Pavement

Examples

• The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The grey pavement had been cleaned and scraped, but was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer passengers than usual. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He now stepped up to where Mr. Lorry and Mr. Darnay stood upon the pavement. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I find on this pavement that wanderer-wooing summer night of which I mused; I see its moon over me; I feel its dew in the air. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But when I sat in the carriage just now and saw you coming along the pavement, I reproached myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He landed me on the pavement. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When I called on you in the counting-house, when I walked with you on the pavement, did you think I loved you then? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Caliphronas, with a sudden outburst of rage, tore the flower from his breast, flung it on the pavement, and walked out of the court without a word. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The dull, rumbling sound of wheels was heard on the pavement in the yard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The broad pavement in front shone pale also; it gleamed as if some spell had transformed the dark granite to glistering Parian. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We rushed along the pavement, bare-headed as we were, and at the far corner we found a policeman standing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I mean that of washing the pavement before the doors every Saturday evening. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• No need to listen for doors opening--to fancy steps on the pavement or the gravel-walk! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The burden fell into a strain or tune as he stumped along the pavements. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Far below me lay the brilliantly lighted streets, the hard pavements, and death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Neat, smooth, hard, beautiful pavements are now taking the place everywhere of the unsatisfactory gravel, wood, and brick pavements of former days. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And yet he did care something for the streets that environed that house, and for the senseless stones that made their pavements. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Municipal improvements were undertaken in Panama and Colon and the various settlements in the Canal Zone, such as the construction of reservoirs, pavements and a system of modern roads. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• More clattering upon the pavements. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The air was full of the sound of criers and of people talking, thick streams of people moved on the pavements towards the solid crowd of the market. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A group of loafers upon the pavements, all staring up at a particular window, directed me to the house which I had come to see. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The pavements, the roads, and the bridges are all government work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Often householders must relay their pavements and walks because of the damage done by freezing water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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