Surmounted

Examples

• The banner of her family hung there, still surmounted by its regal crown. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And when, looking up, her eyes met his dull despairing glance, her pity for him surmounted her anger and all her other anxieties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Each spire is surmounted by a statue six and a half feet high. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The dark mark of fate and doom was on the threshold--the tall old threshold surmounted by coronets and caned heraldry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In the top was constructed a scientific laboratory surmounted by a lantern containing a powerful electric light. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The trunk is straight and naked, and surmounted by a crown of feather-like leaves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Many difficulties had to be surmounted before the screw was a practicable thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They had to be sea attacks because Islam, so long as it was under Arab rule, never surmounted the barrier of the Taurus Mountains. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thus the dangers which Bois-Guilbert surmounted, in themselves sufficiently great, became portentous in their narrative. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• His sense of right had surmounted and would continue to surmount anything that might be called antipathy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• These were built up to a height of about two and a half feet, and each was surmounted with a single heavy slab of black marble. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The face looking up is a sallow face with weak eyes, surmounted by a tangle of reddish-dusty hair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The latter has four cylinders; two of 6 feet diameter, placed side by side, surmounted by two of much smaller size. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This business-like obstacle surmounted, he then stipulated that before resuming with you I should look over the books and form my own opinion. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This form was elaborated and jeweled, and finally arched in with jeweled bands surmounted by the cross and scepter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Repugnance would have been surmounted by the immense need to win, if chance would be kind enough to let him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Editor: Megan