Extinguished

Examples

• The gas first evaporating is nitrogen, and a lighted match applied to the surface of the liquid is quickly extinguished, since nitrogen does not support combustion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On returning to the dining-room she found it all dark, Miss Keeldar having extinguished the candle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The gaping wound of my wrongs, too, was now quite healed; and the flame of resentment extinguished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The lamps and candles were all extinguished, when Elliston threw himself along the benches in the pit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Just at my bedside, the figure stopped: the fiery eyes glared upon me--she thrust up her candle close to my face, and extinguished it under my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The air of the room is almost bad enough to have extinguished it if he had not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But let us suppose that one lamp on the positive side is extinguished. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The ringing of the curfew originated in England by William the Conqueror, who directed that at the ringing of the bell at eight o’clock all fires and lights should be extinguished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He threw away the extinguished candle, which, all this time he had held above his head, and fairly bolted into the sedan-chair where Mrs. Dowler was. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I observed this also, and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Being allowed to purchase the means of writing, and a light, he sat down to write until such time as the prison lamps should be extinguished. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This Pepin it was who finally extinguished the descendants of Clovis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The candles had long since been extinguished, and the sunlight of the new morning poured into the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The caged eagle, whose gold-ringed eyes cruelty has extinguished, might look as looked that sightless Samson. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But I was no sooner in the passage than I extinguished my candle; for I saw Miss Havisham going along it in a ghostly manner, making a low cry. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• About nine o'clock the light among the trees was extinguished, and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I had just extinguished my candle and lain down, when a deep, low, mighty tone swung through the night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The Fair of Liberty and from this day, when these are extinguished, the town and the land are ours. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• D'Arnot extinguished the lamp, and lay down upon the cot. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Remorse extinguished every hope. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Another half-hour and all doors would be locked--all lights extinguished. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• To get rid of her, I undressed quickly, extinguished my light, and went to bed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The dynasty founded by Timur in Persia was extinguished by another Turkoman horde fifty years later. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Of course, the moment the doors were opened, the wind had drafted down, and extinguished the light. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The lamps were small and finely made, they could be lighted or extinguished by simply pressing a button, and the cost of making them was slight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He, Doctor Slammer, of the 97th, to be extinguished in a moment, by a man whom nobody had ever seen before, and whom nobody knew even now! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• All those lights were extinguished before I could sound the words. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I spoke from the pit of my stomach for the rest of the journey, but I felt completely extinguished, and dreadfully young. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• From a number of experiments it was found that when a grenade, or a bottle containing a strong brine, was broken in the midst of the burning kerosene the flames were almost instantly extinguished. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

Inputed by Franklin