Flashed

Examples

• The vault above became obscured, lightning flashed from the heavy masses, followed instantaneously by crashing thunder; then the big rain fell. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• By the living Lord it flashed upon me, as I sat opposite to her at the table and saw her with a knife in her hand, that she had done it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They flashed, open, large, dark, haughty, upon me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It flashed upon Miss Pross's mind that the doors were all standing open, and would suggest the flight. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A sudden recollection had flashed on her this moment--she had not money enough for undertaking a long journey. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Well, you have something to gain as well as I, flashed out Crispin fiercely; so if I am beaten, you will not be in a much better condition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mrs. Fisher flashed a sharp glance at her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When that moment had flashed away, he saw that the man striding on before him was the man who had been so much in his mind during the last few days. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• One turret was now in bright flames, which flashed out furiously from window and shot-hole. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Recently, 1500 words were flashed from New York to Boston over a single wire in one second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Once as he passed close to a troop truck and the lights flashed he saw their faces fixed and sad in the sudden light. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Presently I saw his blue lips again, breathing on the tinder, and then a flare of light flashed up, and showed me Orlick. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I cannot say with truth that the terrible inference which those words suggested flashed upon me like a new revelation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Handsome some he was not, being small and dark, but he was as lithe as a serpent, and his dark eyes flashed with the fierce fire of genius. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She dropped the useless letter, and her eyes flashed as they met mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Waiting until she was quiet again,--for this, too, flashed out of her in a wild and sudden way,--I went on. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I saw the stars in the box on his sleeve as they flashed a light on him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Shirley flashed him back full payment for his spying gaze. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I think it must have flashed upon him while he sat there, father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The Electric Light is the brightest meteor that has flashed across the horizon of promise during the present century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The hitherto inert and passive mill woke; fire flashed from its empty window-frames; a volley of musketry pealed sharp through the Hollow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Information is flashed to meet or overtake the vessel and caught up by her aerial, as she pursues her way at twenty-five or thirty miles an hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His large blue eyes flashed, and he gestured with an unconscious eagerness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr Wegg was faltering and in danger of breaking down, when a bright thought flashed upon him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But swift as lightning she had flashed out of the door, and they heard her running upstairs. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When the strange idea flashed across her that his words had reference to himself, she was incredulous, and ashamed of entertaining it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• For this purpose the lens is movably mounted for a semi-circular swing, and the image is flashed across a curved film in the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With his first calm words a vivid colour flashed into her cheeks, which never left them again during the evening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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