Travels

Examples

• The hoof is split and although it might not get worse soon if shod properly, she could break down if she travels over much hard ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Miss Fanshawe's travels, gaieties, and flirtations agreed with her mightily; she had become quite plump, her cheeks looked as round as apples. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The speed with which sounds travels through the air, or its velocity, was first measured by noting the interval (54. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Of course you have heard of it, for no kind of news travels so fast--among one's friends especially. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• While the disturbance which travels out from a sounding body is commonly called a wave, it is by no means like the type of wave best known to us, namely, the water wave. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These travels of Marco Polo were only the beginning of a very considerable intercourse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In his travels, and in his accompanying readings, he had come to the conclusion that the essential secret of life was harmony. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He has already turned his state-room into a museum of worthless trumpery, which he has gathered up in his travels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We read in Hue's Travels how perplexing he and his fellow missionary found this possession of a common tradition of worship. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She made me some general questions about my country and my travels, which I answered as distinctly, and in as few words as I could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I must have a full suit of mourning, Fagin, and a hatband, to wisit him in, afore he sets out upon his travels. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He had seen something in his travels of rivalry for the means of subsistence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I dread the beginning of her new life more than words can tell, but I see some hope for her if she travels--none if she remains at home. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I shall always delight to meet an ass after my own heart when I shall have finished my travels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word _book_ acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Upon the whole, I never beheld, in all my travels, so disagreeable an animal, or one against which I naturally conceived so strong an antipathy. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• We remained over a day, hoping that Augur might recover sufficiently to resume his travels. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Our young people, it is said, generally return home much improved by their travels. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sound travels very quickly through the air, traversing ten hundred and ninety feet in a second, but it reaches forty-seven hundred feet away under water in the same time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• While the crane proper is moving through the crane-way, this car travels across the crane, and at the same time raises or lowers whatever may be suspended from it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The copper freed from the copper sulphate solution travels to the copper electrode, and is deposited on it in a clean, bright layer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Evil report, with time and chance to help it, travels patiently, and travels far. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Nay, there is doubtless much truth in those extravagant travels of Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville, and such-like wanderers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• As it travels down this track, the casting is given an opportunity to set, or cool. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Speech travels between the separate parts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• My travels were long, and the sufferings I endured intense. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Sound travels about 1,125 feet in a second; consequently, an observer standing at half that distance from the reflecting object would hear the echo a second later than the sound. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These simple observations lead us to think that light travels in a straight line. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I love dearly to hear people describe their travels. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• By hearing him often I came to distinguish easily between sermons newly composed and those which he had often preached in the course of his travels. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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