Massed

Examples

• 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.
• Perched on its eternal hills, white and domed and solid, massed together and hooped with high gray walls, the venerable city gleamed in the sun. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Blue-white stones of exceptionally fine color are often massed full of shaggy or jet-black carbon spots. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He caused his companions to drill for a massed charge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They started from Liverpool, and the people massed along the line cheered and cheered again as they saw the eight trains speed along at the rate of twenty-four miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Lee massed heavily from his left flank on the broken point of his line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The reserves of the 9th corps should be massed as much as possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was much poverty, much discontent, but it was not massed poverty, it was not a necessary popular discontent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• None of these massed infantry formations was flexible enough to stand a flank or rear attack. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hurlbut was in rear of Prentiss, massed, and in reserve at the time of the onset. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They were thickly massed together, and none were scattered above or below the veins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For some years he has practically withdrawn from the business, in which he is said to have massed considerable wealth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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