Lasted

Examples

• His Art and its Defects Lasted until Nineteenth Century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Yes, I have lasted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• One of these happened in 1883 and lasted three hours. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It lasted now over a year, and, while it did not keep me in the house, it did interfere greatly with the amount of work I was able to perform. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This process of puddling lasted for about an hour and a half and entailed extremely severe labour on the workman. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Edward's embarrassment lasted some time, and it ended in an absence of mind still more settled. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• During the three short years our intercourse lasted, our passion continued undiminished--increase it could not. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Whether it lasted for a year, or more, or less, I do not know. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She was in better spirits, and Miss Halcombe hoped she might be induced to take a little walking exercise while the afternoon sun lasted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But even this encouragement failed, for he would go; and Lucy, who would have outstaid him, had his visit lasted two hours, soon afterwards went away. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But Steyne had more bottom than he and had lasted him out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then a battle began that lasted for two days and two nights, the object of which was to get a carbonized thread that would not break. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The fight lasted full twenty minutes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It only lasted a quarter of an hour this time, and it left me strength enough to go on with my work. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The divine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This was very proper; the sigh which accompanied it was really estimable; but it should have lasted longer. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But it has lasted a long time, and it is possible--you know well, my wife, it is possible--that it may not come, during our lives. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It had lasted some minutes before the young lady broke in upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Her uncertainty lasted but a moment; she hurried back, and tapped at his door, and softly called to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With such foundations as these, it is little wonder that Baalbec has lasted so long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Each lasted perhaps for four or five more thousand years, more than double the time from the Christian Era to our own day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In preparing a shoe for the machine, an inner sole is placed on the last, the upper is then lasted and its edges secured to the inner sole. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He was wounded soon after coming up but did not relinquish the command of his corps, although the fighting lasted until one o'clock the next morning. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I thought you a broken toy that had lasted its time; a worthless spangle that was tarnished, and thrown away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But these fits of hers never lasted for long. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The contest lasted for two hours. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was hungry, but before I had swallowed a morsel, he began a running sum that lasted all through the breakfast. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• To the left, in Baird's front where Bragg's troops had massed against Sherman, the resistance was more stubborn and the contest lasted longer. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I never saw anyone enjoy a pudding so much, I think; and he laughed, when it was all gone, as if his enjoyment of it lasted still. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

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