1748 examples of toyed in sentences

What cruel fates toyed with this young farmer!

He toyed with the weapon in loosely opened fingers again, and it slid deftly.

" Anna toyed for a moment with the rose at her bosom.

Once on a time, an ancient maid, By wishes and by time decayed, To cure the pangs of restless thought, In birds and beasts amusement sought: Dogs, parrots, apes, her hours employed; With these alone she talked and toyed.

Till Gettysburg, Lee had toyed with the Army of the Potomacnot because the rank and file of that army was at fault, and not mainly because of its generals' inability, but mostly because of political interference with its operations.

And when he toyed with the girl herself or threw out hints about it to others, he would say that he was having intercourse with his mother.

" Trego frowned as he toyed with a bamboo napkin-ring, but said nothing.

He fell madly in love with her; and when her dainty fingers toyed with him his little heart swelled to bursting and he registered all he could.

At the same time, Merriwell knew he had toyed with Diamond too long.

Cora, his wife, stood beside him, looking smilingly down in his face, while her left hand toyed with a stray ringlet that would protrude itself from beneath her husband's cap.

What Father Peter did not like about the girl was her independent mind, which displayed itself in every gesture, in the way she hopped over the stile, and the manner with which she toyed with her parasola parasol that seemed a little out of keeping with her position, it is true.

On the hand that toyed carelessly with the fob of his watch flashed a diamond; another sparkled in his cravat.

But you have conquered: I will test these sorrows On mine own person; I have toyed too long

" Minna herself seems to have toyed with the idea of reconciliation, for she wrote to Praeger, who told Wagner, and received the following bitter complaint:

It flew, yet its dallying fingers played, With a thrilling touch, through the maple's shade; It toyed with the leaves of the sturdy oak, It sighed o'er the aspen, and whispering spoke To the bending sumach, that stooped to throw Its chequering shade

Miss Stanleigh remained lost in thought while her fingers toyed with the pendant of the chain that she wore.

The assistant collector toyed with his glass, and began a lazy conversation about the weather.

The captivated Maltboy toyed, with his hat in an uncertain way, and was half disposed to sit down again, when Quigg hastily produced his visiting list, and said, with his best business smile: "We Should certainly be very happy, Miss Whedell; but we have seventy-five calls still to make, and it is now (consulting his watch) two o'clock.

He told her, and she extended her hand and took the watch, and toyed with it a moment; "it is a pretty watch, open it, please," which he did.

But Bart toyed with his fork, and sparkled with happy, brilliant sallies.

And those little rosy tipped fingers toyed caressingly with that coveted moustache, and were kissed for it, and went and did it again, and so on; and then tenderly with the long light brown wavy curls.

" Garcia groaned, hesitated, decided, went to some hoard which he had put aside for great needs, counted out a hundred American eagles, toyed with them, wept over them, and brought them to Coronado.

She dropped her eyes and toyed with the ribbons on the gay-colored bodice she was wearing.

"What do you mean by that?" asked the robber, as he toyed with his revolver.

Myself have never toyed with women much, (Pointing to his suite.)

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