Heard

Examples

• He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He had heard her voice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I had heard that very voice ere this, and compulsory observation had forced on me a theory as to what it boded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Not personally, but I have heard of her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She usually followed him; but he heard her passing down the passage to her bedroom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• This is the arm of which so much was heard during the recent war with Spain, and against which our soldiers had to contend. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• However probable it was to him, she had heard of no such thing. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I've heard him say he's a capital one,' replied Mr. Pickwick, 'but I never saw him aim at anything. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Although I had heard it with my own ears I could not believe it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There was a brief interval, they heard a door close, then Maxim said, in his refined voice: 'That's all right. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then you _haven't_ heard! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I asked George Lamb if he had heard Mr. Livius's new piece. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At that point I slackened my pace and proceeded cautiously, but I saw no one, and heard no voices. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Robert Jordan heard the stream, far down in the rocks, and he saw a faint, thin smoke that rose from the sentry box. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I believed all I heard. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I have heard reputable physicians condemn a certain method of psychotherapy because it was immoral. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was only when I had joined him there that I heard what had alarmed his quicker senses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I heard it, as I have in my time heard other curious things in the same place. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he got into bed, 'I have made one of the most extraordinary mistakes to-night, that ever were heard of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Charlotte (the name of my false young friend) had gone down before me, and I heard this aunt speaking to her about me as I entered. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Every one heard, of course, that there had been some disagreement--some misunderstanding---- Did she hear that Bertha turned me off the yacht? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I hope he heard only our references to a new Jeddak, I said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It is our natural progress, I have heard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This is an extraordinary story,' observed Lightwood, who had heard it out with serious attention. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He has over and over again solemnly declared that, until this scandal assailed him, he had never even heard of the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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