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Sentences starting with directed

Directed by a genius in the art of war, the regiments were closing about Camp Jackson. [9]

Sentences ending with directed

I often wonder what I might have become if it could have been harnessed, directed! [9]
The woman went out and said as her brother had directed. [5]
The falling masses, or huge fragments breaking off from them, would have swept the house and all around it to destruction but for this deep shelving dell, into which the stream of ruin was happily directed. [6]
Fortunately, a number of scholars have furnished lists of books to which the inquirer may be directed. [6]
We hold that no man can be well who does not agree with our views of the efficacy of calomel, and who does not take the doses of it prescribed in our tables, as there directed. [6]
I am sure my mistake was pardonable, Mr. Carvel," he concluded with a smirk; "this gentleman was plainly of the first quality, as was he to whom I was directed. [9]
You cannot fail in any laudable object unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed. [7]
These glances had hitherto been unobserved by him to whom they were directed. [10]
To this point his scrutiny was first directed. [10]
It was cruel, but a warring force was at work in it which was not blind, but directed. [9]

Short sentences using directed

I directed him. [11]

Sentences containing directed two or more times

The former is directed at the small percentage of ordinary and continuous perpetration of crime, while the latter is directed at sudden and extensive uprisings against the government, which, at most, will succeed or fail in no great length of time. [7]

