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Sentences ending with direction

It consisted of wood and stones, and was covered with a thick layer of moss, raised at the head in a slanting direction. [10]
When I sat with her on deck at night, I seemed to feel Boyd Madras's face looking at me from the half-darkness of the after-deck; and Mrs. Falchion, whose keen eyes missed little, remarked once on my gaze in that direction. [11]
The Landlady answered with a faded smile, which implied that there was no hope in that direction. [6]
In young persons whose heads have become fixed either sideways or backwards, owing to disease, one of the two eyes has changed its position, and the shape of the skull has been altered apparently by the pressure of the brain in a new direction. [1]
Before the vehicle which occasioned this disturbance had reached the temple, it stopped, just outside the sacred acacia-grove, for the neighing of a horse was now audible in that direction. [10]
His eye paused when in line with us, and we were seized with astonishment to behold him making in our direction. [9]
Instinct and impulse were working in another direction. [11]
Whereupon the proofs were started in his direction. [5]
The round ones were spinning on their axes and rolling in every direction. [6]
Flint Buckner's cabin was the last one of the village, going south; his silver-claim was at the other end of the village, northward, and a little beyond the last hut in that direction. [5]

Short sentences using direction

He moved in our direction. [11]
Which direction took he? [5]
What's the direction from here? [5]
I've got the direction. [5]

Sentences containing direction two or more times

Does Colonel Devon mean that sound of firing was heard in direction of Warrenton, as stated, or in direction of Warrenton Junction? [7]

