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Sentence Examples We were as silent as the grave, but I knew, almost instinctively, that all eyes were upon us from the shadows. Then seeing that curious eyes were upon her, she decided to redirect the attention of the chamber to something other than herself. Both of her arms were upon the armrests, resting gently, and one leg was lightly crossed over the other at the knee. He backtracked to their position, but by then the men in black were upon them. The fingers that were upon my shoulder blades were massaging me at a hard, but gentle pace. She then grabbed an ax, and swung it futilely around her before the warriors were upon her, stabbing her in the heart. Then suddenly, they were upon us: hundreds and hundreds of hammerhead sharks. Now five of the ugly monsters were upon him, he wasn't fairing to well. Within seconds, government soldiers were upon us, pointing their guns and yelling in Arabic, their voices shot through with adrenaline. Both of us were upon her, coaxing her hands way from her face, uncurling her to reveal wet cheeks. And at the last moment, before the wheels were upon her, she calmly looked up and disappeared. As she hurried over the long crossing of Canal street, and threaded her way between the hacks that had already taken their station, she felt the rude eyes, and ruder sneers were upon her. The tenant will have to, before his departure, put back all the rooms of the furniture to the place where they were upon his arrival. The impact of this situation for the subprograms and the regions was that qualified resources were often not secured until deadlines were upon them. The first buildings were upon land now included within the limits of Cambridge known as Gerry's Landing. These explanations, based as they were upon inherent misunderstandings of the potential environmental consequences of fish plant effluents, only serve to strengthen the need to take action without further delay. While he displayed it, the eyes of all and of the young man were upon him. Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he. I said, I was glad no mortal eyes were upon us in our merry rompings. Examples from Classical Literature The laws of God and of the country were upon her side, and he was sure that it was not there that they would be violated. Scarcely had they got their horses into motion before the huguenots were upon them. In a moment the axemen were upon the abatis of the enemy and hewing it down. There was a pause, and whilst his eyes were upon hers, hers were upon the ground in avoidance of his glance. And all the time his eyes were upon his wife, and I saw her stiffen as if she had been struck. Now, you hemp-strings, had you no time to nim us, but when we were upon our visits? A faintest, tiny blur against the stars, a few of them occulted as though an invisible shadow were upon them. A faintest tiny blur against the stars, a few of them occulted as though strangely an invisible shadow were upon them. Led by Oldershaw, kiddle and Brady with the others were upon them, and they too were cut down. And whilst her fits were upon her she would spread forth her arms with her hands open, and use postures as if she catched at something, and would instantly close her hands again. Radcliff could not finish the sentence, for the agonies of death were upon him. It was strange how entirely dependent both these things were upon flowing water for their propagation. For around the corner had come two enormous savage beasts, treading so lightly that they were upon him before he was aware of their presence. Then they were upon a flying bridge between two of the towers of the city. The aid of the Pinkertons and of countless private detective agencies was called in, and in addition to this thousands were upon our payroll. His pale Galilean eyes were upon her mesial groove. Venus Kallipyge. O, the thunder of those loins! And then from behind him broke a hideous bedlam of savage war cries and a score of shrieking blacks were upon them. These Robots, diabolically developed, were upon the verge of revolt. The man he let drive at dodged the arrow, and before he could shoot another his enemies were upon him. Their eavesdropping vibrations, with audible projection, were upon me. Show More Sentences Whisky and soda, wine and sandwiches were upon the sideboard. The next instant his eyes were upon her face, her eyes had dropped, and she was turning away toward the soda fountain. In another moment the Japanese military police were upon him. We were upon an even keel again, the enemy level with our bow. In a moment, the four pirates had swarmed up the mound and were upon us. While they sat together in the grand-stand and while the eyes of former schoolmates were upon them, she paid so much attention to her escort that he grew interested. Find more words! 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