Coughed

Examples

• The waiter coughed, as if he modestly invited me to get over that. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Dodson coughed and looked at Fogg, who said 'Perfectly,' also. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was no sound within: so she coughed and listened again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He coughed and spat and listened to the heavy machine gun hammer again below the bend. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Perker coughed violently, and asked Mr. Pickwick whether he wouldn't like to look at the morning paper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Here the speaker, putting her hand before her mouth, coughed again, and looked affectionately at the elder Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• His voice deserted him; he coughed and spluttered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The bell rung, the steamer whizzed, the engine groaned and coughed, and away swept the boat down the river. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Tom coughed again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Have you coughed much to-day? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He coughed again, wrackingly, and spat on the ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• My mother has coughed, got up, set her feet on the floor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Bumble coughed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Here, Mr. Brownlow coughed impatiently; which appeared to afford Mr. Grimwig the most exquisite delight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr Lightwood coughed, not convinced. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• D'Arnot coughed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mr. Pickwick coughed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Very,' was the reply of his followers, as they coughed slightly, and looked dubiously at each other. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Bumble coughed again, and slightly smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Hem,' coughed Mr. Smangle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She coughed, made a bustle, spoke louder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I thought you were going to leave me out altogether,' said Mr. Omer, laughing till he coughed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Again Mr. Bumble coughed--louder this time than he had coughed yet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Jane glanced at him and coughed nervously. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Thus engaged, with her right elbow supported by her left hand, Madame Defarge said nothing when her lord came in, but coughed just one grain of cough. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr. Weller coughed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Old Fogg looked first at the money, and then at him, and then he coughed in his rum way, so that I knew something was coming. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Ben Allen coughed hopelessly, and directed a searching look between the two top bars of the stove. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Lowten looked at Mr. Pickwick, and coughed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He coughed; she looked up and smiled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Editor: Omar