Moving

Examples

• It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They watched the plane moving high and silvery and steady in the sunlight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The moving of passengers and freight seems to be directly related to the progress of civilization, and the factor whose influence has been most felt in this field is the steam locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They are drunk, he said, moving his hand toward the two soldiers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The sleeper moving an arm, he sat down again in his chair, and feigned to watch the storm from the window. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• 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.
• They came down the last two hundred yards, moving carefully from tree to tree in the shadows and now, through the last pines of the steep hillside, the bridge was only fifty yards away. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Early the next morning the apes were astir, moving through the jungle in search of food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A few days of rest were necessary to recuperate the animals and also to have them shod and put in condition for moving. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The column moving detached from the army still in the trenches was, excluding the cavalry, very small. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The sun was low, and tall trees sent their shadows across the grassy walks where Mary was moving without bonnet or parasol. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The bosom moving in Society with the jewels displayed upon it, attracted general admiration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• As we looked, we saw a dark blur moving across the blind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The Moving Platform. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Crispin listened to this speech without moving a muscle, but a strange look came into his eyes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At all events, soon after light on the 1st of June Anderson, who commanded the corps on Lee's left, was seen moving along Warren's front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The moving spirit in this conspiracy of governments against peoples was the Austrian statesman, Metternich. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He seemed a mere automaton, galvanized into moving and speaking by the wayward Eustacia's will. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It occurred to us, after a while, that if we wanted to get home before daylight betrayed us, we had better be moving. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I saw then that there was scarcely a chance of this ever becoming a practicable route for moving troops through an enemy's country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And now I've told it I must be moving homeward myself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• During this travel the various cores are set, and the molds closed, moving to the point where the men with large ladles pour the mold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Lieutenant D'Arnot was in the lead and moving at a quick pace, for the trail was comparatively open. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In a few minutes he returned and reported that Lee was moving, and that the road we were on would bring us into his lines in a short distance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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