Bearers

Examples

• But he became less confident, on looking, and directed the bearers to 'bring him to the nearest doctor's shop. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The stretcher-bearers saluted and said thank you. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Stretcher-bearers came in all the time, put their stretchers down, unloaded them and went away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Not to mention bearers, all the money that could be spared were wanted for my mother. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The two stretcher-bearers stood beside the bed holding their caps. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Mr. Bucket immediately got rid of the bearers, mysteriously shut the door, and bolted it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Get out of here, the major said to the two stretcher-bearers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Although in one instance the bearers of not good tidings, Mr. and Mrs. Weston's visit this morning was in another respect particularly opportune. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The gradations from leaf-climbers to tendril bearers are wonderfully close, and certain plants may be differently placed in either class. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It had no dukes, princes, counts, nor any sort of title-bearers claiming to ascendancy or respect as a right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The two stretcher-bearers picked up the man under the arms and by the legs and brought him in. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Whether ye lurk in honey-throated flowers industrious, or speed lightly through the measureless sky, do I summon ye hither, O sting-bearers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Then the stretcher-bearers took the man off the table. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Thus directed, the bearers trotted on under their light burden; and the two mourners kept as near them, as they could. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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