Use showed in a sentence
Sentences starting with showed
- Showed me the passages, and behold, his man's name is Wheeler! [5]
Sentences ending with showed
- He was moved to return it with a little more fervor than he usually showed. [9]
- This was partly through his winning and gentle ways, but mainly through the amazing familiarity with my books which his conversation showed. [5]
- Nothing more stupid than that could have been devised, or more disastrous for the army, as the sequel showed. [2]
- The gown was short, and her ankles showed. [11]
- My conclusions were right, as after events showed. [11]
- I was not only impressed by his courage in taking charge of me, but also by the trust and affection the work-people showed. [9]
- By and by one showed. [5]
- The white linen of her night-dress showed. [11]
- But it was not precisely ardor that Eliphalet showed. [9]
- Then she opened it slowly, and her white face showed. [11]
Short sentences using showed
- It showed such weakness. [4]
- He showed it to me. [11]
- I showed him the tree. [5]
- Ferguson showed us the place. [5]
- This letter showed that. [11]
- His life showed that. [11]
- His face now showed compassion. [11]
- The Tower showed recent war-scars. [5]
- She showed that plainly enough. [10]
- His face showed nothing. [11]
Sentences containing showed two or more times
- And in this stage of her progress in the world she showed that she did, though not in the way Carmen would have showed her love, if she had loved, and if she had a soul capable of love. [4]
- And the end showed it--the end showed it; you deserted her. [11]
- Then he opened his bosom and showed us a net-work of knife and bullet scars; showed us more on his arms and face, and said he believed he had bullets enough in his body to make a pig of lead. [5]
More example sentences with the word showed in them
- He was much younger then than he is now, and he showed 'it. [5]
- She was still young, but her slightly pockmarked countenance showed the wear and tear of sorrow of some kind. [11]
- Oh, I've showed you this often enough! [6]
- And like Beatrice, you showed me the path, and hell and heaven. [9]
- I once showed you on a fragmentary papyrus that belonged to my foster father, Horus Apollo, a heathen demon represented as going forwards, while his head was turned on his neck so that the face and eyes looked behind him. [10]
- Missouri would not yield the point; and Congress that is, a majority in Congress--by repeated votes showed a determination not to admit the State unless it should yield. [7]
- They were hostile; yet when the favourite intimated that he, too, ought to be given up to justice, she showed so much hesitation, that Alexas stopped abruptly and turned the conversation upon Barine. [10]
- He jumped up yelling, and the first thing the light showed was the varmint curled up and ready for another spring. [5]
- There it was written that the vehemence flashing from the hero's bright eyes, even when peacefully inclined, showed how easily his wrath could break forth. [10]
- Very often she would wander off by day, always without a companion, bringing home with her a nest, a flower, or even a more questionable trophy of her ramble, such as showed that there was no place where she was afraid to venture. [6]
- But then, perhaps, would come a letter from some quiet body in some out-of-the-way place, which showed me that I had said something which another had often felt but never said, or told the secret of another's heart in unburdening my own. [6]
- Then, in bitter words, I told them of my treatment by those rascals, and I showed them how my ankle had been tortured. [11]
- Passionate as his words were, his manner was strangely quiet, but his white and glistening face and his burning eyes showed how deep was his anger. [11]
- Not a serious word had reached his ears from the wanton lips of the Lesbian, while Althea at once desired information concerning his art, and showed that she was thoroughly familiar with the works and the aspirations of the Alexandrian sculptors. [10]
- In the dry wood of despair soon budded green shoots of hope, and instead of annihilation at the end of this life they showed me Heaven and all its joys. [10]
- Indeed, this adaptable woman soon found that she had become an object of more than usual interest, by her latest exploit, in the circles in which she moved, and her softened manner and edifying conversation showed that she appreciated her position. [4]
- Some said the woman showed the calmness and indifference of insanity. [5]
- Then, quickly, and without embarrassment, he and Mrs. Townley greeted General Armour, who returned the greetings gravely, but in a singular, confidential tone, which showed his gratitude. [11]
- The Little Chemist, with timid courtesy, showed her out of the room, then came back and sat down. [11]
- She was dressed with more than usual nicety, and her countenance showed clearly that she came charged with an important communication. [6]
- She quite agreed with him, praised and encouraged him, then she criticised his slovenly deportment, showed him with comical gravity how a warrior ought to stand and walk, called herself his drill-master, and was delighted at the zeal with which he strove to imitate her. [10]
- She watched Lassiter with great, round, grave eyes, but showed no fear. [13]
- Three of the windows showed lights; two were rather dim, however, the result probably of one lamp only. [10]
- And when the windows on the orchard side showed a gray square of light, he flung down the parchment he was reading on the table. [9]
- And she, to whom all that Orion had to say was addressed, listened to him not only with deep attention, but in a way which showed the merchant that she cared even more for the speaker than for what he was so eager in expressing. [10]
