Worked

Examples

• The Unquenchables had done their best to be worthy of the name, for like elves they had worked by night and conjured up a comical surprise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He took the clip out of the submachine gun and worked the lock back and forth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In the hydraulic form of elevator, a motor worked by water is employed to lift the car, although steam power is also employed to raise the water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• That catastrophe and other events may have worked upon Mr. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When the cranes or other apparatus to be worked thereby are in operation, water is passed from the cylinder through a small pipe which actuates the crane through hydraulic pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Her features worked,--I am sorry; I am sorry! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A siren worked by explosion of small quantities of oxygen and hydrogen mixed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then it was that I worked out my first invention, and necessity was certainly the mother of it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He worked, and worked, and worked, in silence, and words fell on him as they would have fallen on an echoless wall, or on the air. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Other men had worked over steamboats, but he reached the goal. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I worked on this cable more than two weeks, and the best I could do was two words per minute, which was only one-seventh of what the guaranteed speed of the cable should be when laid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And a steady lad he was, and a kind master he had to lend him a hand, and well he worked his own way forward to be rich and thriving. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The trembling hand may have said, with some expression, 'Think of me, think how I have worked, think of my many cares! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Some worked as well, but none any better, than common salt in extinguishing fire. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In the hand addressograph, which sells for as low as $27, he has worked out three practical models having an average speed of from 750 to 1,500 names and addresses an hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I must kiss the hand,' said she, 'that has worked in this fine factory for a dozen year! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• After he had worked for three years at Willington he was induced to take the position of brakesman of the engine at the West Moor Colliery at Killingworth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As if her eyes and her chin worked together on the same wires. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Moreove r, they worked simple equations involving one unknown, and had a hieroglyph for a million (the drawing of a man overcome with wonder), and another for ten million. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• You've worked all day--' Birkin stopped short. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Its pioneer form may be traced back to the Middle Ages, when heavy weights were lifted by aid of an apparatus worked by hand power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We worked up past them. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He knew that he ought to have systematically worked it out and supervised it, and that he had meant to do it, and that it had never been done. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Having worked at Jarndyce and Jarndyce like a galley slave, I have slaked my thirst for the law and satisfied myself that I shouldn't like it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They had worked with their gliders several years, and had made new calculations of the changing angles and currents of air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He worked incessantly until 12 or 1 o'clock at night. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She paid scot and she paid lot when she had money to pay; she worked when she could, and she starved when she must. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• All that he said was: I never felt better in my life than during the five years I worked here. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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