Moved

Examples

• His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And that it should have been his wife moved him indescribably. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Burnside had moved promptly on the 4th, on receiving word that the Army of the Potomac had safely crossed the Rapidan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In 1635 he moved to what is now Windsor, Connecticut, and was the surveyor for that colony for more than forty years. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Clayton could not but notice it, and he wondered, vaguely, why she was so deeply moved--so anxious to know the whereabouts of this strange creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Slowly, at last, he moved his eyes from my face, as if he were waking from a vision, and cast them round the room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Kala did not wait to see more, but, turning, moved rapidly back along the trail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• There, Mrs Clennam dropped upon the stones; and she never from that hour moved so much as a finger again, or had the power to speak one word. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The doctor set down sixty-four, and thenceforth the echo moved too fast for him, also. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I moved the table, like a Medium of the present day, by the vigor of my unseen hold upon it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He looked again, and he was sure it moved. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• There was a slight attack on Burnside's and Wright's corps as they moved out of their lines; but it was easily repulsed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I learned later, when I had moved further south, that Belmont had caused more mourning than almost any other battle up to that time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I moved aside and took a general view of the can-can. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He moved about a great deal, his life seemed uncertain, without any definite rhythm, any organic meaning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He sunk into a chair, and moved but once all that night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We left her, on a low chair, at one side of the instrument, so absorbed over her reading that she did not seem to notice when we moved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He had a strange pleasure in making her wait; but at last he moved towards the stairs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The height to which the water can be forced in the pipe depends upon the size and construction of the pump and upon the force with which the plunger can be moved. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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