- The famous Ruysch, who died a hundred and thirty years ago, showed that each of the viscera has its terminal vessels arranged in its own peculiar way; the same fact which you may see illustrated in Gerber's figures after the minute injections of Berres. [3]
- With a smile which showed her fine white teeth, she said, "Is that for me? [11]
- The keenness with which he threw himself into the discussion and the knowledge he showed, surprised me. [11]
- She showed me where the May-apples grew. [11]
- Charley nodded pleasantly when the Cure introduced his brother, but showed no further interest at first. [11]
- As, for instance, when a fault or sin showed on the surface of a man, whether, if you dug down, you would find that it ran back and into the original organic bunch of original sin within the man. [4]
- My works showed what a despot could do with the resources of a kingdom at his command. [5]
- Much as Barry Whalen loathed the man, this act showed that Krool's love for the master who had sjamboked him was stronger than death. [11]
- The rail fences were somewhat disturbed, and the cinders of extinguished fires showed the use to which they had been applied. [6]
- The whole family were poorly and cheaply dressed; and the clothing, although neat and clean, showed many evidences of having seen long service. [5]
- Her white caps were now plaited with almost coquettish skill and care, and the firm, contented manner in which she ruled Trautchen and the two under maid-servants showed that everything was going on well in Peter's house and business. [10]
- Pieces of board were nailed over the defective spots in the floor, and the lines where the walls met rarely showed a right angle. [10]
- But the soldiers were in no great haste; so when matters were going too far, I stepped into the breach myself, called down to tell them my name, and also showed my crossbow with an arrow on the string. [10]
- All these articles were arranged haphazard, and showed that Bias possessed more wisdom than care in the use of duster and broom. [10]
- This time Mr. Wentworth was surprised--genuinely so, and he showed it. [9]
- Yet on I went, though wondering that the path along which I groped my way led upward, until the lightning showed me that, by mistake, I had taken the road to Greifenstein. [10]
- As I never went prepared with a speech for any such occasion, I take it for granted that I thanked the company in a way that showed my gratitude rather than my eloquence. [6]
- The young wife went out on the balcony with him, and he showed her in the south, where usually nothing but a green plain met the eye, a wide expanse over which a light mist was hovering. [10]
- He could not well have helped it, I hung with such homage on his words and so plainly showed that I felt honored by his notice. [5]
- No one showed weariness, and when the dawn broke slow and soft over the eastern hills, I motioned my good boatmen towards the shore, and landed safely. [11]
- 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]
- Ursula was growing weak herself, and showed it; and she ate of the food that was offered her like a starving person, but could not be persuaded to carry any home, for Marget would not eat charity food. [5]
- She was what we called in those days "intellectual," and had gone in for kindergartens, and after her marriage she turned out to be excessively domestic; practising her theories, with entire success, upon a family that showed a tendency to increase at an alarming rate. [9]
- A profound and wayworn loneliness showed in his figure, in his face, in his eyes. [11]
- Benn showed the way; Benn called, and Davy came. [11]
- As he sat watching her, he saw that her features were growing easier, and in a short time her deep, even breathing showed that she was asleep. [6]
- I took the watch, and Jim he laid down and snored away; and by and by the storm let up for good and all; and the first cabin-light that showed I rousted him out, and we slid the raft into hiding quarters for the day. [5]
- Bronzed as he was, his face showed no paleness; but, as he drew near her, it grew pinched and wan from the effort at self-control. [11]
- The same question was written in her yearning eyes, staring at the spot where the gray of his hunting shirt showed through the bushes at the bend. [9]
- His bullet-shaped head was unusually large, and his face, with its narrow brow and small, lustreless eyes, showed that he was not prone to thinking. [10]
- The broncho he was riding, as though the disturbance in Orlando's breast had passed into its own wilful body, suddenly became restless to be off, and as Orlando gave no encouragement, showed signs of bucking. [11]
- Her sable dress was ridged with manifold flounces, from beneath which a small foot showed itself from time to time, clad in the same hue of mourning. [6]
- Under the name was printed a line which showed that this visitor was Professor of Theological Engineering in Wellington University, New Zealand. [5]
- To Boris, Julie was particularly gracious: she regretted his early disillusionment with life, offered him such consolation of friendship as she who had herself suffered so much could render, and showed him her album. [2]
- Its huge mouth was open, and all its fierce lust for killing showed again in its wild lunges. [11]
- The magnificent star was missing; in its place she wore at the square-cut neck of her dress two beautiful halfblown roses, and her mirror had showed her how becoming they were. [10]
- I knowed he was lame in his off hind leg because he had favored that foot and trod light on it, and his track showed it. [5]
