Commencing

Examples

• That will be the best way of commencing the enquiry, and will probably lead to the fairest conclusion. Plato. The Republic.
• I hesitated; of the formula of confession I was ignorant: instead of commencing, then, with the prelude usual, I said:--Mon père, je suis Protestante. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This was abusing their power and commencing a tyranny. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His curiosity was therefore satisfied, and putting on his spectacles he prepared himself to watch the play which was just commencing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At that moment I noticed that the black I had dropped with my fist was commencing to show signs of returning consciousness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Was not hair commencing to grow upon his face? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When commencing the game his intention had been nothing further than a bitter practical joke on Mrs. Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Before quitting the country and commencing a campaign, which very possibly may be fatal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The different conduct of these two people is pointed out respectfully to the attention of persons commencing the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The plaza was now commencing to fill with people going and coming upon the daily activities of their duties. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• And these qualities depend on and vary as a greater or less amount of sulphur is used, as described in the patents of Goodyear, commencing with his French patent of 1844. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But things were commencing to happen below him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The smaller fliers were commencing to rise toward us when Xodar shouted: The shaft! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Let's--have--'nother--bottle,' cried Mr. Winkle, commencing in a very loud key, and ending in a very faint one. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Commencing his great work about 1865 with the investigation of the silk worm plague in France, he discovered it to be due to parasites, and checked it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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