662 collocations for welcoming

Mrs. Atterbury was on the veranda, and stepped down to the carriage to welcome the guest.

"Is this the way you welcome lady visitors?" The warriors stirred uneasily.

* Mrs. Reginald Hawthorne welcomed her husband's friend with a winning charm.

She succeeded as much as their fondest hopes could have led them to believe; and Meha permitted Kaotsou, after signing an ignominious treaty, to leave his place of confinement and rejoin his army, glad to welcome the return of the Emperor, yet without him helpless to stir a hand to effect his release.

His heart sickened at it; he welcomed death, which alone could remove him from it.

Belsaye this night doth welcome thee with open armsand ye be in sooth Sir Robert of Hurstmanswyke.

she repeated, turning upon him fiercely, welcoming the opportunity to create a diversion.

Her soul, brooding under a weight of misery, was ready to welcome any change, should it only mean a greater misery.

He eagerly explained the situation to the Tyee, who welcomed the strangers with grave politeness.

She remained not there long, because there were many who sought that place that they might be the first to see if one beloved was among the travellers by that terrible way, and to welcome the brother or sister who was the most dear to them of all the children of the Father.

Some persons to whom I spoke at the time welcomed the idea; they belonged principally to the lower middle classes.

But an hour since, he had felt quite alone in the world; when he heard the great peal of bells from Castlewood church ringing to welcome the arrival of the new lord and lady it had rung only terror and anxiety to him, for he knew not how the new owner would deal with him; and those to whom he formerly looked for protection were forgotten or dead.

'What, Roger Dart!' exclaimed the soldier, 'is this the way you welcome a man home after a long absence?'

Lord Plotwell warmly welcomes his nephew home, and proceeds to unfold his design of giving him his niece Diana in marriage.

I took it for granted that you would welcome a chance to brush Landis out of your path.

The next night was Friday, and Betty welcomed the prospect of the second degree necessary to stamp the freshmen as full-fledged members of the Mysterious For.

And if he seek to peer into the darkness of this period, he will welcome the light proffered by physics and mathematics.

I will not allow it even if I stand alone, if I cannot persuade this nation not to welcome that visit but will boycott that visit with all the power at my command.

" She had meant the speech as a jeer, but literal-minded Lydia Sessions welcomed its suggestion.

When Wraxby changed the bowling, he welcomed the new-comer by sending the first ball into the next field, and continued to cut and drive in such a gallant manner that even Bibbs, standing up to get the full use of his lungs, shouted, "Go 'long!"

He could not guess that the beaming eye, the old radiant smile, the touch of color in a face usually pale, were on special if unconscious display because the pastor's heart was thanking God that he had been permitted to welcome home his son in the gospel.

His way led, all in the dewy morn, past the verge of Sherwood Forest, where the birds were welcoming the lovely day with a great and merry jubilee.

listen to the well- known melody that welcomes his approach!

Then, indeed, a smile of pleasure lighted up her countenance, and it was with a most gracious cordiality that she welcomed both gentlemen.

He had fancied himself fairly disencumbered of the stock formulas about the hallowing effects of motherhood, and there were many reasons for not welcoming the news he suspected she had to give; but the woman a man loves is always a special case, and everything was different that befell Undine.

662 collocations for  welcoming