Hid

Examples

• We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The father looked at him: the daughter kept her face hid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She hid her face on his shoulder, hiding before him, because he could see her so completely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Their veils were down, and hid their faces from me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He threw himself forward, and hid his face once more in his stretched-out arms, resting upon the table as heretofore. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• If it would only be the end of us, why, then-- Emmeline turned away, and hid her face in her hands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• For a while, I hid myself among some lanes and by-paths, and then struck off to walk all the way to London. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Be his friend still and mine--and here her voice broke, and she hid her face on his shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We flew up, and hid behind the curtains, but sly peeps showed us Fred and the students singing away down below. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As the door closed, little Em'ly looked at us three in a hurried manner and then hid her face in her hands, and fell to sobbing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And the Brahmins knelt and hid their faces in their robes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He lay, dressed, on the bed--with a white pillow over his face, which completely hid it from view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She hid herself once more in the ladies' waiting-room, and fancied every noise was Leonards' step--every loud and boisterous voice was his. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• When the Virgin fled from Herod's wrath, she hid in a grotto in Bethlehem, and the same is there to this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It smote upon his heart to feel that she hid her thin, worn shoe. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The middle ages carefully repressed the minds of men, and hid away in dark recesses the instruments of learning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I was scarcely hid, when a young girl came running towards the spot where I was concealed, laughing as if she ran from some one in sport. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Your theory is that Franklin Blake hid the Moonstone in his room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The following morning the rain poured down in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Thou must be as well hid as we were at the top. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I hid my face with the book, for it was covered with tears. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I don't hold with Mr. Jennings that you hid the Moonstone, said Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Whose letters were those, god-daughter, that you hid away so speedily? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Amy, who was fond of delicate fare, took a heaping spoonful, choked, hid her face in her napkin, and left the table precipitately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If so, the authors of the _Iliad_ hid the motives of their characters very skilfully. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I showed you the letter to my wife that Anne Catherick hid in the sand, Sir Percival continued. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He put his arms round her, and she hid her face on his shoulder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A veil was attached to it now which hid her face from me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Editor: Priscilla