Towards

Examples

• He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Well, you know, Standish, every dose you take is an experiment-an experiment, you know, said Mr. Brooke, nodding towards the lawyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It would seem to be always the same question, for, it is always followed by a press of people towards the third cart. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Somewhat to her surprise, Sir Philip followed her advice to the letter, and actually, towards the close of September, arrived at the priory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She reproached herself, coloured, and looked fearfully towards her father and mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow; yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In the distress that she caused me I forgot the years that had passed, and the change they had made in our position towards one another. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Will he turn his head towards this pew? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My existence will be simply unendurable to me, unless I do something towards clearing my character at once. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head,--a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He tore off a strip of the blotting-paper and turned towards us the following hieroglyphic: GRAPHIC Cyril Overton was much excited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Towards the end of Jane's second song, her voice grew thick. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The news of these reverses caused a very great excitement in Germany and Austria, and the Tsar assumed a more arrogant attitude towards his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He is coming here towards us, Shirley! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You had mentioned Geneva as the name of your native town; and towards this place I resolved to proceed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Here, bending towards Mr. Pickwick, he whispered in a deep, hollow voice, 'A Buff ball, Sir, will take place in Birmingham to-morrow evening. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• England's course towards the United States during the rebellion exasperated the people of this country very much against the mother country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Clym brought her face towards his by a gentle pressure of the hand, and kissed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Formerly, they were turned towards the posting-house; now, they are turned towards the prison. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Miss Lucas perceived him from an upper window as he walked towards the house, and instantly set out to meet him accidentally in the lane. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• As he said this, each looked towards their mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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