Rocking

Examples

• She sat down in her little rocking-chair before the fire, swaying thoughtfully to and fro. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The one staid foundation of her home, of her idea of her beloved father, seemed reeling and rocking. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As the arm lifts upward, the pin moves along the under side of the lower arm of the rocking-lever, thus causing it to cant and shift the type-wheels to the right or left, as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then she dropped her chin to his head and then he felt her hands holding his head and rocking it against her. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I'm too tired to go this afternoon, replied Meg, rocking comfortably as she sewed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And he rocked on the water perfectly, like the rocking of phosphorescence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The figure in the chair between them, was all the time monotonously rocking itself to and fro, and moaning. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He looked round in terror at the snow, the rocking, pale, shadowy slopes of the upper world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• As the latter moves up and down the pins play upon the under side of the lower arm of the rocking-lever, thus canting it and pushing the type-wheels to the right or left, as the case may be. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I shall lie abed late, and do nothing, replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Eugene Wrayburn rose, and put his hands in his pockets, and stood with a foot on the fender, indolently rocking his body and looking at the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She sate down in the rocking chair, and held the woman upon her knees, her head lying on Margaret's shoulder. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• No two rocking chairs vibrate in the same way unless they are exactly alike in shape, size, and material. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His will is found,' said Mortimer, catching Mrs Podsnap's rocking-horse's eye. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Bessy was rocking herself on the other side. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Are you going to use him for a rattle-box, or a rocking-horse, or what? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And this young rocking-horse was being trained in her mother's art of prancing in a stately manner without ever getting on. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He rose with a start which left the rocking-chair quivering on its beam ends, and placed himself squarely before her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She herself sat primly and somewhat grimly-tidy in a cushioned rocking-chair, her hands busied with some knitting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The hollow night was rocking and crashing with noise, and from the sluice came sharp, regular flashes of sound. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She pointed to the rocking-chair: I took it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She stood awhile at the bedside, one hand placed in the other, gently rocking herself to and fro, in an attitude and with a movement habitual to her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It aches so, I can hardly stand, and I don't know how I'm ever going to get home, she said, rocking to and fro in pain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Bessy was rocking herself violently backwards and forwards, as was her wont (Margaret knew by this time) when she was agitated. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She was rocking her lights in the early night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Christian alone stood aloof, uneasily rocking himself as he murmured, They ought not to do it--how the vlankers do fly! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The repeated sharp blows of unknown, terrifying noise struck through her till she was rocking with terror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And he sat rocking himself over the fire, as if he was in pain. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• This is accomplished through the movements of a three-arm rocking-lever attached to the wheel-sleeve at the end of the shaft. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• By this he was drawn gradually to the boat, which was rocking violently in the disturbed sea. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Editor: Yvonne