on men's shoulders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Great and wonderful had been the hopes that had gathered to Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Indians of the United States are now largely gathered into reservations and their former dress, arms and habits are being gradually changed for those of the whites. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The mines, for him, were primarily great fields to produce bread and plenty for all the hundreds of human beings gathered about them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After the juice has been gathered in this way, the native builds a fire; over it he places a cover shaped like a large bottle with the bottom knocked out of it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Moore, she said, as she gathered up her silks, have you heard from your brother lately? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A crowd of little children were gathered round a bright fire, clinging to their mother's gown, and gambolling around her chair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They gathered around him like the sheep around the watch-dog, when they hear the baying of the wolf. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Eh, they are gathered,' said the count. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He has already turned his state-room into a museum of worthless trumpery, which he has gathered up in his travels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had gathered and he had given flowers; he had offered a sentimental, a poetic tribute at the shrine of Love or Mammon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Shirley, Shirley, I should have liked to speak one word to him before he went, she murmured, while the tears gathered glittering in her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They did not sit down to be besieged while the mutineers organized and gathered prestige; that would have lost them India for ever. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Edited by Claudette