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Sentences starting with returning

Returning one evening to our quarters, which were now in the "Yard," I found Tom seated with a blank sheet before him, thrusting his hand through his hair and biting the end of his penholder to a pulp. [9]
Returning from Alexandria to Cairo in the special train which Kaid had sent for him, David watched the scene with grave and friendly interest. [11]
Returning to their ships and finding the water shallow, they rowed over to a point of land, where they found from six to twelve fathoms of water, which put them in good comfort, therefore they named that part of the land Cape Comfort. [4]
Returning down the rocky steep, I descried, solitary in that great waste of rock and snow, the form of a lady whom I supposed I had left sleeping at the inn, overcome with the fatigue of yesterday's tramp. [4]
Returning to the road we passed where De Pontius lay and was dead. [5]
Returning about five o'clock, she was surprised to have the door opened for her by Susan herself. [9]
Returning from Capri late in the afternoon, we had one of those effects which are the despair of artists. [4]
Returning now to Iamo, he had passed all the time in the same condition we had left him, the head directing his sister, in order to procure food, where to place the magic arrows, and speaking at long intervals. [5]
Returning along the fifth gallery, we struck the safe part of the Ophir incline, and went down it to the sixth; but we found ten inches of water there, and had to come back. [5]
Returning with satisfaction expressed in her face, she continued, "Yes, she'll join our party--without her mother. [4]

Sentences ending with returning

He had ample time to attend to these details while he was going up and returning. [5]
And yet I think of returning! [4]
As he passed, the rector looked after him, puzzled; the words he had heard addressed to the effigy returning. [11]
She had put the feeling from her, but it kept returning. [11]
Now the Lord St. John was seen returning. [5]
Was it Paulus returning? [10]
Joel Mazarine was returning. [11]
The birds are returning. [10]
When you have read of all there is in the white man's world, when you have seen, then there is no returning. [11]
There was one place I determined to visit, and one man I meant to see, before returning. [6]

Sentences containing returning two or more times

On returning to her place near the fire, she conversed with her sister upon the propriety of returning to their home. [14]

