Echoed
[ekəud]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Echo
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Archer burst into a laugh, and May echoed it, crimson to the eyes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Das war ausgezeichnet, das war famos--' 'Wirklich famos,' echoed his exhausted daughters, faintly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His steps echoed through the low building with a hollow sound, and he almost feared to be alone, it was so still and quiet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The paternal laugh was echoed by Joseph, who thought the joke capital. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A great deal, echoed Caliphronas, with an evil smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He echoed her words slowly, as though they were only half-intelligible and he wanted time to repeat the question to himself. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He heard the firing and as he walked he felt it in the pit of his stomach as though it echoed on his own diaphragm. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Oh, Rebecca, how can you-- echoed my Lord. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sincere admiration, echoed the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Methought I heard a noise, a step in the far chapel, which was re-echoed by its vaulted roof, and borne to me through the hollow passages. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then, because she was never to be more than ten years old, however long she lived--' 'However long she lived,' echoed Maggy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A call for the boat to be lowered was echoed from the deck. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The sound of his voice echoed uncannily through the homelike hush, and he repeated: There is something I've got to tell you . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It rung on my ears long and heavily; the mountains re-echoed it, and I felt as if all hell surrounded me with mockery and laughter. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Kindnesses all my life, echoed Rawdon, scratching down the words, and quite amazed at his own facility of composition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The parson's tones echoed sadly through the empty walls. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Night after night, as it has fallen dark, the sound has echoed through your rooms, but last night it was awfullest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Winkle,' echoed Mr. Pott; and the ceremony of introduction was complete. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They were acceptable to me, because they echoed my own mind, and confirmed my own knowledge. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A dog Jew, echoed the Templar, to approach a defender of the Holy Sepulchre? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The labourers in the village and the boys from the school, assembled on the lawn, caught up the cheering and echoed it back on us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Amen, replied the Preceptors around him, and the word was deeply echoed by the whole assembly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was a man singing, and his clear high tones echoed in the dark vault overhead, coming nearer and nearer as the vocalist slowly descended the steps. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The nearest voices took up the cry, and hundreds echoed it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yes, that is final, I involuntarily echoed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Again the mysterious voice replied in the affirmative, and again the servant echoed it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Margaret's heart echoed the dreariness of the tone in which this question was put. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We all echoed, A very fine head! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Two friends of the young man, whom we had attracted to the doorway and who stood there with their hands in their pockets, echoed the laugh noisily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Winfred