91 collocations for racing

"Gentlemen, I am only racing my horse for sport," said he, "and am only betting enough to make it interesting.

Then racing up the stairs, she burst into Pearl's room and said admiringly: "Pearl, you're a wonder.

Led by their gallant Colonel, a Master of Foxhounds who was afterwards drowned in the Mediterranean, the yeomen swept over a ridge in successive lines and raced down the northern slope on to the flat, at first making direct for the guns, then swerving to the left under the direction of Colonel Cheape, whose eye for country led him to take advantage of a mound on the opposite side of the valley.

The remaining five, three 'walers' and two country-breds, race together to the water jump, where one waler deposits his rider, and races home by himself, one country-bred refuses, and is henceforth out of the race, and the other three, taking the leap in beautiful style, put on racing pace to the next bank, and are in the air together.

" Jack sprang up, seized his cap, and raced down the front steps, across the street, through the gate, and up the gravelled walk, where the little stones were all hard and fast in the frost.

Soon they were forging through the water at racing speed, the boat leaping to the impulsion of the sailorman's strongest motives, curiosity and the hope of saving a life.

Speaking, however, of racing men, I have always thought that the passion for gambling is one of the strongest propensities of our nature, and once the mind is given to it there is no restraint possible, either from law or pulpit.

He was hired out to race other boys sometimes.

In his excitement he could not remember whether the red flash meant the elevator was going down or coming up, and sooner than wait to find out he started to race down eighteen flights of stairs when fortunately the elevator-door swung open.

Startled squirrels raced up the fallen logs, glancing backward with curious but resentful eyes.

" They raced up the path to the door like children and struck some lusty blows.

Tugboat Annie races the tide.

She sat there staring into space and seeing the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, hawked by newsboys, on stands, thrust under doors, going like spreading snowflakes of a big storm into post-offices, to racing trains, all over the land.

Phr. time flies, tempus fugit [Lat.]; time runs out, time runs against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, time and tide wait for no man.

There was little to do but think as they scudded away, now racing a cloud, then plunging through the masses of vapor, to reappear suddenly in the sunshine beyond.

There Fullaway raced his companion upstairs to his rooms and burst in upon Mrs. Marlow like a whirlwind.

It stands as one people against the present enemy, and in its effort does not fail to give thought to race conservation for the future.

To have frequented gaming hells and race courses in the North would have greatly impaired his social position; and as he set a high value upon that he was compelled to forego his favourite pursuits, and associate himself with a set of men who conducted a system of gambling operations upon 'Change, of a less questionable but equally exciting character.

" "Were racing debts thought to have any part in the disaster?"

It was not sun-fishing now, but fence-rowing, cross-bucking, flinging himself to the earth again and again, racing a little distance and stopping on braced legs, sun-fishing to end the programme.

You're racing dogs, not ice plants."

The old Major and his fleet racing elephants now left us, and our jaded beasts took us slowly back in the direction of our camp.

Still may that strain the patriot's soul inspire, And still this injur'd race her spirit fire.

Farther out, a wave broke and raced up the fissure like a suicide express.

They urgently hungered for an explanation of the inscrutable means by which two battle-cruisers, mined and cast upon the shoals below Mount Edgecumbe under their very eyes, could race hot foot to the South Seas and there lay out a German squadron.

91 collocations for  racing