Conveyed

Examples

• We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In 1854 there were 111 millions of passengers conveyed on railways, each passenger travelling an average of 12 miles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I have spoken of the impression of flabbiness which this man Blessington conveyed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It will end in my being conveyed into the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Briarmains being nearer than the Hollow, Mr. Yorke had conveyed his young comrade there. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These words, which conveyed to Elinor a direct avowal of his love for her sister, affected her very much. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• To England, then, I conveyed her; a fearful voyage I had with such a monster in the vessel. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The hint, though conveyed thus tenderly and modestly (as Caroline thought), was felt keenly and comprehended clearly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs Merdle laughed, and conveyed to Mr Dorrit an idea that the Bosom flushed--which was one of her best effects. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Siemens had in operation a road about one thousand six hundred feet in length, on which it is estimated ninety-five thousand passengers were conveyed in seven weeks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr. Pickwick took up his hat, and repaired to the Peacock, but Mr. Winkle had conveyed the intelligence of the fancy-ball there, before him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The gas is then conveyed along another tube into the purifier, H, filled with lime and water, and it thence passes into the gas-holder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• And how are you to be conveyed back again? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• To confirm this we may observe, that there are three different kinds of impressions conveyed by the senses. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Whatever his jailers considered that he needed was conveyed to his cell by night through a wicket. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This last remark conveyed an aspersion of the most offensive kind on my management. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A worse threat than was conveyed in his manner of uttering the name, could hardly have escaped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He sat entertaining them with his finest compliments, and his choicest conversation; but he conveyed to them, all the time, 'No, no, no, dear ladies. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She congratulated him on the happy news which his sisters had just conveyed to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Temple has turned his thoughts to agriculture, which he pursues ardently, being in possession of a fine farm that his father lately conveyed to him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A fear really felt needs few words for its transmission; a value set upon something may be very simply conveyed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had stayed on, however, vigorously, day after daytill this very morning's post had conveyed the history of Jane Fairfax. Jane Austen. Emma.
• From his mind he conveyed them into his hands, and so conveyed the last of the wine into his stomach. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But on this particular evening Thomasin was at Mistover, and anything might be conveyed to her there without the knowledge of her husband. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This phrase, uttered in my hearing yesterday, would have only conveyed the notion that she was about to be removed to Northumberland, to her own home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• If it be conveyed to us by our senses, I ask, which of them; and after what manner? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• And yet in the absurdities which follow from some uses of the analogy, there seems to be an intimation conveyed that virtue is more than art. Plato. The Republic.
• He was conveyed home, and the anguish that was visible in my countenance betrayed the secret to Elizabeth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

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