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Sentences starting with following

Following that occupation with Miss Hawkins? [5]
Following Mr. Bernard's wishes, Abel at once took off the high-peaked saddle and the richly ornamented bridle from the mustang. [6]
Following the procession, which he describes, came the grand ceremonies of welcome at Haverley's Theatre. [5]
Following Mr. Botches were wild and scattering speeches from the back benches--unskillful and pitiable counter-strokes. [9]
Following the Equator was issued by subscription through Mark Twain's old publishers, the Blisses, of Hartford. [5]
Following Rostopchin's example the others also rose. [2]
Following him without the blessing of the Church, she would trample under foot every dear tradition of her life, win the scorn of all of her religion, and destroy her own peace; for the faith of her fathers was as the breath of her nostrils. [11]
Following the battalion that marched along the dusty road came priests in their vestments--one little old man in a hood with attendants and singers. [2]
Following the undulating sweep of sage, Jane saw the straggling lines and then the great body of the white herd. [13]
Following these came several great English nobles with their attendants. [5]

Sentences ending with following

No--keep your popgun; whenever I see the day that I'll be afraid to have you behind me with that thing, it 'll be time for me to join last year's hundred and eighty-two"; and he rode off in a walk, Shadbelly following. [5]
The second fact was the following. [6]
So that trail was not worth following. [5]
At first he turned towards the bridge, as though to cross over to Lebanon, but the last word Ingolby had uttered rang in his ears, and he carried him away into the trees towards his own house, the faithful terrier following. [11]
Until we are thus divinely qualified, and willing to drink His cup, millions of vain repetitions will never pour into prayer the unction of Spirit, in demonstration of power, and "with signs following. [5]
The first of the scattered fleet of Gates and Somers came in on the 11th, and the rest straggled along during the three or four days following. [4]
It was all the sacristan could do to keep away the multitudes who were fain to look on his face once more; and when he was borne to the grave-yard, not above two hours after my grand-uncle, there was indeed a wondrous great following. [10]
Then he fired the fuse, climbed out of the shaft, and ran fifty yards away, Fetlock following. [5]
And small wonder that Nick Temple should be in his following. [9]
Unique is a strong word, but I use it justifiably if I did not misconceive what the American told me; for I understood him to say that in the world there was not another man engaged in the business which he was following. [5]

Short sentences using following

The following day was Sunday. [11]

Sentences containing following two or more times

Geary, on the Manassas Gap railroad, just now reports that Jackson is now near Front Royal, With 10,000, following up and supporting, as I understand, the forces now pursuing Banks, also that another force of 10,000 is near Orleans, following on in the same direction. [7]
The next letter is written the following morning, or at least soiree time the following day, after a night of ratification. [5]

