Intently

Examples

• She looked at me more intently as she took it, and seemed to take note, with her momentary touch, of every vein in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At the sound of my voice he awoke as if out of a dream; for he had been thinking, and very intently thinking, his own thoughts, after his own manner. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Holmes was silent and motionless; but I could tell that he was keenly alert, and that his eyes were fixed intently upon the stream of passers-by. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They listened intently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The lioness was intently watching Tarzan, evidently expecting him to return to shore, but this the boy had no intention of doing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The old man looked up, regarding the strong, handsome face of William Cecil Clayton intently. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She looked at me intently for several minutes before she replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Phaidor stood looking at me intently for a moment. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The woman did not answer; she sat with her black eyes intently fixed on the floor. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She gazed intently on her face. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On looking intently forward, Oliver saw that the water was just below them, and that they were coming to the foot of a bridge. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• After a long look at it he put the vial down on the table, and resting his head in his hands, stared intently at it, as if he expected the vial to make some answer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The ape-man, hiding safe behind a screen of foliage, sat watching this new specimen of his own race intently. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• For a moment he stood without, listening intently. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Sir Leicester puts her letter in his hands and looks intently in his face while he reads it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The man had now regained full possession of his faculties, and was regarding us intently from where he lay bound upon the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Mr. Bulstrode, bending and looking intently, found the form which Lydgate had given to his agreement not quite suited to his comprehension. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But this did not suit Mr. Featherstone, who was eying him intently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Intently over her shoulder, without slackening speed, she looked ahead for the driving face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He felt that his wife was watching him intently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I listened intently for a moment, and heard a low, thick, sobbing breath that seemed to come from the ground under the seat which I was occupying. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was cold still weather; and not a hair of her head, nor a fold of her dress, was stirred, as she looked intently at me, holding up her child. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They listened intently: a profound silence reigned throughout the house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Having gazed cautiously round him, and listened intently, he gently undid the fastenings of the door, and looked abroad. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The constable stared intently. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The widower was seated at a small round table in the little room behind the bar, smoking a pipe, with his eyes intently fixed upon the fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Snagsby descends and finds the two 'prentices intently contemplating a police constable, who holds a ragged boy by the arm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Lily rested one arm on the edge of the table, and sat looking at him more intently than she had ever looked before. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Sir Leicester seems to wake, though his eyes have been wide open, and he looks intently at Mr. Bucket as Mr. Bucket refers to his watch. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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