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Sentences starting with received

Received by the governor and his friends! [11]
Received with enthusiasm by the people, who as yet knew little or nothing of the doings in the Cohue Royale, he now took over command of the army and proved himself almost as able in the field as he had been at sea. [11]

Sentences ending with received

And what, if you please, was the answer I received? [10]
Now, after ten years, a bill was finally passed to pay to Moses the difference between what he earned in that unlucky year and what he received. [5]
He looked forward with some uncertainty as to how it would be received. [6]
It was rather with a tremulous interest than with open hilarity that the rumor was generally received. [6]
There were many who overheard, and who used their fans and their napkins to hide their laughter at the very just snub Mrs. Grafton had received. [9]
How delightful it was, too, to be able to give something to the person from whom hitherto she had only received. [10]
John Minor Botts, was duly received. [7]
Maria had grown up amid the battle for freedom, and knew how to estimate the grave importance of the tidings her husband had received. [10]
He was taught to work for what he received. [4]
Yours in relation to William M. Randolph also received. [7]

Short sentences using received

Have you received these messages? [7]
He received his sight! [2]
Emerson received the second prize. [6]
The politicians were received cavalierly. [9]
She received the Hon. [5]
Ellen had received her orders. [9]
This idea was eagerly received. [2]
I have received anonymous letters. [4]

Sentences containing received two or more times

In consequence of this battle Kutuzov received a diamond decoration, and Bennigsen some diamonds and a hundred thousand rubles, others also received pleasant recognitions corresponding to their various grades, and following the battle fresh changes were made in the staff. [2]
With the communication received to-day you send figures for twenty-eight districts, including the twelve sent before, and still omitting three, for which I suppose the enrolments are not yet received. [7]
Since the twenty-ninth of August I have received no communication from you, yet on the first of September I received from the commander in chief of Moscow, via Yaroslavl, the sad news that you, with the army, have decided to abandon Moscow. [2]
Louis did not know that Madelinette had been received by the Queen, or that she had received "tokens of honour. [11]
The first fashionable call she received from a member of the ancient nobility, otherwise the Antiques, was of a pattern with all she received from that limb of the aristocracy afterward. [5]
Stanley has received a snuff-box and I have received considerable snuff; he has got to write a book and gather in the rest of the credit, and I am going to levy on the copyright and to collect the money. [5]

