Returning

Examples

• As he was returning the box to his waistcoat pocket, a loud bell rang for the servants' dinner; he knew what it was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had met her before breakfast as he was returning from a walk with his little boys, when it had been just beginning to rain. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Emma turned round to look at her in consternation, and hastily said, Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley's returning your affection? Jane Austen. Emma.
• He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• On returning from Mrs. Vesey's, I instructed Marian to write (observing the same caution which I practised myself) to Mrs. Michelson. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Bingley said something of his never returning to Netherfield again, of giving up the house, but not with any certainty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He was not satisfied with returning to his former position without seeing for himself whether anything could be accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• So I dined upon cod very heartily, and have since continued to eat as other people; returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• On returning to the dining-room she found it all dark, Miss Keeldar having extinguished the candle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If her face was turned homeward, he had merely strolled down to see the river, and was just returning, unless they were tired of his frequent calls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• For an hour or more he was at work, returning at last with his feet heavy with snow and his features as inscrutable as ever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Never would he see one of his own kind again, nor could he bear the thought of returning to the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The rest of the party were now returning, and all were soon collected. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mr. and Mrs. Casaubon, returning from their wedding journey, arrived at Lowick Manor in the middle of January. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her colour and her plump cheeks were returning, she remarked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• By a few goings and returnings the whole field is reaped. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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