Sentence Examples

1. Mary he had always perceived as old, Catholic, unpopular, and merely a reminder of a bygone era, lacking support or the authority to direct anyone.
2. The Parsee, leading the others, noiselessly crept through the wood, and in ten minutes they found themselves on the banks of a small stream, whence, by the light of the rosin torches, they perceived a pyre of wood, on the top of which lay the embalmed body of the rajah, which was to be burned with his wife.
3. This could be perceived as an attempt to ignite old conflicts.
4. They then perceived that the train was attacked by a band of Sioux.
5. When he perceived Fix, he knit his brows but Aouda having, in a few words, told him of their adventure, his countenance resumed its placid expression.
6. They perceived that the whole train, rushing on at the rate of a hundred miles an hour, hardly bore upon the rails at all.
7. The soldiers rushed out of the fort, and half a mile off they perceived a little band returning in good order.
8. Fogg was crossing the station to the train, when he perceived his five friends of the Reform.
9. A quick perusal of the earlier posts revealed similar sentiments, all fixated on my father for some perceived sense of unfair balance with the generous donations bestowed upon Braxton.
10. The travellers several times saw bands of ferocious Indians, who, when they perceived the elephant striding across-country, made angry and threatening motions.