Streets

Examples

• The streets are wisely made narrow and the houses heavy and thick and stony, in order that the people may be cool in this roasting climate. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• How can you wait in this dress in the middle of the streets? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I'll teach her, with all her airs, that she's no better than the raggedest black wench that walks the streets! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And he never did well in the streets, he never did well out of sight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But the wheels had hard tires, the roads and many of the streets were not smooth, the vehicle got the name of the bone-breaker and its use ceased. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I can't send a bellman about, to cry aloud and proclaim in the streets what you are pleased to call my heroism. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• These streets! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Gutters and pipes had burst, drains had overflowed, and streets were under water. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It was as late as seven o'clock when he awoke refreshed, and went out into the streets again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The streets were thronged with working people. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And yet, I was perverse enough to feel a chill and disappointment in receiving no welcome, and rattling, alone and silent, through the misty streets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• First he had the entrances to the streets blocked off with carts as though to organize the plaze for a _capea_. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Is there any noise in the streets now? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I was a thief, because my mother went on the streets when I was quite a little girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Nothing to breathe but streets, streets, streets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The streets are generally about wide enough for one wagon, and how they do swarm with people! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For the streets were so full of dense brown smoke that scarcely anything was to be seen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We drove a long way through the streets, until we came to one of the large hospitals. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Where we drove I neither knew then nor have ever known since, but we appeared to seek out the narrowest and worst streets in London. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The streets were narrow, and had probably been paved before Cortez visited the country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The streets generally are four or five to eight feet wide and as crooked as a corkscrew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I know that I lounged about the streets, insufficiently and unsatisfactorily fed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Is there any noise in the streets? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Far below me lay the brilliantly lighted streets, the hard pavements, and death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• On Christmas eve of 1801, Trevithick made the initial trip with the first successful steam road locomotive through the streets of Camborne in Cornwall, carrying passengers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

Edited by Angelina