Released
[rɪ'lis]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Release
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- With a man on each side holding these ropes, the mule was released from his other bindings and allowed to rise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She had not released his hand, and, still holding it, looked at him with a kind of appeal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The noise was released, the little locomotive with her clanking steel connecting-rod emerged on the highroad, clanking sharply. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A word more, and the attention of the reader (concentrated breathlessly on myself) shall be released. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Stranger still, he whirled the girdle twice around his head, then released one end so that the leather strip flew out and the stone shot straight at a bird in the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The miserable man whom he had released for the time, but not for long, went on towards London. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Here Tarzan released them, and, pointing toward the little building, vanished into the jungle beside them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Neither of them for a single moment released the other's eyes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When the patient has been released in this doubtful manner, and is taken to Mr. Fairlie, does he recognise her? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was released at last, not by my own efforts, but by Sir Percival's interposition. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When the key is released the battery is again connected to earth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Silas, released, put his hand to his throat, cleared it, and looked as if he had a rather large fishbone in that region. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She released the book when he had not properly got it, and it tumbled against the side of the boat and bounced into the water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He placed the end of a straight stick against the thong, drew it strongly back and released it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They felt that this change of period released them from the obligation of re-volunteering. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Quickly I released her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- On the next day Laura knew that his death had released her, and that the error and the calamity of her life lay buried in his tomb. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She released her strong will from its laborious task. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The locks are so finely adjusted that the doors are released by the action of a certain combination of thought waves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Whither will that spirit--now struggling to quit its material tenement--flit when at length released? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The natural industry and ingenuity of her vast population will be released to co-operate upon terms of equality with the Western world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation, and was then released from my prison. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The disasters of Russia in Manchuria in 1905 released the spirit of German imperialism to bolder aggressions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On entering the city the troops were fired upon by the released convicts, and possibly by deserters and hostile citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As he said this, he released me from his clutch, and only looked at me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But when he was about to graduate, he wrote to his father, a well-known clergyman of Charlestown, Massachusetts, I am now released from college, and am attending to painting. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As the hammers move back the mainspring is compressed, and when the dog B is removed from the notch by pulling on the trigger, the hammers are released and the gun fired. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He had been married now a year; and Mrs. Sparsit had never released him from her determined pity a moment. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Several of the pirates already had released Xodar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Pearl