More example sentences with the word received in them

Among other presents Zopyrus received a gold hand-mill weighing six talents, the most honorable and distinguished gift a Persian monarch could bestow upon a subject. [10]
We marched into Zermatt the next day, and were received with the most lavish honors and applause. [5]
I also received yours about General Carl Schurz. [7]
I passed through your town at a certain time, and received a deep offence which I had not earned. [5]
I received both your letters, and although I have not answered them it is not because I have forgotten them, or been uninterested about them, but because it appeared to me that I could write nothing which would do any good. [7]
When, as a young professor, I told the grey-haired author in my mother's name something which could not fail to afford him pleasure, I received the most eager assent to my query whether he still remembered her. [10]
Dorothea received the young man with warm sympathy; she had heard that his father had fallen in the fight, and how nobly he too had distinguished himself. [10]
I would desire you to give my particular respects to Fanny; but perhaps you will not wish her to know you have received this, lest she should desire to see it. [7]
I know what you call it: the mechanical and automatic putting together of impressions received from outside, and drawing an inference from them. [5]
Brampton had not yet received the details, but the Consolidation Bill had gone into the House that morning, and would be a law before the week was out. [9]
Being about seven years younger than Waldo, he must have received much of his intellectual and moral guidance at his elder brother's hands. [6]
When, a few years ago, my mother was ill in Holland, a reply to a telegram marked "urgent" was received in Leipsic in eighteen minutes. [10]
And indeed she would have done so when war was declared and Philip received his new command, but that she had wished the announcement to come from him. [11]
She was much worn with the vigil she had kept, and received me with an apathy to frighten me. [9]
Natasha set to work to effect a reconciliation, and so far succeeded that Nicholas received a promise from his mother that Sonya should not be troubled, while he on his side promised not to undertake anything without his parents' knowledge. [2]
So he sent word to the sick man, that he should be pleased to visit him and have some conversation with him; and received for answer that he would be welcome. [6]
We do not wonder that his earlier publication has been received as a valuable addition, not only to English, but to European literature. [6]
But a true woman can always show kindness to everyone whom she does not scorn, so though she blushed deeply at the sight of the man whose kiss she had returned, she received him cordially, and with sympathetic questions. [10]
Nor was it without great surprise and much speculation on Quilp's probable motives, nor without many bitter comments on Dick Swiveller's folly, that his friend received the tale. [12]
A kindly note, withal, if non-committal,--to the effect that he had received certain communications, but that his physician would not permit him to return for another ten days or so. [9]
The passionate tenderness with which his mother received him did not please the sixteen-year-old officer. [2]
The brief questions with which he received the blind artist were kindly, and as natural as though addressing an equal, and every remark made in connection with Hermon's answers revealed a very quick and keen intellect. [10]
The bow-windowed room, with the view of the belfry and the stately guildhall, was pleasantly fitted up for his mother, and the city gardeners received orders to send the finest house-plants to his residence. [10]
He was received with the usual formalities, and was greeted at once by Captain Shewell. [11]
I received them with the deference due a superior, and obeyed them without comment. [5]
He was received with rapturous enthusiasm; his road led to the harbor, past the tents in which lay the wounded, who had been brought home to Egypt by ship, and he greeted them graciously from his chariot. [10]
She received him with quite the old Hawkeye openness and cordiality, and fell to talking at once of their little acquaintance there; and it seemed impossible that he could ever say to her what he had come determined to say. [5]
He received me with much cordiality, and seemed interested in a long account which I gave him of our affairs. [6]
Carmen, who was with Margaret in the morning-room, received him with her most distinguished manner. [4]
Furnished, of course, with letters of introduction to the most distinguished individuals, and with the still more influential recommendation of his own reputation, he was received in full drawing- room style and state from one end of the Union to the other. [5]
Even a corpse with its back bare of flesh to the bone has received the last lashes of a sentence, and was then buried in the mud of the shore with no religious ceremony. [11]
The chiefs argued with her, and at last persuaded her to go home and prepare for the great work by taking proper rest, and also by having a leech look to a wound which she had received in her foot. [5]
He was received with good feeling, but in the workers' view it was "class against class--labour against capital, the man against the master. [11]
This he did with considerable profit, being everywhere received with great honors. [5]
I was racked with anxiety about Farrar; at last, when I had all but given up hope, I received a telegram from him dated at Detroit, saying he would arrive with the doctor that evening. [9]
He received her with a respectful bow and signed to her to be seated. [10]
Els was received with a mournful greeting; but when Herr Ernst heard what had brought her to him, he fiercely commanded her to tell Herr Casper that he would have nothing more to do with him. [10]
This being received with a large silence that suggested doubt, he buttressed it with the statement that his brother once saw the boomerang kill a bird away off a hundred yards and bring it to the thrower. [5]
She received him with a gentleness which touched him, she let her hand rest in his, she seemed glad to have him with her. [11]
I was received with a deference which was entirely foreign to my experience by everybody whom I met, so that before I got home I had a much higher opinion of myself than I have ever had before or since. [5]
He was taken with a cold about three weeks ago, and I stepped over one evening, proposing to beguile an idle hour for him with a yarn or two, but was received at the door with whispers, and the information that he was dying. [5]
They received me with a "Hurrah! [5]
There were certain wise and cynical atheists who did not attend the sessions at all except when they received mysterious hints to do so. [9]
Petrus received his wife with no less gravity than was usual with him, but there was an arch sparkle in his half closed eyes as he asked: "You scarcely know what is going on, I suppose? [10]
This then was why her grandfather had received no letter from him concerning the marriage. [11]
Among the many whom Kunigunde received into the convent as novices, she was most certainly "called. [10]
Joshua knew to whom he and Ephraim owed this favor, and received it with grateful joy. [10]
The first person who received sure tidings was old Tabus. [10]
Woe betide him, who received a blow from the two-handed sword the Eletto still held over his shoulder, now with his left hand. [10]
The great bear-hunter, who keeps one of the summer boarding-houses, received my story with a smile of incredulity; and the incredulity spread to the other inhabitants and to the boarders as soon as the story was known. [4]
