541 examples of plying in sentences

Now with every moment the temper of the crowd grew more threatening; voices shouted, fists were clenched, and the scowling pike-men, plying vicious spear-butts, cursed, and questioned each other aloud: "Why tarries Sir Gui?" Hereupon a country fellow hard by took up the question: "Sir Gui!"

Soon she ceased plying them with questions, and signalled Uncle Pros that he should do the same.

Thus for a time matters remainedlittle Imtiazan wearing her delicate fingers out at home, he plying his pen in the street, until one day a dancing-girl from Lucknow called him to her house to write an important missive on her behalf.

"This is a slaver, the Santa Marie, plying between Cuba and the African coast.

For seventy-two hours I have been plying my knife, and look at those who have yet to come"he swept the circle of wounded with an outstretched bloody hand.

" The mother, who was plying her needle, sat for several moments in silence.

The largest part of the nation was still scattered in every city of the world, especially at Alexandria, where there was a very large Jewish colony, plying their various occupations unmolested by the civil power.

The older lads take a cruel pleasure in plying him with questions which they have already solved from the Dictionary.

Thou Philemon, strength who plying, Snatched my treasure from the wave?

"Roebuck was once at this M'Neil's father's, and whilst the old man was at morning prayer, he heard the son plying the whip upon a slave out of doors.

31; snatches useful, iv. 21; Voltaire testifies to its increase in England, ii. 402, n. 1; youth the season for plying books, i. 446.

Alas, that our acquaintance should have been formed at this late day!and that, too, when, by wafting and by the plying of oars, having arrived at 'the stream of the fragrant grain fields' (poetic name for the region of Chiang-chiu), you met with the mishap of doggish thieves taking advantage of your want of watchfulness!

"We were much pleased," says the Captain, "with the manner of lowering their matting sail, diverging on different courses, and working their paddles, in the use of which they had great power, and were well skilled, plying them together, or, to use a nautical phrase, 'keeping stroke.'

This designation comes from having well-defined boundaries, in consequence of a ledge of rocks lying across the river immediately above the city of Keokuk, which, during the lower stages of water, wholly prevents the passage of the larger class of steamers plying on the river below.

The small steamers, so called, are really large and commodious; but so constructedas are in fact all of the steamers plying on our western riversthat they draw but little water, being large and nearly flat-bottomed, sitting on the surface like a duck, and moving along, when lightly loaded, with apparent ease and at a comparatively high rate of speed.

Beyond occasional violent winds there is nothing in the elements for them to encounter, and hence they are built low to the water, of shallow draft, and an entire absence of all closed bulwarks used to keep out the sea by those plying in stormy waters.

There is a regular line of steamers plying between St. Paul and the head of navigation, making daily trips, and doing a prosperous business.

Two men were plying the hose upon a portion of the field which had already been mowed three times.

Till full all the crest of the spear-surge shocking us, Hoham of Hebron cried out mocking us, 'Nay, what need of the war-sword's plying, Out of the desert the dust comes flying.

Murphy said, guarded the covered way to the creek, swarmed with workmen plying pick and shovel and crowbar, while the sentries walked their beats above, watching the new road which crossed the creek and ran through the swamp to the sawmill.

On the further assurance that there was no man to dispute his right, he began plying his companions with questions.

There was Uncle Marcus, the husband of Keith's paternal aunt, who had hurt his leg in a storm and lost his splendid position as chief engineer of the swiftest steamer plying on the Northern route.

Tumbling into the room, Thurstane found the skipper and two muleteers defending the doorway against five Apaches, who had reached the roof, three of them already on their feet and plying their arrows, while the two others were clambering over the ledge.

Idly he wandered through this imaginary London, happy to be sheltered, as he listened to the sinister shrieks of tugs plying up and down the Thames.

"This is Lake Michigan in summer time, and boats are plying everywhere.

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