Starting
['stɑrtɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; 'the starting point'; 'hands in the starting position' .
(adj.) (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; 'with eyes starting from their sockets' .
Checker: Neil--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Start
(-) a. & n. from Start, v.
Checked by Cordelia
Examples
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sam put a few necessaries in a carpet-bag, and was ready for starting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Only by starting with crude material and subjecting it to purposeful handling will he gain the intelligence embodied in finished material. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the incident is an admirable starting-point for an investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I know because I've felt it starting to go three times now and I've held it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I wish they would come right now because the leg is starting to hurt now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My eyes were bloodshot, starting from my head; every artery beat, methought, audibly, every muscle throbbed, each single nerve felt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But worth notice at starting, because we may find occasion to refer to this modest little Indian organisation as we go on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the method was a good starting-point, even if it did not indicate the real path. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The time of starting was not definitely arranged, but it was thought all would be ready by the 6th of December, if not before. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I succeeded to his connection, and had every reason to feel grateful for the prospect that awaited me at my starting in life. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To that had life progressed 3000 or 4000 years ago from its starting-place in the slime of the tidal beaches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Go on, sir, go on, the old gentleman said, his eyes starting out of his head. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wright’s mechanic, got out the machine and it was placed on the starting-rail. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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