More example sentences with the word following in them

Suppose one of your journeymen goes out and buys the following articles: "1 pound of salt; 1 dozen eggs; 1 dozen pints of beer; 1 bushel of wheat; 1 tow-linen suit; 5 pounds of beef; 5 pounds of mutton. [5]
They took the young and the aged, the decrepit and the sick upon their backs and left for tide-water in disorderly procession, the tadpoles following and the bull-frogs bringing up the rear. [5]
But, Ruth, do you think you would be happier or do more good in following your profession than in having a home of your own? [5]
In the following year Irving was again in England, visiting his sister in Birmingham, and tasting moderately the delights of London. [4]
Here I finished writing the second draft of the preliminary proclamation; came up on Saturday; called the Cabinet together to hear it, and it was published on the following Monday. [7]
One of the wounded, an old soldier with a bandaged arm who was following the cart on foot, caught hold of it with his sound hand and turned to look at Pierre. [2]
Either way it would be the victory and defeat following war. [7]
The following afternoon Wolf sought Barbara again, and now for the first time succeeded in relating regularly and clearly what, constantly interrupted by her impatience, he had told in a confused medley the day before. [10]
Once, when Paulina, with tears in her eyes had spoken to her of her lost daughter, Arsinoe had been softened and following the impulse of her heart, had confided to her that she loved Pollux the sculptor and hoped to be his wife. [10]
I look forward with pleasure to the fulfillment of the promise made in the former to visit Washington the following winter and to "call. [7]
Aristides was breathless with eagerness, and Caesar, snatching the tablets impatiently from his hand, read the following lines: "Wanton, I say, is this dam of irreconcilable brothers! [10]
Here she stopped with a shriek, dropping the comb, for the thundercloud was now directly over the city, and a loud peal, following close upon the flash of lightning, shook the house; but Barbara scarcely heeded the dazzling glare and the rattling panes. [10]
To drop in with a poor little moral at the fag-end of such a gorgeous massacre was like following the expiring sun with a candle and hope to attract the world's attention to it. [5]
They passed that winter in London, where he worked at the story of his travels, Following the Equator, the proofs of which he read the next summer in Switzerland. [5]
If the truth will permit, I propose that you sustain me in the following manner: copy the inclosed scrap in your own handwriting and get everybody (not three or four, but three or four hundred) to sign it, and then send it to me. [7]
The worthy doctor, who had baptized both my mother and father, died suddenly at Carvel Hall the spring following, of a cold contracted while visiting a poor man who dwelt across the river. [9]
You young men who are following the hospitals hardly know how much you are indebted to Louis. [6]
The caravansary into which Haschim and his following now turned off stood on a plot of rising ground surrounded by palm-trees. [10]
Besides this feeling which absorbed her altogether and hindered her from following the details of her husband's plans, thoughts that had no connection with what he was saying flitted through her mind. [2]
Skilled in debate when he chooses to enter it, his knowledge of the law only exceeded by his knowledge of how it is to be evaded--to Lartius is assigned the task of following up the rout. [9]
Their extraordinary powers were, however, accounted for by the following explanation, which was accepted in the school as entirely satisfactory. [6]
The following words were yet legible on the canvas: "Thou hast made a covenant O Lord with mee and my Children forever. [6]
The following facts were taken by him from the account-books of this publishing firm. [3]
My overcoat pockets were stuffed with German cigars and linen packages of American smoking tobacco, and a porter was following us around with this overcoat on his arm, and gradually getting it upside down. [5]
The following days were overcrowded with business details. [10]
Clemens and Webster were often at the house of General Grant during these early days of 1885, and it must have been Webster who was present with Clemens on the great occasion described in the following telegram. [5]
The following verses were found in the urn, or sugar-bowl. [6]
Philotas and Myrtilus were following Daphne and her companion Chrysilla as they hurried into the tent. [10]
Before his master went to rest, the freedman--whom he had sent out to look for a vessel bound to Pelusium and Alexandria the next day or the following one--returned to the ship. [10]
There is a well known, so-called sophism of the ancients consisting in this, that Achilles could never catch up with a tortoise he was following, in spite of the fact that he traveled ten times as fast as the tortoise. [2]
For the following week curiosity prompted Virginia to take that walk with the Colonel. [9]
On the following Wednesday, with her flag flying and her sails set, the Peggy Stewart was run ashore on Windmill Point. [9]
How impatient, how weak in faith, how rebellious they had showed themselves at the first obstacle they had encountered, how uncontrollable they had been in following their fierce impulses. [10]
