Suspended

Examples

• My impression is that the shock inflicted on me completely suspended my thinking and feeling power. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If a close coil of wire is suspended between the poles of a strong horseshoe magnet, it will not assume any characteristic position but will remain wherever placed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Whatever he might have heard against meought he not to have suspended his belief? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It was proposed also to have submarine guns suspended from each bow. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If a delicately made magnet is suspended as in Figure 223, and is allowed to swing freely, it will always assume a definite north and south position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Another night was coming on, for another night he was to be suspended in chain of physical life, over the bottomless pit of nothingness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Down to that moment, I had vainly supposed that my creditor had withdrawn, or suspended proceedings until I should be quite recovered. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They were of different forms, but that most commonly in use consisted of an upright post and a transverse movable beam on which the seat was fitted or from which it was suspended by a chain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He was suspended on the edge of a void, writhing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Gerald stood a second suspended. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This class of bridges is usually constructed with chains or cables passing over towers, with the roadway suspended beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He would be night-free, like an Egyptian, steadfast in perfectly suspended equilibrium, pure mystic nodality of physical being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This rock, large as it is, is suspended in the air. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She was suspended upon the surface of the insidious reality until such time as she also should disappear beneath it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her active living was suspended, but underneath, in the darkness, something was coming to pass. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The copper mould or medal, _c_, is suspended in the solution by a wire, which is held tight by the binding-screw, _d_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Different accidents may sometimes keep them suspended a good deal above it, and sometimes force them down even somewhat below it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Suspended above, but in contact with the surface of the blank, is a recording needle or stylus, attached to a diaphragm which, in turn, is connected to an amplifying horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But they are not abolished; they are not suspended; they are not suppressed--save with reference to the task in question. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Gudrun stood aloof looking at them with large dark eyes of resentment, suspended for a few moments. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Hence, materials suspended in the water are borne along and deposited at various places (Fig. 34). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The roadway hangs from these cables, suspended by 624 vertical rods. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In filtration, the water is forced through porcelain or other porous substances which allow the passage of water, but which hold back the minute foreign particles suspended in the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I resumed the daily work, which had been suspended during my absence in Hampshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• An ideal suspended in a vacuum is ineffective: it must point a dynamic current. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A treaty of peace suspended the fears of the Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She was suspended for a moment, then a vivid flush went over her, she was as if blinded for a moment with a flame of pleasure. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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