More example sentences with the word direction in them

Firing was heard yesterday in the direction of Blucherberg, and for a while the excitement was intense. [5]
And as the years went on we'd realise how every form of success was offset by something undone in another direction, something which would have given us joy and memory and content--so it seems. [11]
She was seven years old when her teacher, Miss Sullivan, under the direction of Mr. Anagnos, at the Blind Asylum at South Boston, began her education. [6]
When, after long years of effort, he succeeded in getting the rate established, he at once bent his energies in the direction of cheap cable service and a letter from him came one day to Stormfield concerning his new plans. [5]
As the peace-maker's work was already drawing to a close, the wounded lad, pointing with his sound hand in the direction of the school, suddenly called warningly: "There comes Herr von Nordwyk. [10]
All the guns, without waiting for orders, were being fired in the direction of the conflagration. [2]
With accomplished deftness, with some sacking and two poles, a hasty but comfortable ambulance was made under the skilful direction of the river- master. [11]
Book-agents visit it with other commercial travelers, but the flood of knowledge, which is said to be the beginning of sorrow, is hardly turned in that direction yet. [4]
Slender date-palms covered with golden fruit were scattered in every direction over the fields, which were thoroughly irrigated by means of canals and ditches. [10]
He turned away with a feeling of relief, however, for this gossip with the Huguenot maid would no doubt interest her, give new direction to her warm sympathies, which if roused in one thing were ever more easily roused in others. [11]
How could the wind have set one torch in the place of another, and moved lights or lanterns in a direction opposite to its violent course? [10]
It probably never will; but for all that, there are many shy natures which will recognize tendencies in themselves in the direction of my unhappy susceptibility. [6]
Receiving from the wife of this immaculate man, a direction to Mr Garland's, he took the box upon his shoulder and repaired thither directly. [12]
The generation to which you, who are just entering the profession, belong, will make a vast stride forward, as I believe, in the direction of treatment by natural rather than violent agencies. [3]
I knew well where I was, and at once started off in a northwesterly direction, toward the St. Charles River, making for a certain farmhouse above the town. [11]
And she determined when Wednesday afternoon came around that she would take a long walk in the direction of Brookline. [9]
An illustration of what can be done in this direction is furnished by the Elmira Reformatory, where the experiment is being made with most encouraging results, which, of course, would be still better if the indeterminate sentence were brought to its aid. [4]
The only greetings were words of warning and direction from Gaston. [11]
As the cases were standing finished at the cabinetmaker's, the statue had been packed immediately, under his own direction, and carried on board his ship, which would convey it with him to the capital the next day. [10]
The more unskilful were obliged to thrust at this figure to train the hand and eye; the others stood face to face in pairs and fought under Georg's direction with blunt foils. [10]
The mountain streams were all swollen and turbulent, and the steep declivities were furrowed in every direction by new channels. [6]
At the Canopic Way they turned eastward and rushed through this main artery of traffic till, in the Brucheium, they hastened in a northerly direction toward the sea. [10]
The young hermit was soon only half listening to all she said, for his attention had been riveted by the armor which lay before him, and which gave a new direction to his excited feelings. [10]
They said it was rumoured that the enemy were advancing in our direction, from over Hyde's prairie. [5]
On the letter-head was printed "The United Northeastern Railroads," and Mr. Austen Vane was informed that, by direction of the president, the enclosed was sent to him in an entirely complimentary sense. [9]
When the scaffolding was erected in the winter riding-school, he went there under the court-artist's direction, to measure, arrange and finally transfer the painter's sketches to the wide surfaces. [10]
At bottom he was a little surprised at this, because although his theories had been all in that direction for some time, he was not prepared to find himself actually eager to measure strength with quite so common a man as this ruffian. [5]
Their tracks are visible in every direction. [5]
The constables of Vilray had twice visited the Manor to arrest him that day, but they had been led in another direction by a clue which he had provided; and afterwards in the dusk he had doubled back and hid himself under Jean Jacques' roof. [11]
After which they vanished, she in one direction, and the invader and marauder in another. [11]
It was whipping up the sandy coating of the plain in every direction. [5]
I should prefer, unless your vanity leads you irresistibly in that direction, something with mature life and amusement; or, at least, life and incident, and good sport--if you do not dwell on the horrors of killing. [11]
The farm continued under the expert direction of a superintendent who was a graduate of the State Agricultural College, and a select clientele, which could afford to pay the prices, consumed the milk and cream and butter. [9]
The struggle began under the direction of the older pupils, and the grip on which I had relied did not fail. [10]
What was painfully uncertain then is much better defined and more distinct now, and the progress of events is plainly in the right direction. [7]
Count Rostopchin was unable to reply and, turning obediently, went in the direction indicated. [2]
The sight of two policemen hurrying toward them from the direction of the canal aroused her. [9]
Once as he turned with a concentrated earnestness in her direction his eyes met hers. [11]
The lady-teacher's eyes turned to the door, and the master's followed them in the same direction. [6]
If the twins turned their heads, they broke and fled in every direction, but stopped at a safe distance and faced about; and then formed and came on again as soon as the strangers showed them their back. [5]
But that only turned my thoughts in the right direction. [10]
The face was turned in his direction, and he felt an additional thrill when he realized that she must have been watching him as he came in, for she was leaning forward with a gloved hand on the railing. [9]
Presently the face turned in her direction, but without seeing her. [11]
Westward, the direction toward which his eyes were turned, lay the necropolis and the ruined strangers' quarter. [10]
We have only touched the edges of a vast subject, and shall be quite satisfied if we have suggested thought in the direction indicated. [4]
Certain guttural sounds, too, which from time to time ascended through the floor of the caravan, and a rustling of straw in the same direction, apprised her that the driver was couched upon the ground beneath, and gave her an additional feeling of security. [12]
At all depths too the direction of the current is the same. [7]
The range was too short; and the bear wouldn't wait for me to examine the thermometer, and note the direction of the wind. [4]
It led him to treat with fullest consideration all who were in the least degree under his direction, and converted in consequence the toil of subordinates into a pleasure. [4]
