Planted

Examples

• That depends,' said Mrs. Bardell, approaching the duster very near to Mr. Pickwick's elbow which was planted on the table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He planted his two paws on the edge of the table and bent his gracious young head to drink. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Anyhow, and every how,' said Wegg, 'he has been planted here, and he is here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The following April he went back to Georgia, where he found unusually large crops of cotton had been planted, in expectation of using the gin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wild yeast settles on the skin of grapes and apples, but since it does not have access to the fruit juices within, it remains inactive very much as a seed does before it is planted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She was a manufacturer--she made fine linen and sold it; she was an agriculturist--she bought estates and planted vineyards. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They had come out into the great tree-planted space before the Invalides. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Yes, I have got it now, he answered with his thick red finger planted halfway down the column. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Seeds which remain on our shelves do not germinate, but those which are planted in the soil do; so it is with the yeast plants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The first black foot that is planted upon this platform sends my dagger into Issus' heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The land was divided by long rows of trees, not regularly planted, but naturally growing; there was great plenty of grass, and several fields of oats. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• With a bound the black leaped entirely over the rushing beast and turning with incredible swiftness planted a second arrow in Horta's back. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mahmoud's whole family were comfortably planted around him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They are, for the most part, young, and planted far too thickly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Pickwick planted himself into his own corner, as firmly as he could; and on whirled the chaise faster than ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A bare lopsided weatherbeaten pole was planted in the ashes there, and had been there many a year. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The forest ended abruptly and beyond lay two hundred yards of planted fields between the jungle and the village. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He could have settled her with a well-planted blow; but he would not strike: he would only wrestle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He has exhausted his resources and is bound henceforward to the tree he has planted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Roman colonies were planted in the valley of the Po, and the great northward artery, the Via Flaminia, was begun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Usually less seed should be planted per acre under dry-farming conditions than is used in humid sections. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The little child who was to have done so much was born before the turf was planted on its father's grave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I performed all the labor of breaking up the ground while the other officers planted the potatoes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You know when we came here we found fields of potatoes the Austrians had planted. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The way to the shore descended from the bank on which the house was perched to a walk above the water planted with weeping willows. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Lily, to whom the name conveyed nothing, opened the door upon a woman in a battered bonnet, who stood firmly planted under the hall-light. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Christianity was twice planted in the British Isles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The less precipitation, the smaller should be the amount of seed planted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• 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.

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