Tripped

Examples

• Then she said to the master of the dog, 'Mr Clennam, sir,' and tripped away. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• With a footstep as soft and gentle as the voice, the speaker tripped away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• After loading the pawls are tripped, and the greater gravity of the counterweight raises the gun to firing position again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Give me your arm, Captain George; and so saying, and with a nod to the General, she tripped into the lobby. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Was he now to be pestered and tripped up upon this or that item? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I tripped at the edge and went in with a splash. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We oughtenter overlook nobody, Andy, cause the smartest on us gets tripped up sometimes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Eva tripped away after him, and Miss Ophelia and Marie remained at the table alone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Her pretty hair was hanging all about her, and she had tripped down softly, brush in hand, and barefoot, to say good-night to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Adolph tripped gracefully forward, and Tom, with lumbering tread, went after. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She was in high spirits and good humour, and tripped across the market-place very briskly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And she left her bouquet and shawl by Amelia's side, and tripped off with George to dance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As Mr. Pickwick greeted them, Mr. Peter Magnus tripped into the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Two more shots came from the thick brush and Aymo, as he was crossing the tracks, lurched, tripped and fell face down. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Meg was asked at once, and the tight slippers tripped about so briskly that none would have guessed the pain their wearer suffered smilingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mary, after a little more whispering, tripped forth from the group and said-- 'I am going to dine with you to-day, sir, if you have no objection. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Even now, while St. Clare stood there thinking, little Rosa tripped softly into the chamber with a basket of white flowers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She tripped off to meet her uncle, while Sir James and Mr. Cadwallader came forward to make one group with the ladies. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Lavinia tripped up the steps to the house-door, tripped down the steps with the key, tripped across the little garden, and opened the gate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She turned twice to gaze after him as she tripped fairy-like down the field; he, as he strode firmly across, never turned at all. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typist: Yvette