- The delight that was in my heart showed in my face, and the man saw it and was pleased; saw it so plainly that he answered it as if it had been spoken. [5]
- At first this was fitful and intermittent, but as he showed both literary discrimination and tact in judging of the market, his services were more in request, and slowly he acquired confidential relations with the house. [4]
- The minute I was far enough above the town to see I could make the towhead, I begun to look sharp for a boat to borrow, and the first time the lightning showed me one that wasn't chained I snatched it and shoved. [5]
- In this she was doubtless right; yet was I startled when, with the steadfast will which she ever showed, she said that, after duly weighing the matter, she had made up her mind to accept the Magister. [10]
- When her hair was done, Natasha, in her short petticoat from under which her dancing shoes showed, and in her mother's dressing jacket, ran up to Sonya, scrutinized her, and then ran to her mother. [2]
- And then there was a defiance about his nostrils that showed he was undefeated. [9]
- But, anyhow, he was a Belward, that was certain: voice, face, manner showed it. [11]
- But what we wanted to speak to you about was this," he continued, as Mr. Crewe showed signs of breaking in, "those committee appointments you desired. [9]
- You got to wait," he added sulkily, as he showed the Romany into Ingolby's working-room. [11]
- On every hand Vicksburg showed signs of hard usage. [9]
- He received them very kindly, and at once showed an interest in Nell; asking her name, and age, her birthplace, the circumstances which had led her there, and so forth. [12]
- Mr. B. was very complimentary to me when Trollop's break-down in the House showed him the object of my mysterious scheme; I think he will say, still finer things when I tell him the triumph the sequel to it has gained for us. [5]
- Now she could venture to raise herself, and to look in at the open window; the door of communication between the two rooms was closed, but a streak of light showed her that in the farther room, which was the sitting-room, a lamp was burning. [10]
- He showed us various fine animals, some in their stalls, some outside of them. [6]
- They sat with us, but behind great posies of flowers, as it were in an isle of bliss; yet were they in our midst, and showed how glad it made them to have so many loving hearts about them. [10]
- The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time, and we fetched the stabboard derrick, and made fast there. [5]
- The guide showed us the veritable armor worn by the great son-in-law and successor of Mahomet, and also the buckler of Mahomet's uncle. [5]
- Then he showed us the spread the Empire of China made on the map, and the room she took up in the world. [5]
- When he showed us scenery he loved, it made him melancholy to have us speak of scenery elsewhere that was finer. [4]
- There they showed us no end of aged documents; some were signed by Popes, some by Tilly and other great generals, and one was a letter written and subscribed by Goetz von Berlichingen in Heilbronn in 1519 just after his release from the Square Tower. [5]
- The Gaikowar showed us how the thing was done when he gave it to Luigi, and before that night was ended, Luigi had used the knife, and the Gaikowar was a man short by reason of it. [5]
- Then he showed us another little job he'd printed and hadn't charged for, because it was for us. [5]
- And they showed us also a large "Fountain of Lazarus," and in the centre of the village the ancient dwelling of Lazarus. [5]
- They also showed us a portrait of the Madonna which was painted by St. Luke, and it did not look half as old and smoky as some of the pictures by Rubens. [5]
- The guide showed us a coffee-colored piece of sculpture which he said was considered to have come from the hand of Phidias, since it was not possible that any other artist, of any epoch, could have copied nature with such faultless accuracy. [5]
- She straightened herself up, and there was a slight curl of scorn about her lip; but as for fear, she showed not a vestige of it. [5]
- She gave herself up to a sweet and simple sense of pride in the deed she had done for him, disturbed but slightly by the chances of discovery, and the remembrance of the match that showed her face at Archangel's Rise. [11]
- The Waterbury showed up 11.30, now, and I beat her brains out against the bedstead. [5]
- We took an unworthy satisfaction in seeing them fall out, now and then, because it showed that they were only poor human people like us, after all. [5]
- It showed how unpopular old Uncle Silas had got to be now. [5]
- As she was undressing, her maid showed her a diseased date. [10]
- They could now undertake many things independently, and Caesarion often made remarks which showed that he would not cease to lay plots for Barine. [10]
- This showed their unconcern on that point. [11]
- Afterwards, having dictated two telegrams which she wrote out on her machine, he leaned back in his chair; and though the business for the day was ended, showed a desire to detain her. [9]
- The sooner the two poisoned lads recover the better, of course; yet the Benedictio Mensae need not remain unsung on account of their heedlessness, for little Hannibal showed me the best substitute. [10]
- 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]
- The Comte de Turenne showed him into a big reception room where many generals, gentlemen-in-waiting, and Polish magnates--several of whom Balashev had seen at the court of the Emperor of Russia--were waiting. [2]
- The power of truth had given each its full emphasis and held up to Miriam a mirror that showed her an image from which she shrank. [10]
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