Opens
['əupənz]
Examples
- And that opens a pretty picture of things, I hope? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But no one knows so well as the Secretary, who opens and reads the letters, what a set is made at the man marked by a stroke of notoriety. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr Wegg opens the gate, descries a sort of brown paper truncheon under Mr Venus's arm, and remarks, in a dry tone: 'Oh! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Being built on the hillside, its basement opens into the rear yard. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The little panelled room that opens from the drawing-room? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There has been no inventor who has covered such a field, and each step he takes opens new and fascinating vistas to his ever-inquiring eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A fine rose, not deep but delicate, opens on her cheek. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Bucket softly opens the door of communication between that room and the next and looks in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Under these conditions the current of the main line is not sent through the sounder, but through the relay which opens and closes a local battery in connection with the strong sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is rather for the manufactured than for the rude produce of Europe, that the colony trade opens a new market. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper,' said Mr. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Nineteenth Century Opens with Bramah's Pumps. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If he opens up his house again before the end of cold weather, the Indians say it is a sure sign that warmer days are near at hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This line ran generally along the crest of high ground, but in one place crossed a ravine which opens into the river between the village and the fort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After a suspense of a minute or two the door slowly opens and a Frenchwoman enters. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Glaucon is more demonstrative, and generally opens the game. Plato. The Republic.
- The last act opens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Like most of James's psychology, it opens up investigation instead of concluding it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You cannot mistake it, Sir; it's the only one that opens into the garden. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The valve opens outward from the body, and hence will allow of the exit of air but not of the entrance of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Her gentle tapping at the door producing no response, she opens it and peeps in; seeing no one there, takes possession. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There's a greenhouse which opens into the drawing-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mortimer raises his drooping eyelids, and slightly opens his mouth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When the air has become foul, the diver opens a valve in his suit and allows it to pass into the water, at the same time admitting a fresh supply from the tank. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mrs Veneering faintly remarks, as dinner opens, that many such days would be too much for her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This door opens straight into the study. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Frost opens chestnut burrs, ma'am, and it takes a good shake to bring them down. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She opens the letter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This window on the left is the one which opens into Oldacre's room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He knocks, receives no answer, opens it, and accidentally extinguishes his candle in doing so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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