Outstretched

Examples

• He made some motion with his mouth, and seemed to think he had spoken; but he had only pointed to her with his outstretched hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then it laughed, turning, with strong hands outstretched, at last to take the apple of his desire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He sat on the ground by the gypsy and the afternoon sunlight came down through the tree tops and was warm on his outstretched legs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I was his landlord, grimly answers Krook, taking the candle from the surgeon's outstretched hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I fell, but not on to the ground: an outstretched arm caught me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He took her outstretched hand, and retained it in his. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The man had lowered his rifle and now advanced with outstretched hand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As countryman was wont to meet countryman in distant lands, did we greet our visitors on their landing, with outstretched hands and gladsome welcome. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then I ducked beneath his outstretched arms, at the same time sidestepping to the right. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There it is with its head on his shoulder, billing and cooing close up to his heart, with soft outstretched fluttering wings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She took a little step toward me, her beautiful hands outstretched in a strange, groping gesture. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He could hardly stand still so great was his mental agitation, and he ran towards Holmes with two eager hands outstretched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Greatly to my surprise, Rachel rose when I entered the room, and came forward to meet me with outstretched hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I had no pretence for my hesitation; and on his repeating his farewell, I clasped his outstretched hand; it was cold and clammy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Holmes disregarded the outstretched hand and looked at him with a face of granite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Permit me,' Mrs Wilfer interposed, with outstretched glove. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Oh, sir, you are the very man whom I have longed to meet, cried the little fellow with outstretched hands and quivering fingers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I ducked beneath his outstretched arms, and as he lunged past me planted a terrific right on the side of his jaw. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He was leaning far back in the red leather chair, his legs outstretched, a long, black cigar projecting at an angle from his mouth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• With a little run from the centre of the cell he sprang up until I grasped his outstretched hand, and thus I pulled him to the wall's top beside me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Our feet creaked and crackled over the bare planking, and my outstretched hand touched a wall from which the paper was hanging in ribbons. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• To his surprise and delight, this beautiful woman, with a smile on her exquisite face, came forward to meet him half-way with outstretched hands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He had found his way to the bed, and his outstretched hand touched her warm breast blindly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Now Birkin started violently at seeing this genial look flash on to Gerald's face, at seeing Gerald approaching with hand outstretched. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There's a deed of violence indicated in that fellow's round shoulders and outstretched neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, I am Maurice Roylands, he replied, taking both her outstretched hands within his own; and you are Helena. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Editor: Rebekah