Rented

Examples

• About three years afterward, it occurred to me that I had not heard at all from the man who had rented this machinery, so I thought I would go over to Newark and see how things were going. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A large shop was rented in Newark, equipped with $25,000 worth of machinery, and Edison was given full charge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was not rented from the church, nor from the nobles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She would officially succeed to the chamber she had rented so long. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The man from whom Bell rented his workshop was Charles Williams, himself a manufacturer of electrical supplies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I had rented a small shop in Newark, on the top floor of a padlock factory, by the month. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A municipal lodging house for women is something of a substitute for the wretched rented room. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Soon after starting the large shop (10 and 12 Ward Street, Newark), I rented shop-room to the inventor of a new rifle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• About the same time he married, and rented a house outside the university grounds. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The utmost I hope is, to save money enough out of my earnings to set up a school some day in a little house rented by myself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I rented this to a man who had formerly been my bookkeeper, and who thought he could make money out of manufacturing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He rented a room at 109 Court Street, Boston, for a workshop, and took a bedroom in the neighborhood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He rented power from a Jew who owned the building. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He rented a room in the top floor of an office building, bought a cot and an oil-stove, a foot lathe, and some tools. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With quiet self-possession he seized his opportunity, began to buy machinery, rented a shop and got work for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Edited by Francine