Strapped

Examples

• The woman was young, but of a robust and hardy make, as she need have been to bear the weight of the heavy bundle which was strapped to her back. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Their gallantry is great, but they carry troublesome people through the streets in an ignominious manner, strapped down on a board, my good wench. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sphygmograph, a little instrument to be strapped on to the wrist to record the action of the pulse, was first reduced to a practically useful form by Marey in 1860. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It should be thickly padded where the part of her body rests upon it, and should be tightly strapped to the lady across the shoulders and back. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• My revolvers were strapped to my lifeless body which, for some unfathomable reason, I could not bring myself to touch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The remaining portion of the lady is encased in a dark-colored skirt (black velvet is the best), and her feet are firmly strapped to a wood rest at the back of the cabinet, as shown in Fig.?2. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Strapped on either breast were human skulls and depending from these a number of dried human hands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• This corset is strapped upon the body, and attached to it is a rod passing down the right side from beneath the arm, almost to the right knee. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• His hands and feet were securely strapped together, and he bore over one eye the marks of a violent blow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was pinched in, and swelled out, and got up, and strapped down, as much as he could possibly bear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This probably meant a sandal, leather strapped to the foot, though the Jews wore shoes as well, and both shoes and sandals were worn in Greece and Rome. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The baggage was strapped on. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• My carbine was in its boot, strapped to my saddle, and as my horse had wandered off I was left without means of defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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