On that point we therefore content ourselves with giving the following extracts from the writings of Mr. Jefferson, General Jackson, and the speech of Mr. Calhoun: "To be independent for the comforts of life, we must fabricate them ourselves. [7]
How often do we spoil our best chances by following an urgent instinct to arrive at certainty as early as possible, and by not being strong enough to postpone opening our business till a favorable moment offers. [10]
He had been watching a man's face for some time; but his eyes were now idly following the smoke of his cigarette as it floated away to the ceiling in fading circles. [11]
Now, when I was wide-awake, Ann had indeed departed, and the house-wife had seen her quit the house and walk towards the stables, following old Uhlwurm. [10]
What the gift was to announce she read on the paper accompanying it, which contained the following simple lines: "The iron rude, when shaped by fire and blows, Delights our eyes as a most beauteous rose. [10]
The merry man was the first to greet the strangers with a nod; and following the old man's eyes, he observed that perhaps that was the first time he had ever seen a Punch off the stage. [12]
The day following was the feast of St. John the Baptist. [11]
The following list was taken literally from the Materia Medica of Hahnemann, by my friend M. Vernois, for whose accuracy I am willing to be responsible. [3]
At first he was silent, but as she was stepping into the skiff he repeated his promise of meeting her here the following night. [10]
After all this was settled Nilus departed with that half of the money which Orion was to hand over to the keeping of the Moslem money changer on the following morning. [10]
A provisional engagement was presently made, but it was not finally ratified until February of the following year. [5]
The following winter was passed in Rome, among many English and American friends. [6]
This delay, however, was of trivial importance; for Herr Pfinzing had promised his brother-in-law that his cause should be considered and settled on the following day. [10]
The next day was not so genial; and we sped on, following our original intention of seeking the summer in winter. [4]
Mr Swiveller, who was not in the secret, was a little surprised to hear a suppressed scream, and, looking round, to see Mrs Quilp following him with a sudden jerk; but he did not remark on these appearances, and soon forgot them. [12]
If Mark Twain was hard up in search of, a French "chestnut," I might have told him the following little anecdote. [5]
John Hodder's mother was a widow, and to her, in the white, gabled house which had sheltered stern ancestors, he travelled in the June following his experience. [9]
There is something very simple and pleasant about the following, which, in Philadelphia, seems to be the usual form for consumptives of long standing. [5]
Her husband's a very nice man, and when he isn't following a corpse, he's as good company as if he was a member of the city council. [6]
Simplicity was his very life, and yet he had a gift for following the sinuosities of the Oriental mind; he had a quality almost clairvoyant, which came, perhaps, from his Irish forebears. [11]
When the following verses were taken out of the urn, the Mistress asked me to hand the manuscript to the young Doctor to read. [6]
There is a valuable mental training in closely following a discourse that is valueless in itself. [4]
Jake made his usual preliminary signal, and delivered himself to the following effect: "Wahl, I don' know jest what to say. [6]
Mr. John Morley uses the following words: "The horrors of what is perhaps the most frightful idea that has ever corroded human character,--the idea of eternal punishment. [6]
And by some untoward association she was reminded of a conversation she had had with Ditmar on the Saturday afternoon following their first Sunday excursion, when, on opening her pay envelope, she had found twenty dollars. [9]
Artemus dropped an unimportant remark or two, and then assumed a look of superhuman earnestness, and made the following astounding speech. [5]
If the following two lines which I have cut from it are your natural handwriting, then I understand you to ask me "for a farewell letter in the name of the American people. [5]
A day or two later he dictated the following letter-the last he would ever send. [5]
Malfalconnet handed him two heavy rolls of gold for the expenses of the journey, and enjoined it upon him to be ready to set out early the following morning. [10]
A day or two following the return to Hartford, Clemens received a letter from General Grant, in which he wrote: "Li Hung Chang is the most powerful and most influential Chinaman in his country. [5]
Now would Mark Twain remark to this: 'An American is not such a fool: when a creditor stands in his way he closes his doors, and reopens them the following day. [5]
Has he, through trials, close following in dread march through his household, sweeping the hearthstone bare of life and love, still striven hard for strength to say, "It is the Lord! [14]
The following September Tom Peters and I went East together. [9]
He had been told that it was to-morrow, and not to-day, that the hideous act would be accomplished; and it was a consolation to her to know that he was spared the agony of following her in fancy in her fearful progress. [10]
