Steaming

Examples

• The cab and the landau with their steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Separate the paper print from the background or card by steaming it, after which dry thoroughly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The cattle came upon me with like suddenness, staring out of their eyes, and steaming out of their nostrils, Halloa, young thief! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The next morning, when Archer got out of the Fall River train, he emerged upon a steaming midsummer Boston. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He wheeled round upon his stool, with a steaming test-tube in his hand, and a gleam of amusement in his deep-set eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bob's reappearance with a steaming jug broke off the conversation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On a steaming, misty afternoon, Mr. Lorry sat at his desk, and Charles Darnay stood leaning on it, talking with him in a low voice. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was raining and I could smell the wet street and the horse steaming in the rain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The boulders below them that had been wet as the snow melted were steaming faintly now in the hot sun. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Let us only note that they all agree that life began where the tides of those swift days spread and receded over the steaming beaches of mud and sand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Great Changes Produced by Steaming and Bending Wood. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The jackal removed the towels from his head, which had been steaming again, shook himself, yawned, shivered, and complied. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr. Micawber immediately descended to the bar, where he appeared to be quite at home; and in due time returned with a steaming jug. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They labour on, from day to day, in the great solitude of steaming fields--never speaking or lifting up their poor, bent, downcast heads. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Typist: Melba