Intruder

Examples

• The polite pupil was scarcely gone, when, unceremoniously, without tapin burst a second intruder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And she, Ursula, was an intruder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I have been sitting with 'mamma' an hour, said the intruder. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The intruder paused in her unconscious presence, and said, Miss Keeldar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She seemed afraid lest some intruder should take a seat she apparently wished to reserve next her own. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I soon saw that the intruder had left other traces of his presence besides the rumpled papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Leucodore, clione and other borers, parasitic or domiciliary worms work into the shell, and instinctively the protecting nacreous fluid envelops the intruder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Had she seen a domestic or one of her daughters give him a draught of water or smooth his pillow, she would have boxed the intruder's ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Good-morning, Lanner, answered Holmes; you won't think me an intruder, I am sure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• If she could but arouse her, their combined efforts might possibly avail to beat back the fierce and bloodthirsty intruder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Finally, we have the curious fact that the intruder carried away the key with him when he left. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• If a sheep strayed from the rest, he forced it to return to the flock, and sedulously kept off every intruder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You examined the room, I presume, to see if the intruder had left any traces--any cigar-end or dropped glove or hairpin or other trifle? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then officialdom gathered itself together against this astonishing intruder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If a gentleman was the victim of spies, intruders, and informers (but still naming no names), that was his own pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Intruders there were in Harley Street, of whom it was not aware; but Mr and Mrs Merdle it delighted to honour. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was a country leading her own civilized life, magically sealed against intruders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I don't mind acknowledging to you that I've got rather a grudging disposition, and want to keep off all intruders. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Stranger still, when the troops advanced near the city, the walls were vacant, and no cannon was pointed against the intruders. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Here, they came in as intruders on a silence which nothing but human suffering had the privilege to disturb. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Typist: Shirley