More example sentences with the word directed in them

Still more difficult would it be to find an instance in history of the aim of an historical personage being so completely accomplished as that to which all Kutuzov's efforts were directed in 1812. [2]
When a man works alone he always has a certain set of reflections which as it seems to him directed his past activity, justify his present activity, and guide him in planning his future actions. [2]
All this he withheld from the older men and merely briefly described the splendid banquet which Caesarion, pallid and listless as ever, had directed, and Antyllus especially had enlivened with the most reckless mirth. [10]
That Napoleon agreed with Mouton, and that the army retreated, does not prove that Napoleon caused it to retreat, but that the forces which influenced the whole army and directed it along the Mozhaysk (that is, the Smolensk) road acted simultaneously on him also. [2]
General Banks at Williamsport, with his old force and his new force at Harper's Ferry, is directed to co-operate. [7]
And, Helen, you will find one small volume in my desk enveloped and directed, you will see to whom;--give this with your own hands; it is a keepsake. [6]
A woman, of whom she enquired, directed her down a wider street that would take her into the Canopic Way. [10]
The great lady, who probably remembered having directed Heinz's attention to Eva at the dance, understood very clearly that they could not fail to attract each other. [10]
But every one who could have directed them on their way had fled before them, so they had kept too far northward and wandered near the fortress of Thabne. [10]
When I saw whither my footsteps were directed I said nothing, nor did Gabord speak at all. [11]
The plot into which he had been led was directed against Barine, whom he had long imagined he loved with all the fervour of his twenty years. [10]
Leicester's undoubted gifts were well and cautiously directed, and his talent of assumed passion--his heart was facile, and his gallantry knew no bounds--was put to dexterous use, convincing for the moment. [11]
Once her Cause were perceived, once her whole energy were directed towards its fulfilment, the prophets would arise, out of the East and out of the West, to stir mankind to higher effort, to denounce fearlessly the shortcomings and evils of the age. [9]
Thus all eyes were directed upward, and Diodoros's with the rest. [10]
Mrs. Deacon Soper was directed, of course, to the ladies' dressing-room, and her husband to the other apartment, where gentlemen were to leave their outside coats and hats. [6]
Boy directed to wait for an answer. [6]
To this the voice of the priests directed him and the cries of the sacred animals were believed to prove a divinity at hand. [10]
I am indeed very grateful to the brave men who have been struggling with the enemy in the field, to their noble commanders who have directed them, and especially to our Maker. [7]
Her walks were usually directed toward the palace, to inquire how the recluse in San Yuste was faring, and whether any rumour mentioned her imperial son. [10]
Natasha kept looking uneasily at everybody with wide-open eyes, as if wishing to intercept every glance directed toward her, and tried to appear the same as usual. [2]
Many glances were undoubtedly directed at her, the daughter of the dead woman in whose memory so many citizens had gathered; many, perhaps, had come solely to see the beautiful Es. [10]
The vast audience under the canopy directed its eyes to a man on the platform, who was violently gesticulating and shouting at the top of his voice. [4]
This was done under military protection, directed by me, in the belief, still sincerely entertained, that with such a nucleus around which to build we could get the State into position again sooner than otherwise. [7]
A bullet or two, a button, a brass plate from a soldier's belt, served well enough for mementos of my visit, with a letter which I picked up, directed to Richmond, Virginia, its seal unbroken. [6]
Our records of travel also explain in detail what this educator meant by the words "unity with life"; for our attention was directed not only to beautiful views or magnificent works of art and architecture, but to noteworthy public institutions or great manufactories. [10]
But a huckster told me I was in Chelsea; and kindly directed me back to Pall Mall. [9]
I directed twice to you in Mr. Orchardson's care. [9]
I was directed to these figures by Prof. Huxley, from whose work, 'Man's Place in Nature,' the idea of giving them was taken. [1]
She looked first to the left, then to the right, then straight before her, apparently without seeing anything, and at last slowly settled down, with her two eyes, blank of any particular meaning, directed upon the Colonel. [6]
Then commending her to the care of Fran Dubois, who was directed to gratify every reasonable wish, he left the room. [10]
I directed her to tell you to use your own pleasure whether to stay or come, and I did not say it is sickly and that you should on no account come. [7]
He directed measures to prevent the use of the post-office for treasonable correspondence. [7]
She recalled--with indignation, to be sure--the conversation she had overheard in the dining room of the Duncan house, but her indignation was particularly directed, on that occasion, towards Mr. Tooting. [9]
I am directed to add that the Secretary of War and the General-in-chief fully concur with the President in these directions. [7]
He directed him to account for it in his books as conscience-money, and he enjoyed the joke more than Conrad seemed to do when he was told where it came from. [8]
She too, belonged to a family of scholars and had a brother who had won high repute as a philosopher, and had directed the studies of the young Octavianus. [10]
He understands that there is something stronger and more important than his own will--the inevitable course of events, and he can see them and grasp their significance, and seeing that significance can refrain from meddling and renounce his personal wish directed to something else. [2]
All the morning the tubes remained directed toward the mountain heights, each with its anxious group around it; but the white deserts were vacant. [5]
The true prophet, the true apostle, then, was one inspired and directed by the Spirit, the laying on of hands was but a symbol,--the symbol of the sublime truth that one personality caught fire from another. [9]
Towards sunset of the third day, when the young gentlemen thought they ought to be near the town of Magnolia, near which they had been directed to find the engineers' camp, they descried a log house and drew up before it to enquire the way. [5]
I have directed the Secretary of State to cause the papers in the case to be communicated to the proper committees. [7]
I concur in the propriety of your request in regard to elections, and have, as you see, directed General Schofield accordingly. [7]
The attention of the proper committee of the House has, I am informed, been already directed to the preparation of a bill for this purpose. [7]
But what distressed the princess most of all was her father's irritability, which was always directed against her and had of late amounted to cruelty. [2]
Sonya alone directed the practical side of matters by getting things packed. [2]
Before looking at the page to which she had directed his attention, he turned the letter over slowly, fingering the pages one by one. [11]
The remedies of the oculists to whom he had been directed by Daphne herself had proved ineffectual. [10]
The Secretary of the Interior has directed a suspension of the payment of the pensions of such persons upon proof of their disloyalty. [7]
When Nahoum left the great salon, he directed his steps towards the quarters of the Chief Eunuch, thinking of David, with a vague desire for pursuit and conflict. [11]
I shall like the force hereafter directed to be enrolled to be under your command. [7]
He had directed the Emperor's attention to the mosaic pavement in the steward's room, and had shamelessly accused Keraunus of having offered to sell him a work that belonged to the palace, contrasting his conduct with his own rectitude. [10]
This time, on the contrary, mirror in hand, he directed the work of the skilful servant with many an objection, showing as much vanity as in his youth. [10]
