Heads

Examples

• The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The English crown has been gradually built up from the plain circlet with four trefoil heads worn by William the Conqueror. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the other hand, you can't admit but what it's natural in us to be anxious with such a thing hanging over our heads. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The donkeys fell down and spilt us over their heads occasionally, but there was nothing for it but to mount and hurry on again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the red-heads as well as for their maintenance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They both lost their heads with astonishment on being set loose at that time of night, and jumped upon me like a couple of puppies! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The rope sped with singing whir high above the heads of the blacks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A lovely evening, but late for you to be out alone, he said, as he crushed the snowy heads of the closed flowers with his foot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The diseases of a State are like the heads of a hydra; they multiply when they are cut off. Plato. The Republic.
• They all reverently bowed their heads and hearts. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• That is the subject _we_ think of, and it gives us, from morning to night, enough to think about, without embarrassing our heads concerning others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Wherein the wanderers were right, and the heads of the same were level. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Yet, the spectacle of only one little mourner hobbling after, caused many people to turn their heads with a look of interest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up, and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Meg's wedding has turned all our heads, and we talk of nothing but lovers and such absurdities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We must eat and drink, and dress, and have a roof over our heads. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Observe their three heads: much alike at a first glance; at a second, different; at a third, contrasted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now, Samivel, my boy, turn the horses' heads to the George and Wulter! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads and pay our debts, if we do nothing more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I expect little aid from their hand, said Front-de-Boeuf, unless we were to hurl them from the battlements on the heads of the villains. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I wish the servants' heads wos,' growled the long man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They made no noise of any kind, and most of them tilted their heads back and closed their eyes, entranced with a sort of devotional ecstacy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A solitary sea-gull winged its flight over our heads, to seek its nest in a cleft of the precipice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There are also abundant arrow heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On their backs were oval shields, in their noses huge rings, while from the kinky wool of their heads protruded tufts of gay feathers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They passed very quietly along the yard; for no one was there, though many heads were stealthily peeping from the windows. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The subjects were terrified from uttering their griefs while they saw the thunder of the Star Chamber pointed at their heads. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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