Rushed

Examples

• Tears rushed into my eyes; surely this was a wanton display of the power of the destroyer. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He rushed across the glade, Holmes and I at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He, for his part, rushed off to the school with the utmost happiness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A number of horses pasturing in the field rushed away at his approach, nor, though he called them loudly, did they pause in their wild career. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He scrambled to his feet and rushed toward her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Flinging the old man from him, he rushed from the room, and darted, wildly and furiously, up the stairs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The time may come-- The colour rushed into her cheeks as she spoke. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Grant Munro rushed into the lighted room at the top, and we entered at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Edison rushed forthwith to the main office. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The three rushed me with the evident purpose of forcing me back the few steps that would carry my body over the rail into the void below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then I rushed up the stairs, only to find two other rooms empty and deserted at the top. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A slave rushed into the dining hall to cry that a great concourse of people was swarming through the palace gates. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They slept in adjoining rooms, and Mrs. King had rushed in to Saunders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The swinging sentinel was posted, and the sea rushed on. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A thousand objections rushed into my mind. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Cedric, who had been struck mute by the sudden appearance of his banished son, now rushed forward, as if to separate him from Rowena. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• As the brutes, growling and foaming, rushed upon the almost defenseless women I turned my head that I might not see the horrid sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Dodo looked up in amazement into the sweet young face; the blood rushed to his cheeks, and the tears to his eyes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I rushed madly from the room on to the landing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The blood rushed to Dorothea's face and neck painfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One would be shouted down every time, and rushed into his way without any choice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Now we both rushed along the corridor and down the steep steps which led to Charles Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• One of them fired a shot, the other dropped, and the murderer rushed across the garden and over the hedge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• When she saw me she rushed toward the bars that separated us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A maid rushed across and threw open the window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The colour rushed over her face and neck, and she tossed her head in silence with an air of ineffable contempt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We rushed along the pavement, bare-headed as we were, and at the far corner we found a policeman standing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Typed by Cyril