I also directed the commandant of the navy-yard at Boston to purchase or charter and arm as quickly as possible five steamships for purposes of public defense. [7]
If Pharaoh returned, the body-guards would take him prisoner and remove him as Siptah, who liked no halfway measures, had secretly directed, while the chief-priest insisted upon keeping him in mild imprisonment. [10]
His world was the battlefield from which he directed the forces of the great corporation which he served, and the cherished vision of a son in whom he could confide his plans, upon whose aid and counsel he could lean, was gone forever. [9]
Don't you know that what often seems irony directed towards others is in reality dealt out to ourselves? [11]
Upon subsequent information that the enemy were still operating in the vicinity of Winchester and Martinsburg, you were directed to move against the enemy. [7]
The By-laws say that "if a solo singer shall neglect or refuse to sing alone" one of those three hymns as often as once a month, and oftener if so directed by the Board of Directors--which is Mrs. Eddy--the singer's salary shall be stopped. [5]
There was more than enough for him to do that day over yonder in the room occupied by the lansquenets and the city soldiers, where he usually directed affairs in person. [10]
When I was ten years old, like the twins, my life and efforts were already directed towards one fixed goal. [10]
They do not suppose that such denunciation is directed by undying hatred to him, as The Register would have it believed. [7]
He could not stop what was going on before him and around him and was supposed to be directed by him and to depend on him, and from its lack of success this affair, for the first time, seemed to him unnecessary and horrible. [2]
He directed his steps thither sometimes hurriedly, as though pursued, as to a haven from a storm. [9]
Pierre directed their steps by a roundabout to the Company's stores, and again there was a distinct improvement in the giant's spirits. [11]
He climbed the stairs ahead of me and directed me, puffing, to the news room, which I found filled with men, some writing, some talking eagerly, and others turning over newspapers. [9]
Accordingly, towards this spot, they directed their weary steps. [12]
Chance, that had sported with him of late, now directed him to a probable hiding-place. [13]
There he directed sometimes with Love, sometimes alone, the life of everything in the universe, or in unison with her animated men with his breath. [10]
There was a small packet, which I knew contained the portrait he had worn on his bosom, addressed to Mrs. Falchion; and the other was a single sheet directed to me, fully written upon, and marked in the corner: "To be made public. [11]
However that was, she did not once wear the stormy look with which she had often met the complaining remonstrances Miss Silence constantly directed against all the spontaneous movements of the youthful and naturally vivacious subject of her discipline. [6]
For the religious service, which was directed by her own chaplain, she had had a chapel fitted up in the house, according to the Ratisbon fashion. [10]
But we can see the past, though we may not claim to have directed it; and seeing it, in this case, we feel more hopeful and confident for the future. [7]
Anxiety on the score of Kate Marcy, as well as a desire to see Mr. Bentley and tell him of the conversation with the bishop, directed his steps toward Dalton Street. [9]
Nothing was heard save an occasional word of command, and the signal whistles of the fluteplayer who directed the rowers. [10]
When she had satisfied the needs of her own soul, she turned to us, and with cheerful composure directed the decoration of the mound. [10]
Except for the rough-hewn stones that held and directed the water, this willow thicket and glade had been left as nature had made it. [13]
Still it was Rosalie that directed the removal. [11]
The man was right in his assertion that most of them had been directed to the monastery by monks of the Order of St. Francis, since the name of the Saint of Assisi and the miracles he performed had become known in this country also. [10]
If he would reflect over what had happened as dispassionately as usual, he could not fail to see that Antony must be free and in a position to guide his own future, since he directed the palace in the Choma to be put in order. [10]
They do not recognize it as a power inherent in heroes and rulers, but as the resultant of a multiplicity of variously directed forces. [2]
How he, the recipient of that letter, was directly led to the belief that these must be the very wanderers for whom so much search had been made, and whom Heaven had directed to his brother's care. [12]
When it became probable that there would be a vacancy on the Supreme Bench, public opinion, on this side of the river, seemed to be universally directed to Logan as the proper man to fill it. [7]
One of these plans would undoubtedly have been prescribed by the Legislature if its attention had been directed to this question. [7]
In the first place the historian describes the activity of individuals who in his opinion have directed humanity (one historian considers only monarchs, generals, and ministers as being such men, while another includes also orators, learned men, reformers, philosophers, and poets). [2]
Austen obediently tied Pepper in a field, as he was directed, and made his way by a path through the woods towards the house, where the Ripton Band could be heard playing the second air in the programme, "Don't you wish you'd Waited? [9]
There no foreign overseer should henceforward oppress the workmen, but the affairs of the Hebrews should be directed by their own elders, and a man chosen by themselves appointed their head. [10]
I have found out his mother's house, and have been directed by her to this place as the nearest in which I should be likely to find him. [12]
All the efforts of those who surrounded the sovereign seemed directed merely to making him spend his time pleasantly and forget that war was impending. [2]
The old postmaster of the town to which her letter was directed took it up to stamp, and read on the envelope the direction to "Miss Lulu Pinrow. [6]
In the spring of the previous year Wolf had again been summoned from Valladolid, where in the winter he directed the church singing as prinnen of the religious music, to Cuacos, near San Yuste, where Quijada's wife lived with her foster-son Geronimo. [10]
The foregoing proposition of the governors is accepted, and the Secretary of War is directed to carry it into execution. [7]
The principal attack of the Egyptians had been directed against the centre of the Persian army, where Cambyses commanded in person; and with such effect that the guards had already begun to give way. [10]
But besides considerations of foreign policy, the attention of Russian society was at that time keenly directed on the internal changes that were being undertaken in all the departments of government. [2]
Under the influence of alien elements who, though their co-operation was directed against the common enemy, were intensely irritating, the meeting became disorderly. [11]
The vice-King will occupy the village and cross by its three bridges, advancing to the same heights as Morand's and Gibrard's divisions, which under his leadership will be directed against the redoubt and come into line with the rest of the forces. [2]
On landing at Nukalofa, the capital of Tonga, some years ago, I naturally directed my steps towards the residence of the British consul. [11]
General York feels now that our efforts ought to be directed towards saving life, as the increase of the water has jeopardized many houses. [5]
And it was not Napoleon who directed the course of the battle, for none of his orders were executed and during the battle he did not know what was going on before him. [2]
This fact is not more surprising than that the fears of many animals should be directed against special enemies. [1]
The former did not give up the cause as lost, though he did not spare reproaches, while his wife's wrath was directed against the informer rather than the offence committed by her favourite. [10]

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