The treatise appeared to this professor anti-trinitarian, not in the direction of Unitarianism, however, but of Tritheism. [6]
We often move to the objects of supreme curiosity or desire, not in the lines of castle or bishop on the chess-board, but with the knight's zigzag, at first in the wrong direction, making believe to ourselves we are not after the thing coveted. [6]
I came here to St. John's full of hope and confidence, gradually to lose both, gradually to realise that there was something wrong with me, that in spite of all my efforts I was unable to make any headway in the right direction. [9]
It was easy to see the direction of the sympathy of Pipi Valley. [11]
On his way to school he met Alminy Cutterr, who happened to be walking in the other direction. [6]
She was about to leave the house upon the mission which had drawn her footsteps in the same direction as those of Ian Stafford, when the butler came to her for information upon some details. [11]
Sometimes he ventured to hope that he had made a mistake in estimating the direction which the vein should naturally take after crossing the valley and entering the hill. [5]
We set out to find the centre of the city, inquiring the direction every now and then. [5]
They were instructed to explore every navigable river they might find, and to follow the main branches, which would probably lead them in one direction to the East Indies or South Sea, and in the other to the Northwest Passage. [4]
My second was to dash to the rear to see if there were any coming in that direction. [5]
Instead of taking to classical learning like her father, or sliding quietly into household duties like her mother, she broke out early in efforts that pointed in the direction of Art. [6]
He had gone to bed in the evening, and yet he now saw, by the direction of the sun's rays which fell on his bed, that, instead of dawning as he had expected, the day was growing dark. [10]
I have reason to be grateful to this great scholar for the introduction to my special science, but still more for the wisdom with which he pointed out the direction of my studies. [10]
Yet Munich attempts to be an architectural reproduction of classic times; and, in order to achieve any success in this direction, it is necessary to have the blue heavens and golden sunshine of Greece. [4]
He remembered only to avoid a misstep and to keep his direction. [13]
Part of the time Ring and Whitie led the way, then Venters, then Bess; and the direction was not an object. [13]
In the mean time James was getting impatient to be on his return, according to the direction of his employers. [6]
In the mean time he felt the need of some present solace, such as only unqualified worship could give him; a cruel wish to feel his power in some direction where, even if it were resisted, it could not be overcome, drove him on. [8]
This he repeated, till it seemed like a mass of brains, while the others, as quick as possible, cut him into very small pieces, which they then scattered in every direction. [5]
Mr. Lincoln took three strides in Stephen's direction and seized him by the shoulder. [9]
At first her thoughts wandered to and fro like a dove ere it chooses the direction of its flight; but after the question why she was having a tomb built so hurriedly, when she would be permitted to live, her mind found the right track. [10]
No sooner did this group espy the artist than they moved in his direction. [4]
The pressure in this direction is still upon me, and is increasing. [7]
And attempts in this direction have already been made. [2]
The efforts in this direction are ingenious, but unsatisfactory. [4]
From observations like these we can obtain certain principles from which we can argue deductively to facts of a like nature, but the process is limited, and we are suspicious of all reasoning in that direction applied to the processes of healthy and diseased life. [3]
I have been these seven years under their direction, and I knew who they were because they told me. [5]
In this direction there is no end, any more than there is to life. [4]
The next day the wind blew from another direction. [4]
As we approached the top, Big Tom pointed out the direction, a half mile away, of a small pond, a little mountain tarn, overlooked by a ledge of rock, where Professor Mitchell lost his life. [4]
Presently he detected the sound of hoofs at some distance, and, looking forward, saw a horseman coming in his direction. [6]
On the contrary, the soldiers became aware that in front, behind, and on all sides, other Russian columns were moving in the same direction. [2]
Ephraim hurried to the shore, called on the shepherds to follow him and, under his direction, they helped drive the herds forward. [10]
They cruised along the shore, but in the wrong direction, and shortly our own boat issued from the gloom and took us aboard. [5]
As soon as the sedan chair, amid cheers and the blare of trumpets, had disappeared in the direction of the drawbridge and the great main entrance, Barbara retired to her room. [10]
That affair was the same thing as this soldier with the harsh voice, and it was that affair and this soldier that were so agonizingly, incessantly pulling and pressing his arm and always dragging it in one direction. [2]
The movements in the same direction more extensive though less definite in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, should not be overlooked. [7]
He looked in the same direction himself, and could not help being struck by her attitude and expression. [6]
It followed nearly the same direction as the Fresh-water canal of Lesseps, and fertilized the land of Goshen. [10]
He speaks of the quickness of their eyes and the accuracy of their judgment of the direction of approaching missiles as being quite extraordinary, and of the answering suppleness and accuracy of limb and muscle in avoiding the missile as being extraordinary also. [5]
I repeat, therefore, the question: Is it not plain in what direction we are tending? [7]
Please tell me the progress and condition of the movement in that direction. [7]
By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army. [7]
He went in the other direction. [5]
The law required the opposite thing--the big wheel must be turned in the direction in which you are falling. [5]
That movement from the Nizhni to the Ryazan, Tula, and Kaluga roads was so natural that even the Russian marauders moved in that direction, and demands were sent from Petersburg for Kutuzov to take his army that way. [2]
In every direction the mountains were clear, and a view was obtained of the vast horizon and the hills and lowlands of several States--a continental prospect, scarcely anywhere else equaled for variety or distance. [4]
He saw over the mist that in a hollow between two hills near the village of Pratzen, the Russian columns, their bayonets glittering, were moving continuously in one direction toward the valley and disappearing one after another into the mist. [2]
Long files of the ministers of the god-representing the five phyla or orders of the priesthood of the whole country--were marching, in holiday attire, along the harbor-road in the direction of the palace, and the jostling crowd respectfully made way for them to pass. [10]
I have posted the men, so that they can overlook the country in every direction. [10]
One stroke of the knife cut into the sleeve of Reeder's coat and passed downward in a slanting direction through his clothing, and entered his body at the small of the back; another blow struck more squarely, and made a much more dangerous wound. [5]

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