May I recommend to you the following caution, as a guide, whenever you are dealing with a woman, or an artist, or a poet--if you are handling an editor or politician, it is superfluous advice. [6]
He had elected to use his little patrimony in making himself instead of in making money--if merely following his inclination could be called an election. [4]
I am indebted to this naturalist for the following facts on Hetaerina, Anax, and Gomphus. [1]
I'll go out to them," said Princess Mary, and in spite of the nurse's and Dunyasha's protests she went out into the porch; Dron, Dunyasha, the nurse, and Michael Ivanovich following her. [2]
We had listened to the notes of the birds in the Thiergarten; but our mother, the tutor, the placards, our nice clothing, prohibited our following the feathered songsters into the thickets. [10]
He was borne to the family sitting room in triumph by the swarm of little Sellerses, the parents following with their arms about each other's waists. [5]
From December, 1602, to the December following, the plague destroyed 30,518 persons in London; the same disease that in the sixth year of Elizabeth killed 20,500, and in the thirty-sixth year 17,890, besides the lord mayor and three aldermen. [4]
He was obliged to stay half a year; the following three months he did indeed give to the woman whom he loved. [10]
Sometimes she stopped to rest on the pine needles, and walked on again, aimlessly, following the road because it was the easiest way. [9]
I am indebted to Prof. Newton for the following passage from Mr. Adam's 'Travels of a Naturalist,' 1870, p. 278. [1]
He asked people to pass their hands through their hair (thus collecting upon them a thin coating of the natural oil) and then making a thumb-mark on a glass strip, following it with the mark of the ball of each finger in succession. [5]
Thus it came to pass that in two following days we had to stand by a death-bed. [10]
Accordingly, I applied to Mr. Tristram with respect to the birds of the Sahara, and he has kindly given me the following information. [1]
Accordingly, I applied to Mr. Cupples, well known for his success with this breed, who has weighed and measured many of his own dogs, and who has with great kindness collected for me the following facts from various sources. [1]
Presently she turned to Ingles and spoke to him quickly in a low voice; then, descending the steps, passed out through the lane made for her by the crowd, he following with shaking limbs and bowed bead. [11]
It is not to his own age, but to those following, and especially to our own time, that we are to look for the shaping and enormous influence upon human life of the genius of this poet. [4]
So Launcelot sailed to his Duchy of Guienne with his following, and Gawaine soon followed with an army, and he beguiled Arthur to go with him. [5]
Then she wrote to her; and received the two following letters; confirmatory enough, as it seems to me now, in their very vehemence and agitation of intended denial, of the truth of the report. [14]
You may like to hear something of the famous Professors of Paris in the days when I was a student in the Ecole de Medicine, and following the great Hospital teachers. [6]
The people began to go away, following each other up to take leave of Mrs. Horn. [8]
It is gratifying to find evidence of human weakness in the following heart-to-heart letter to his publisher, especially in view of the relating circumstances. [5]
He, too, seemed to be following paths which were scarcely straight ones. [10]
They took Boggs to a little drug store, the crowd pressing around just the same, and the whole town following, and I rushed and got a good place at the window, where I was close to him and could see in. [5]
Now he finds time to sing to the lyre, and Philostratus put the following verses--but they are mine--into his mouth.--I am about to play, Adventus! [10]
I have not time to read the original text on the notes; but the whole may be found on page 267, and the two or three following pages, of the first volume of the edition of 1844. [7]
While he was thus hesitating, the following incident occurred. [5]
In less than three hours after daylight all the horses and mules and donkeys in the vicinity would be bought, hired or stolen, and half the community would be off for the mountains, following in the wake of Whiteman. [5]
No result following this, after a day King consulted the proprietor, and asked him point blank, as a friend, what course he would pursue if he were under the necessity of having washing done in that region. [4]
One reason for this was that he died the following year, literally, the doctors said, from laughing too much. [9]
He relates in this volume the story of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the years following, and of the settlement of the Somers Isles, making himself appear as a kind of Providence over the New World. [4]
In connection with this may be taken the following statement of Dr. Rigby. [3]
The month following this last date he succeeded William Dean Howells as the contributor of the Editor's Study. [4]
The story of this duel, which did not come off, has been quite fully told elsewhere, both by Mark Twain and the present writer; but the following letter--a revelation of his inner feelings in the matter of his offense--has never before been published. [5]

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