Tapped

Examples

• Entering the open passage, she tapped at the door of the private parlour, unfastened it, and looked in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The person, after waiting a minute, came in and tapped at the door of the room. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I tapped at the door as agreed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He tapped on the map now with the pencil. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I tapped at the door, and a little shrill voice inside said, We are locked in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The other smiled (an ugly smile), and tapped one tap upon his nose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Fanny here tapped at the door, and said that supper was ready. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Anselmo shook his head and tapped the breast pocket of his smock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Her uncertainty lasted but a moment; she hurried back, and tapped at his door, and softly called to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I suppose it is the fashion to sing comic songs in a rhythmic way, leaving you to fancy the tune--very much as if it were tapped on a drum? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He nodded, and tapped the breast-pocket of his coat. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He held it up and tapped on it with his long, thin fore-finger, as a professor might who was lecturing on a bone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Felix replied in a cheerful accent, and the old man was recommencing his music, when some one tapped at the door. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He tapped one of his money-laden boots upon the floor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Just in time, for she tapped at it while my hand was yet upon the key. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He tapped at the cottage door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then he turned to me, tapped his forehead three times, shook his head solemnly, and hurried away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He tapped his skull beside his eye with one finger. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The melted purified iron falling to the bottom was drawn off through a hole tapped in the furnace, and the molten metal ran into channels in a bed of sand called the Sow and pigs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Having with difficulty restrained an explosion of merriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tapped and was graciously received. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He paused at the next door in the passage, and tapped gently thereat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Au revoir, she said, kissing her hand to Mr. Joseph, and tapped gently at the door of his sister's apartment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When Sissy and Louisa tapped at his door, he said, without opening it, 'Not now, my dears; in the evening. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I ascended it now, in lighter boots than of yore, and tapped in my old way at the door of Miss Havisham's room. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then I saw Pablo unsling his shotgun and he reached over and tapped the priest on the shoulder with it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I was dressed to leave the house, and was crossing the stage on my way out, when he tapped me on the shoulder. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Birkin tapped and entered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There was a gallery, and there was a passage; at the end of that passage Martin paused before a door and tapped. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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