Resting

Examples

• The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,--a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• With these words, the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Her resting-place was at a certain stile under a certain old thorn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At this point, where my pipe is now resting, a county constable was on duty from twelve to six. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Night was far advanced, when I came to the half-way resting-place, and seated myself beside the fountain. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She was found sitting at the foot of the bed, her head resting on her hand; she looked quite pale, very thoughtful, almost sad. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He threw himself forward, and hid his face once more in his stretched-out arms, resting upon the table as heretofore. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She was laid down quite flat, as if resting languidly after some paroxysm of pain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He laid it between us on the table; and, with his chin resting on one hand, tracked his course upon it with the other. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He drew a chair in front of the door, and sat down on it, with his left arm resting on the table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As I told him yes, he laid it on the table, and resting his head upon his hand, began. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Resting on the cylinder was a palladium-faced pen or spring, which was attached to a mica diaphragm in a resonator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These men had been taught from infancy to revere, almost to worship, the holy places whereon their happy eyes were resting now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Through the window was seen the interior of a cathedral, undergoing partial repair, with the figures of two or three workmen resting from their labour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The inventions and improvements in optical instruments gave rise to great advances in the making of lenses, based on scientific principles, and not resting alone on hard work and experience. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Resting her cheek on her forefinger, she waited to be told _what_ circumstance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Charcoal in the furnace being well ignited, ore and charcoal resting on the tray are alternately raked into the furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She set down her basket, squatted herself down, and resting her elbows on her knees said, O Lord! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And she settled herself, resting against my arm--resting gently, not with honest Mistress Fanshawe's fatiguing and selfish weight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The little creature had been leaning back, attentive, with her elbows resting on the elbows of her chair, and her chin upon her hands. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Long ages ago man had learned to make fire by patiently rubbing two sticks together, or by twirling a round one between his hands with its point resting upon a flat piece of wood. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some hours later, while I was resting in the coffee-room, a letter was placed in my hands by the waiter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As she did so, the woman paused in her work and looked up curiously, resting her clenched red fists on the wet cloth she had just drawn from her pail. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I was resting at my favourite point after a long ramble, and Charley was gathering violets at a little distance from me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I began to lose the identity of the sleeper resting on me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I left him there resting himself a little. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At last he turned, still resting against the chair, and stretching his hand automatically towards his hat, said with a sort of exasperation, Good-by. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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