More example sentences with the word returning in them

But I have your word for it, too, and the returning elasticity of spirits which is manifested in your letters. [7]
How often they would see Pollux returning from the distant city whither he had probably fled-from Rome, or even from Athens--crowned with laurels and rich in treasure. [10]
It was not without astonishment that the rest of the Holt family beheld them returning together as the gongs were sounding for luncheon. [9]
He sat up with delight to see an artist and his "Madame" returning from a journey in the country, seated upon sheaves of corn, quite unregarded by the world; doing as they listed with unabashed simplicity. [11]
And we know what Helmholtz, the highest authority in Europe on the subject, has said about the human eye; that if an optician had sold him an instrument so carelessly made, he would have thought himself fully justified in returning it. [1]
And so they were, in effect--at least they could exhibit it from their windows, and did--for a consideration--whenever a returning king or hero gave it a fleeting splendour, for there was no place like it for affording a long, straight, uninterrupted view of marching columns. [5]
In the company were two Indians, Machumps and Namontack, whose acquaintance we have before made, returning from England, whither they had been sent by Captain Smith. [4]
He thought he was returning from a noisy banquet in the palace of the Caesars. [10]
Its slimy bottom was quite a ghastly spectacle, an ugly gash in the land that nothing could heal but the friendly returning tide. [4]
Restrained by the walls of stone from being destructive, it seems to rave at its own impotence, and when it reaches the whirlpool it is like a hungry animal, returning and licking the shore for the prey it has missed. [4]
It was Monsieur Vigo returning from Vincennes, but he had been first to St. Louis by reason of the value he set upon his head. [9]
They are the vanguard, the miners and sappers, of returning despotism. [7]
They were our Uhlans who with disordered ranks were returning from the attack. [2]
On returning to town Dr. Courtenay had begged her mother to allow her at the assemblies, a request which Mrs. [9]
Tranquillity is returning to this capital and order is being restored in it. [2]
He then represented to them the fearful risk to which their folly had exposed them, and insisted very positively on their returning home and, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, taking a bath and putting on fresh garments. [10]
He gave thanks to the Returning Officer, and then, with his agent, left the building by the back door. [11]
But, returning resolutely to the petit verre, I am willing to concede that all after fourscore is the bain de pieds,--the slopping over, so to speak, of the full measure of life. [6]
She had gone to the Hendersons' to please Jack, in her policy of yielding in order to influence him; but having accepted the hospitality, she could not object to returning it. [4]
So returning safe to the Fort, once more staied the pinnas her flight for England, which til his returne could not set saile, so extreme was the weather and so great the frost. [4]
It worried him to see his servant returning after too short an absence. [6]
It is due to Mr. Gridley's memory to mention that the expenses of his sanitary flour sack expedition of fifteen thousand miles, going and returning, were paid in large part if not entirely, out of his own pocket. [5]
The nobleman returning to his home had no occasion to find shelter in a tavern. [10]
Petya soon came to himself, the color returned to his face, the pain had passed, and at the cost of that temporary unpleasantness he had obtained a place by the cannon from where he hoped to see the Emperor who would be returning that way. [2]
They are known to be bitter enemies, and it is said that Jethro Bass has but one object in returning to the field--to crush the president of the Truro Railroad. [9]
She had yielded to an irresistible impulse and, instead of returning to Naukratis, had stopped at Sais. [10]
Mitenka himself, returning tipsy from the town, used to hide there, and many of the residents at Otradnoe, hiding from Mitenka, knew of its protective qualities. [2]
It was as though she intended to remain there, and had abandoned all intention of returning to the life which apparently she had once permanently and definitely chosen.... Bedloe Hubbell's campaign was another topic. [9]
The cost of this structure would soon be recouped by the saving in labor, and with perfect certainty, if only the transport-ships were laden at Clysma with a profitable return freight of Alexandrian manufactures, instead of returning empty as they had hitherto done. [10]
We cannot in this manner undertake to point out all the objections to this party measure; we present you with those stated by the Council of Revision upon returning the bill, and we ask for them a candid consideration. [7]
He could not think of returning yet, for they were scarce able to say where they had been, nor had yet heard of what they were sent to seek. [4]
Just then two things drew the attention of all: the tailor showed returning consciousness, and there was noise of many voices outside the house and the tramping of feet below-stairs. [11]
One Sunday afternoon they were returning from the Bloom Street Mission. [4]
Hermon doubtless felt them, but the thought of returning to the close cabin was unendurable. [10]
On returning from their pilgrimage they were to be restored to their rank and estates, and to all their rights, lordships, and privileges. [10]
The fantasy of the wood-nymph underwent translation in Ingolby's mind; she was now like a mortal, who, having been transformed, at immortal dictate was returning to mortal state again. [11]
I could feel the stern malice in our ranks, as we stood there and took, without returning a shot, that damnable fire. [11]
In the afternoon the returning prodigal made constant deflections from his course to see if by ascending some hillock he might not pierce the distance and catch a glimpse of his home. [5]
When at last the Returning Officer announced the result, the agent dared not glance at his defeated chief. [11]
Count Ostermann-Tolstoy met the returning hussars, sent for Rostov, thanked him, and said he would report his gallant deed to the Emperor and would recommend him for a St. George's Cross. [2]
But returning from the real east, our late interest in Shediac seemed unaccountable to us. [4]
September had waned, the nights were cooling, his parishioners were returning from the East. [9]
In going out, the marquise met her in the corridor, but Barbara passed without returning her greeting. [10]
On returning to the Herr House, we found the mild, white-haired old gentleman in a very happy state. [6]
The King took the frightened face between his hands, and gazed earnestly and lovingly into it awhile, as if seeking some grateful sign of returning reason there, then pressed the curly head against his breast, and patted it tenderly. [5]
He covered up the face, and, returning to the shed, placed his coat against the boards to deaden the sound, and hammered them tight again with a stone, after having straightened the grass about. [11]
Returning, he found the dogs cowering with fear, for one of them had pushed the cloth off the dead man's face with his nose, and death exercised its weird dominion over them. [11]
