Hinges

Examples

• The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate--a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This time his skill was greater or his tool was better, for there was a sudden snap and the creak of the hinges. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He pushed against the garden-gate; it was unlocked, and swung open on its hinges. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The crown of Charlemagne, which is preserved in the imperial treasury of Vienna, is composed of eight plates of gold, four large and four small, connected by hinges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He is one of the hinges of history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On this day, then, he went directly to the door and spent hours examining it and fussing with the hinges, the knob and the latch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Tarzan lifted the latch and pushed the great door in upon its wooden hinges. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Suddenly the door was thrown open with great violence, dislodging it from one of the hinges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The stumping approach of Wegg was soon heard behind it, and as it turned upon its hinges he became visible with his hand on the lock. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After some delay and demur, the door grudgingly turned on its hinges a very little way, and allowed Mr. Jerry Cruncher to squeeze himself into court. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The massy portals of the churches swung creaking on their hinges; and some few lay dead on the pavement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Well, the whole thing hinges upon two points. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But undo the door to him before he beat it from its hinges. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I heard the side-door open, and steps come across the courtyard; but I pretended not to hear, even when the gate swung on its rusty hinges. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• After some delay, and some assistance from Toby, the shutter to which he had referred, swung open on its hinges. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The door was hung (like all the other doors in the house) on large old-fashioned hinges. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It opened softly on its hinges as Fagin gave a low whistle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The thatch had fallen in, the walls were unplastered, and the door was off its hinges. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• There is a press in the room, but its hinges have not creaked, nor has a step been audible upon the floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We have shaken it already, the hinges must give if the lock won't. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It swings on hinges which suspend it from the cross bar, running from each of the kick-backs across the pit end at the top. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Typist: Ronald