Withdrawn

Examples

• One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mr and Mrs Boffin, sitting side by side, with Fashion withdrawn to an immeasurable distance, fell to discussing how they could best find their orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Breakfast was over; I had withdrawn to the first classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Part of what had before been employed in other trades, is necessarily withdrawn from them, and turned into some of the new and more profitable ones. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I had hardly walked half-way towards the house when Sir Percival, who had withdrawn in the opposite direction, suddenly stopped and called me back. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As soon as the vehicle and its driver had withdrawn so far as to be beyond all possible reach of her voice, Mrs. Yeobright turned to her niece. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Down to that moment, I had vainly supposed that my creditor had withdrawn, or suspended proceedings until I should be quite recovered. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When the rod was withdrawn, there was your barrel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I am then to consider the commission withdrawn? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Archer understood that he ran the risk of having his mandate withdrawn, and for some obscure reason he disliked the prospect. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It is not pity that you feel; you lament only because the victim of your malignity is withdrawn from your power. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Her brooding look, as of a mind withdrawn yet not averted, seemed to Mr. Rosedale full of a subtle encouragement. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But you have not yet asked for anything; you have prayed a gift to be withdrawn: try again. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Skimpole had previously volunteered to go home with us and had withdrawn to dress himself for the purpose. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Finally Bazaine was withdrawn from Mexico by order of the French Government. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was not till after I had withdrawn to my own chamber for the night, that I steadily reviewed the tale Mr. Rochester had told me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They returned to the men, like two conspirators who have withdrawn to come to an agreement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I would have withdrawn, but the Doctor made a gesture to detain me, and I remained. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The second assault was repulsed, again with severe loss to the enemy, and Barlow was withdrawn without further molestation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Do what you think right for my interests, and consider me as having personally withdrawn from the business until it is all over. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The ladies having withdrawn, and the two cousins being left together, Pitt, the ex-diplomatist, he came very communicative and friendly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• All about her seemed elastic; depression, fear, forlornness, were withdrawn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• When the pointed tube was driven until water was reached the inner tube was withdrawn and a pump mechanism inserted. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• With his hand not yet withdrawn from the breast of his garment, Riah started and paused. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Diggory, having returned to the brink of the pool, observed that the small upper hatches or floats were withdrawn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Cotton and all mixed fabrics were taxed threepence per yard, and the prohibition on printed cotton goods was withdrawn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Georgy's house is not a very lively one since Uncle Jos's annuity has been withdrawn and the little family are almost upon famine diet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He had already withdrawn his eye from the Peri, and was looking at a humble tuft of daisies which grew by the wicket. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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