Screened

Examples

• The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Therefore, I followed him without a word, to a retired nook of the garden, formed by the junction of two walls and screened by some rubbish. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The main entrance to the church was on the side next to the burial-ground, and the door was screened by a porch walled in on either side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On one hand, it has screened and protected traditional studies and methods of teaching from intelligent criticism and needed revisions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The ladies had passed near it in their way along the valley, but it was screened from their view at home by the projection of a hill. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Under all conditions the light is properly screened and diffused to suit the critical eye of the camera man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Wildeve screened himself under a bush and waited. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The road was screened because it was in sight of the Austrians across the river. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He wanted no shelter; he desired no subdued sounds or screened position. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I followed, taking care to stand on one side, so that, screened by the curtain, I could see without being seen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Sitting forwards, however, and screened by her bonnet, those smiles were unseen. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• In the excitement of our colloquy, we had walked on a few steps, beyond the clump of dwarf trees which had hitherto screened us from view. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Then beyond where the road was not protected by the hills it was screened by matting on the sides and over the top. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Here, screened by the outwork, she waited. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The two sacks were at the head of Pilar's bed which was screened off with a hanging blanket from the rest of the cave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It was only necessary to deliver the material at the top of the chambers, and during its natural descent it was screened or dried as the case might be. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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