Sentence Examples

1. The Biscayan, when he saw him coming on, though he wished to dismount from his mule, in which, being one of those sorry ones let out for hire, he had no confidence, had no choice but to draw his sword it was lucky for him, however, that he was near the coach, from which he was able to snatch a cushion that served him for a shield and they went at one another as if they had been two mortal enemies.
2. The leisure hours left to me after I had given the requisite orders to the head-shepherds, overseers, and other labourers, I passed in such employments as are not only allowable but necessary for young girls, those that the needle, embroidery cushion, and spinning wheel usually afford, and if to refresh my mind I quitted them for a while, I found recreation in reading some devotional book or playing the harp, for experience taught me that music soothes the troubled mind and relieves weariness of spirit.
3. She was guided onto the sofa and a second man wedged a cushion to prop her up.
4. There, on a velvet cushion, sat the strange glass globe from her dreams.
5. The Biscayan, seeing him come on in this way, was convinced of his courage by his spirited bearing, and resolved to follow his example, so he waited for him keeping well under cover of his cushion, being unable to execute any sort of manoeuvre with his mule, which, dead tired and never meant for this kind of game, could not stir a step.
6. Don reclined in his chair, his head resting against the back cushion.
7. The cloak was wet and he replaced it with a blanket from the bed, laying her on the floor, her head on a cushion, in front of the freshly lit fire.
8. He found the remote under the cushion and changed his mind again.
9. On, then, as aforesaid, came Don Quixote against the wary Biscayan, with uplifted sword and a firm intention of splitting him in half, while on his side the Biscayan waited for him sword in hand, and under the protection of his cushion and all present stood trembling, waiting in suspense the result of blows such as threatened to fall, and the lady in the coach and the rest of her following were making a thousand vows and offerings to all the images and shrines of Spain, that God might deliver her squire and all of them from this great peril in which they found themselves.
10. Elizabeth stepped back and sat down in one of the high backed chairs, her hand patting the cushion of the vacant one next to hers.