Concluded

Examples

• As our visitor concluded, Holmes sprang up without a word, handed me my hat, picked his own from the table, and followed Dr. Trevelyan to the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As I had had some previous experience with the statements of mining men, I concluded I would just send down a small plant and prospect the field before putting up a large one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He always concluded by addressing Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• While there was hope, the agony had been unendurable;--all was now concluded; her feelings became solemn and calm. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• About half the party were anxious to try the ascent again, and concluded to do so. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• With this exception, their good-humour was completely restored; and the evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When it was concluded, she sank into her former attitude, but spoke not a word. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Under all these circumstances I concluded that drill and discipline were worth more to our men than fortifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had hardly concluded, when Little Dorrit looked in to see how they all were. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A truce was concluded between the Greeks and Turks. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When the practice was concluded, Caddy's husband made himself ready to go out of town to a school, and Caddy ran away to get ready to go out with me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is upon this principle that the treaty of commerce between England and Portugal, concluded in 1703 by Mr Methuen, has been so much commended. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I had some trouble at first to find a name for him, but I finally concluded to call him Baalbec, because he is such a magnificent ruin. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Fairway had meanwhile concluded a critical gaze at Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Peace being concluded, and the association business therefore at an end, I turned my thoughts again to the affair of establishing an academy. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You will be happier, she concluded, alone--with my respect and friendship, than with me and my contempt. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He had concluded to review his army before starting on the march and gave orders accordingly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Seeing bad signs, one, with fear, imagines an end for himself and one thinks that imagining comes by divination, Robert Jordan concluded. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They gave him a long, loud, ringing cheer, as he concluded: with all his fierceness, he was their favourite professor. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His bath concluded, he proceeds to dress, and maybe puts in his false teeth, or straps on an artificial leg. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Different, indeed, she concluded, is Robert's mental condition to mine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• After Logan started, in thinking over the situation, I became restless, and concluded to go myself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As the little man concluded, he took an emphatic pinch of snuff, as a tribute to the smartness of Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I concluded, therefore to make no more assaults, and a little after twelve directed in the following letter that all offensive action should cease. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After dinner we played at cards; and, when we had concluded one of the most stupid evenings possible, Worcester and I took our leave. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The war between Persia and the Byzantine Empire was only formally concluded about the time of the beginning of Abu Bekr's rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This concluded, he went to his Patent place, I suppose; but at all events went away on his horse, looking very idle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He concluded that the foreign mill-owner was a selfish, an unfeeling, and, he thought, too, a foolish man. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whereupon the Wall Street people thought it was a very lucrative business, so they concluded they would like to have it, and bought us out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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