Reported

Examples

• My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• In about an hour they returned and reported deep water through the passage as well as far into the little basin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Arriving at Columbus on the 16th I reported by telegraph: Your dispatch from Cairo of the 3d directing me to report from Cairo was received at 11. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Schofield's loss, as officially reported, was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded, and 1,104 captured and missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Mr. Lennox wondered how his brother, the Captain, could have reported her as having lost all her good looks. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Such was the conversation, inside the study, as reported to me by Mr. Jeffco. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The country back of Vicksburg was filled with deserters from Pemberton's army and, it was reported, many from Johnston's also. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Papin’s boat was said to have been used on the Fulda at Cassel, and was reported to have been destroyed by bargemen, who feared that it would deprive them of a livelihood. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In a few minutes he returned and reported that Lee was moving, and that the road we were on would bring us into his lines in a short distance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Their escort strolled back again, and reported. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That Department, through Sir William Henry Preece, Engineer-in-Chief of Telegraphs, took up the subject, and reported very favorably on the Marconi System. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I occupied a position from which I believed I could see as well as he what took place in his front, and I did not see the success he reported. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In 1486 a Portuguese, Diaz, reported that he had rounded the south of Africa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On the 30th of September I reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, with the 4th United States infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Some of the latter had already been to see me, and reported strange things of my beauty, behaviour, and good sense. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Mr and Mrs Boffin were reported sitting in this room, when Bella got back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Consul at Sheffield, England, reported that a new steel had been introduced there for use in making table cutlery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Committee accordingly reported as follows:-- Sufficient evidence has been adduced to convince your Committee-- 1st. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In execution of this plan, Hood, with this army, was soon reported to the south-west of Atlanta. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He obeyed the order, but bade his command adieu when he got them to Jackson, and went to St. Louis and reported himself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Somewhat allied to this curious faculty is another no less remarkable, and that is, the ability to point out instantly an error in a mass of reported experimental results. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I reported the result to Mr. Franklin, who, thereupon, left the library, and went up to bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When the morning came, the smallest of the boats was missing--and the three Hindoos were next reported to be missing, too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The matron at the Reformatory had reported her to my lady as a sincerely penitent and thoroughly trustworthy girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I went back, full of encouragement, and reported to the guide, and asked him to discharge this dismantled fortress. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The commissary general of prisoners reported having issued rations to 14,623 Fort Donelson prisoners at Cairo, as they passed that point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• His command was subdivided into four departments, but the commanders all reported to Sherman and were subject to his orders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It seemed to be one of those senseless acts of Hooliganism which occur from time to time, and it was reported to the constable on the beat as such. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Scientists and the press reported his invention everywhere. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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