To add to the danger and inconvenience, we were constantly meeting returning tourists on foot and horseback, and as constantly being crowded and battered by ascending tourists who were in a hurry and wanted to get by. [5]
Several members of the company entered it and went part of the way, returning on foot. [10]
A. I found the bag in the road when I was returning from a journey. [5]
When returning by that street she had been unable to pass because of a drunken crowd rioting in front of the shop. [2]
On returning home that night she had given her maid her cloak, and had stood for a long time immobile,--gazing at her image in the pierglass. [9]
We only knew that Mr. Lyon went away less cheerful than he usually was, that he said nothing of returning in response to our invitations, and that he seemed to anticipate nothing but the fulfillment of a duty in his visit to Washington. [4]
It was the temporary Chief Constable of Lebanon, returning from his visit to Tekewani. [11]
Kutuzov and his suite were returning to the town. [2]
When, returning from such an excursion, he stretched himself again on his couch, the old woman, pointing to the hanging-lamp which the impatient creature often knocked with his head, would call out, "Euphorion, mind the oil. [10]
Time seemed to stretch to hours before they saw the man returning with something in his arm. [11]
I have still strangely to record moments when, in spite of the aspirations I had achieved, of the redeeming vision I had gained, at the thought of returning to her I revolted. [9]
Jessica, returning, went straight to the table. [11]
Then the returning sovereign greeted the others with a gracious gesture, but vouchsafed a word to no one until the eunuch stepped before her to deliver his address of welcome. [10]
He would not soon have remembered this, such was his state of forgetfulness, had he not halfway up the hill stumbled upon his groom, who had been to look for him in the town and was returning to the inn. [2]
For the returning son, as well as for the fig-eater, he found a suitable model. [10]
He really had some thought of returning there permanently. [5]
He stood for some moments helplessly regarding her before he gained the presence of mind to go to the door and lock it, returning to bend over her. [9]
The headquarters were situated two miles away from Salzeneck, and Rostov, without returning home, took a horse and rode there. [2]
On the port side sat the Reverend in the seat of honor; the pale young man next to him; I next; next to me an aged Bermudian, returning to his sunny islands after an absence of twenty-seven years. [5]
And the Professor showed the whites of his eyes devoutly, like one returning thanks after a dinner of many courses. [6]
On the eastern shore, meanwhile, the men charged to kill the Arabs' horses were doing their work, so as to prevent any who might escape from returning to Fostat, or riding forward to Doormat and reporting what had occurred. [10]
To the French she seemed like a fugitive warrior returning to his camp just when he was most needed, as was indeed the case. [11]
The day before she had welcomed her returning son before the entry of the fleet into the canal, and to-day had remained from the beginning to the end of his reception by the King, without being unduly wearied. [10]
I have never seen a soldier smile yet, while delivering it, nor Cathy in returning it. [5]
That is to say, three journeying ship-masters, a Boston merchant, and a returning Bermudian who had been absent from his Bermuda thirteen years; these sat on the starboard side. [5]
She soon shortened sail, and went so leisurely that presently our light barge drew alongside, and I perceived Mr. Zachariah Hood, a merchant of the town, returning from London, hanging over her rail. [9]
Whenever he urged returning, the young people--she knew why--objected. [10]
The Regent was returning to Thebes, and with him went Ameni, who desired to ascertain by his own eyes what mischief the whirlwind had done to his garden in the city. [10]
The country was returning to its senses. [9]
The prospect of returning to Fillmore Street, to the silent flat--made the more silent by her mother's tragic presence--overwhelmed her. [9]
Bouquets for the returning sovereign had been arranged as well as haste permitted. [10]
He felt something returning on him out of the air into which he talked, and buffeting him. [11]
How often afterward, returning in the evening from some entertainment, I have buried myself in the grammar and tried to write hieroglyphics. [10]
When Nicolas Lavilette, returning from the Seigneury with the precious bag of gold for Papineau, came hurriedly along the road towards the village, he half halted, with sudden premonition of danger, a dozen feet or so from the great tree. [11]
Now he was returning from the Emperor, and he felt like a vanquished general. [10]
A French officer, returning from the advanced detachment, rode up to Murat and reported that the gates of the citadel had been barricaded and that there was probably an ambuscade there. [2]
A dull labourer, returning from late toil, felt it, and raised his head in a perturbed way, as though some one had brought him news of a far-off disaster. [11]
He was now returning from Ethiopia with a wealth of treasures. [10]
After returning home, report to me and bring news of this man. [10]
She had half recovered consciousness several times, and as these thoughts had come over her, her returning lucidity had vanished and a fresh attack of fever had shaken her. [10]
Serene and agreeable recollections will soon bring you hither again; whereas there would be little joy in returning to a house where the remembrance of hours of weakness, the result of pleasure, would mingle with your future enjoyment. [10]
This ship's a rebel, but it's returning to duty. [11]
When Publius had quitted the palace and hurried back to his tent, he felt like a journeyman returning from a hard day's labor, or a man acquitted from a serious charge; like one who had lost his way, and has found the right road again. [10]
In the dry, pure air of the desert he recovered, and he would guide Hermon there before returning to Myrtilus. [10]
But all the power of exclusion in her mind could not exclude the returning thought of what might have been if she had loved him. [4]
In my present position I could scarcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this approach of returning despotism. [7]
Perhaps the best plan would have been for her to put an end to this misery, and, instead of returning, make a pilgrimage to Compostella in Spain, and while doing so try to find her John in Leganes. [10]
It was the pioneer-emigrant returning from Askatoon to his camp. [11]
On returning home Petya announced resolutely and firmly that if he was not allowed to enter the service he would run away. [2]
I agreed to pay the damages if he were late in returning for these gentlemen, and soon he was shooting me with pulsing strokes across the lake-like expanse towards the landing at Fort Finney. [9]
There were two passengers besides ourselves, inhabitants of Cape Breton Island, who were returning from Halifax to Plaster Cove, where they were engaged in the occupation of distributing alcoholic liquors at retail. [4]
Several months must pass ere he could think of returning home. [10]
A man cried out (it was Tom McChesney); now some of them had leaped into the pirogue, now they were returning. [9]

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