Paced

Examples

• She went into her mother's bed-room, just behind the drawing-room, and paced it up and down, while awaiting the doctor's coming out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She noiselessly paced to and fro the carpeted floor, her head drooped, her hands folded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They both rose, and slowly paced a green natural terrace bordering the chasm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I paced the streets by night and day, but until two hours ago, all my efforts were fruitless, and I never saw you for an instant. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• While I paced softly on, the last sound I expected to hear in so still a region, a laugh, struck my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Along in the late nineties a keen interest in bicycle racing led to the introduction of what is known as the motor-paced tandem. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They passed out, closing the front door after them, and side by side paced the frost-white pavement to and fro. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My friend rose now and paced up and down the room, his hands in his pockets, and an expression of the most profound gravity upon his face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then here are the father's feet as he paced up and down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He paced a beat that passed around the prison, at a distance of about a hundred feet from the building. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then I carefully paced off five to the east and two to the south. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• When I paced one corridor and found it six feet shorter than the corresponding one below, it was pretty clear where he was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At last, with slow and heavy steps, I had paced out of the hall, and sprung upon my horse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He paced up and down, setting his teeth a little now and then. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The two girls paced the green lane in silence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We have just heard a full account of him from his birth; and he has been a thorough-paced little villain, all his life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Caroline, going a little apart, paced to and fro beneath the rectory garden wall, dreaming too in her way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At last, as midnight approached and the street gradually cleared, he paced up and down the room in uncontrollable agitation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He rose from his chair and paced about the room in uncontrollable excitement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• By 1898 the popularity of the motor-paced racing bicycle became so great that attention was soon directed toward their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The third fellow paced up and down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She paced the room, trembling and indignant. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Meanwhile the sun, disencumbered from his strange satellites, paced with its accustomed majesty towards its western home. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I paced up and down the room, humming a tune under my breath to keep up my spirits and feeling that I was thoroughly earning my fifty-guinea fee. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• As I paced the alleys or sat in the berceau, a girl never came to my right hand but a teacher, as if by magic, appeared at my left. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Certainly not, said Eustacia authoritatively, as she paced smartly up and down from door to gate to warm herself. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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