Wheeled
[hwiːld] or [hwild;wild]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wheel
(a.) Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage.
Typed by Aldo
Examples
- Dr. Donaldson wheeled one to him, and placed him in it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He pretended to no gradual change of views; he wheeled about at once. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Horta wheeled to charge his enemy once more; a dozen steps he took, then he staggered and fell upon his side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Gomez wheeled the motorcycle up to one of them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Like lightning he wheeled and before I could so much as lower my hand the point of his long-sword was at my breast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Don't wait here out o' compliment to me,' said Sam, as the groom wheeled in the barrow, and prepared to shut the gate. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The true definition of the bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle, with one wheel in front and the other in the rear, and both in the same vertical plane. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I placed his arm-chair by the chimney-corner: I wheeled the table near it: I let down the curtain, and had the candles brought in ready for lighting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The chief Indian, who acted as interpreter, thereupon wheeled about again towards the gentlefolks. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was the old-fashioned wheeled nondescript belonging to the captain, and Thomasin sat in it alone, driven by Charley. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He did not wait for them to join him, however, instead he wheeled his thoat and came tearing madly in our direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He wheeled round there, and turned towards her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She followed him behind the dell of brambles to his wheeled dwelling into which Venn mounted, placing the three-legged stool just within the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He wheeled round upon his stool, with a steaming test-tube in his hand, and a gleam of amusement in his deep-set eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were generally one-wheeled machines, lacked flexibility of parts and were costly. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The truck is then raised, by hydraulic pressure, to the level of the floor, and is wheeled away and another one is loaded. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Agustín wheeled his horse and brought his right fist down as though he cursed again with the motion of it and rode up the draw. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mrs. Peniston wheeled round suddenly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We had with us one vehicle, a cart, which was probably the first wheeled vehicle that had ever passed through that town. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the end of this testing period, if no defect has developed, the motor is approved, placed upon a special truck and wheeled to the final assembling line. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She now ventured to leave the spot where she had been standing since she had risen, and to pass gently round by the wheeled chair. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The spindles were mounted on a wheeled carriage that traveled back and forth a considerable distance from the drawing rolls, which were mounted in bearings in a stationary frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With frightened shrieks they wheeled once more and plunged on in their efforts to escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The reddleman wheeled and looked her in the face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After moving about three hundred and fifty feet in a straight course it wheeled a quarter-circle to the right, at the same time descending slightly, the en gine slowing down. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Approach the table, said he; and I wheeled it to his couch. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In like manner the Thark wheeled and leaped for the opening being made by the inswinging section. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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