172 collocations for paced

He seemed perplexed and worried, so much so that for some time he paced his room restlessly and then, instead of turning in, he went back to the sitting-room, lighted a pipe, and settled himself there to await his friend's return.

I cannot rest, and, after awhile, I get out of bed, and pace the floor.

Returning tourists in all the glory of field glasses and tweed suits; British officers going home on furlough from the different outposts where they were stationed; merchants from the rich markets of the far East; picturesque foreigners in national costume; and a bishop who paced the deck with a dignity becoming his ecclesiastical rank.

THE HOT NIGHT Rudolph paced his long chamber like a wolf,a wolf in summer, with too thick a coat.

" ZAIDE'S COMPLAINT Brave Zaide paces up and down impatiently the street Where his lady from the balcony is wont her knight to greet, And he anxiously awaits the hour when she her face will show Before the open lattice and speak to him below.

The last Sullivan paced the length of the wagon-box, being thrown from side to side with fine artistry by the train's jolting.

As they talked, they had quitted the porch and were pacing a walk before the house.

I have been pacing the bridge between the paddle-boxes, contemplating this scene, until we dropped our anchor, and I came down to tell you of this my first experience of the Yangtze.

In the meantime the mark at which they were to shoot was set up at sixscore paces distance.

"How can I say what a mother should say?" While she spoke he began pacing the apartment, each time, as he came to the double window near which she sat, peering out with a yearning, far-away look toward the river and the red lines of the hills beyond it.

Start him on the chariot race in "Elektra" and he would spout it while he paced the cabin and gestured with flashing eyes.

J.W. was in his stateroom; he paced the narrow aisle between the berthsthree steps forward, three steps back, like a caged wild thing.

" "You will remember," Gifford began, as they slowly paced the moon-lit path, "that on the evening I came down here my suitcase containing my evening clothes had gone astray on the railway.

" While making this excellent resolution Randal had been pressing the hand upon his arm and gently pacing down the dimly lighted hall with the sound of music in his ears, Ruth's sweetest roses in his button-hole, and a loving little girl beside him, as he thought.

The ranchman wore his hand in a sling for two weeks, and Jacky at his chain's end paced the ranch-yard alone.

"There was a sound like a great horse pacing 'round and 'round the billiard room with slow, deliberate steps.

And so he paced the terrace.

Baptiste and his boatmen still slept among the boxes; Maso continued to pace his elevated platform above their heads; and the meek-looking stranger, whose entrance into the barge had drawn so many witticisms from Pippo, sate a little apart, silent, furtively observant, and retiring, in the identical spot he had occupied throughout the day.

They walked the green, and they paced the cloisters, and Clive showed his father his own name of Thomas Newcome carved upon one of the arches forty years ago.

The General's new aide-de-camp was the first guest to arrive, and he and his hostess paced the gallery for some time.

Thou hadst fed upon such little things, Pacing thy ways in Argos.

Well, say, if it hadn't been for the kindness of a friend I would at this time been pacing a prison corridor in striped pajamas. "Honest, when I came to this morning and Estellethat's my maidtold me what I had done, I vowed that I never would speak to a wine agent again, for I was just that mortified.

Could I not remember as a little lad trotting along by my father's side as he paced the beach, and wondering why every fisherman's cap flew off at our approach?

Dotty paced the pavement with restless steps, her mind agitated by a thousand wild fancies:

The sentry in front was no longer pacing his beat, and there was no sign of the man in the rear.

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