If his mistress, who had left him full of anxiety from the fear that her departure would deeply agitate the blind man, should learn how indifferently he had received it! [10]
Only a few who had been their closest friends received a written line, but the little printed acknowledgment which was returned was no mere formality. [5]
Even Joseph Goodman, who had a fine literary perception and a deep knowledge of men, intimately associated with Mark Twain as he was, received at this time no hint of his greater powers. [5]
The acclaim with which the Southern literature has been received is partly due to its novelty, the new life it exhibited, but more to the recognition in it of a fresh flavor, a literary quality distinctly original and of permanent importance. [4]
Doubtless the wounds which he had received still ached, yet his sorrowful experiences did not prevent his being an attentive observer. [10]
His youthful mind, which easily received fresh impressions, forgot the deeds of blood and shame which stained the soul of this pitiable wretch. [10]
Milcah followed, and wherever they encountered people who lived in Succoth, they received respectful greetings. [10]
But this Sunday wherein Lali received a shock. [11]
Under the porch, where she had sat when Heaven in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed again; and the old church received her in its quiet shade. [12]
In the ante-chapel, where she graciously received petitions, there was an acclaim of "Long live Queen Elizabeth! [4]
They didn't know where our car was, and couldn't remember having received any orders about it. [5]
These were days when princes received but little respect in France. [11]
By good luck, when I had paid into Mr. Dix's hand the thousand pounds I had received from Charles Fox, and cleared my outstanding bills, the sum I remained in Comyn's debt was not greatly above seven hundred pounds. [9]
It was afternoon when he returned to his bench in the tailor-shop, and was received by old Louis Trudel in peevish silence. [11]
My few remarks were well received, and quieted the shouting Ephesians of the warm-brained and warm-hearted northern university. [6]
The young men were received at the house of the Montagues with the hospitality which never failed there. [5]
Even if Pierre were not a Frenchman, having once received that loftiest of human appellations he could not renounce it, said the officer's look and tone. [2]
First the horses were led out; and their owners, approaching the king, received from his hands the diplomas, and a flag from an attendant. [4]
Several of them were contained in a former volume which received its name from the Address called "Currents and Counter-Currents. [6]
All the rest were cases of grave disease; and so far as the trial, which was interrupted about the fortieth day, extended, the patients grew worse, or received no benefit. [3]
As the years went on he was still unable to pay off the mortgage; and sometimes, indeed, he could not even meet the interest, in spite of the princely sum he received from Mr. Willard of the Guardian. [9]
A month ago we received permission to enter the service of the Netherlands. [10]
The criticism that we received for our best was evidently founded on such indifference or toleration that it was galling. [4]
But the cool way in which Melissa received the felicitations which the old woman poured out in honor of the future empress, and her tear-reddened eyes, seemed at any rate quite comprehensible. [10]
The General received Washington with a kindly but reserved politeness. [5]
Mr. Peckham's visit was unexpected, perhaps not very well timed, but the Colonel received him civilly. [6]
But this he was unable to do, for he received tidings that the French had unexpectedly advanced, and had barely time to remove his own family and valuables from his estate. [2]
A magnificent reception was to be prepared for the young conqueror, and Coello received the commission to adorn a triumphal arch with hastily-sketched, effective pictures. [10]
Mrs. John Grier was to be paid during her life a yearly stipend of twenty thousand dollars from the business; she also received a grant of seventy thousand dollars. [11]
A similar impression was that which I received when I found myself in the company of the bearer of an old historic name. [6]
What had happened was that news (which afterwards proved to be false) had been received during the night of a movement by the French to outflank the Drissa camp. [2]
In Spain she was received with the utmost consideration by the Marquis de la Mota, Dona Magdalena de Ulloa's brother, and later by the lady herself. [10]
Bright, of course, was received with immense enthusiasm. [6]
The new government was received with considerable coolness. [5]
Quite mad he was not, for the illusions which haunted him were often absent for several hours, when he spoke with perfect lucidity, received reports, and gave orders. [10]
The South Sea was not discovered, no gold had turned up, there were no valuable products from the new land, and the promoters received no profits on their ventures. [4]
And I, myself, was not able to say that I had seen it mentioned in a book; and yet the autumn foliage, with all other American scenery, has received full and competent attention. [5]
In Bremen I was most cordially received in the family of Mohr, a member of my corps, in whose circle I spent some delightful hours, and also an evening never to be forgotten in the famous old Rathskeller. [10]
Old Fuller's schoolmaster was Master Arthur Smith, a kinsman of John, who told him that John was born in Lincolnshire, and it is probable that Fuller received from his teacher some impression about the adventurer. [4]
But if Garcilasso was inferior to him in power, he was superior in agility; many of his blows he parried; others he received upon his Flemish shield, which was proof against the Damascus blade. [4]
That fair dream was in my mind when Jean met me at the steamer last Monday; it was in my mind when she received me at the door last Tuesday evening. [5]
The Emperor Rudolph was his beloved master, from whom he had received nothing but kindness. [10]
While the address was handed in, and until the reply was received, the ambassadors of the people were to remain quietly assembled in the Schlossplatz. [10]
Instance upon instance was given, and men of high prominence from whom he had received bribes were named, not the least important of these being the Honorable Alva Hopkins of Gosport. [9]
The first greeting was friendly, and she received nothing but kindness and indulgent treatment afterward. [10]
When the palace was completed to Dion's satisfaction and became one of the most lauded ornaments of the city, the young men's friendship assumed a new form, and it would have been difficult to say which received the most benefit. [10]
Once when he was captain of the 'Crescent City,' I was bringing the boat into port at New Orleans, and momently expecting orders from the hurricane deck, but received none. [5]
A cheerful fire was blazing on the hearth, the lamp burnt brightly, my clock received me with its old familiar welcome; everything was quiet, warm and cheering, and in happy contrast to the gloom and darkness I had quitted. [12]
A thanksgiving service was arranged, Kutuzov was awarded the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa, and the whole army received rewards. [2]
The Emperor's gratitude was announced to the vanguard, rewards were promised, and the men received a double ration of vodka. [2]

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