2316 examples of twins in sentences

Then it was the oxen's turn to laugh, for the twins' wrath was all turned upon each other.

That night, after the twins had washed the accumulated stock of dishes, and put patches on their overalls with pieces of canvas and a sail needle, and performed the many little odd jobs which by all accepted rules of ethics belong to Sunday evening's busy work, they sat beside the fire and indulged in great depression of spirits!

Then the twins lost hope entirely and decided to treat Aunt Patience as one already deadfiguratively speaking, to turn her picture to the wall.

The twins had made several unfruitful journeys to the Landing for their brother and his wife, for they began to go two days before the "Cheyenne" was expected, and had been going twice a day since, all of which had been carefully entered in their account book!

One day, in harvest time, when something had gone wrong with their binder, and Fred had sent to Brandon for a new knotter, the twins refused to pay for it when it came, telling him that he could pay for it himself.

When the drive was over and Rance came in to the twins' apartments, and on their invitation had a game with them and lost, they were suddenly smitten with an idea.

His tone and manner were so like the twins that Evelyn applauded his efforts.

He thought, of course, that the twins were safely at home, and Evelyn had often said that she was not afraid to stay.

" The twins turned around and retraced their steps through the storm, very hungry and very cross, but forgetting these emotions in the presence of a stronger onefear.

This threatened to dislodge the seating arrangement on the platform, for in their enthusiastic applause, the Blackburn twins on account of the shortness of their legs and the vigor of their applause, lost their balance and fell.

Pearl came forward and stepped to the platform, displacing temporarily one of the twins, to make a space where she might step.

Occasionally she brought her two eldest boys, the twins, with her, though their little legs moved but slowly on the return journey

In the bed against the wall at one end of the room lay Blaise and Denis, the twins, sturdy little fellows six years of age; while in the second bed against the opposite wall was Ambroise, now nearly four and quite a little cherub.

Behind him came the twins, Blaise and Denis, who were less turbulentthe latter especially.

The worthy doctor all at once found the twins upon his shoulders, while the younger boy clasped him round the waist and the little girl clung to his legs.

These two opened the march; then came Blaise and Denis, the twins, the parents bringing up the rear.

Helped by Ambroise, the twins, Blaise and Denis, were building a whole village out of pieces of cardboard, fixed together with paste.

Well, all this while there is no harm in this: Are not these two twins?

twins should be both alike, If tone speaks fair, the tother should not strike: Jesus, the warriors will not offer blows!

1910 TO MY FRIEND JOHN CORBIN Folly and Wisdom, Heavenly twins, Sons of the god Imagination, Heirs of the Virtueswhich were Sins Till Transcendental Contemplation Transmogrified their outer skins Friend, do you follow me?

Mrs. Micawber is at home attending to the twins, one of which she is holding in her arms, the other is in the cradle near by, and various of the children are scattered about the floor.

With the exception of a heel of Dutch cheese, which is not adapted to the wants of a young family,and including the twins,there is nothing to eat in the house.

Now we’ll stop all immigration, We won’t need it any more; We’ll be having young natives, Twins by the score.

And ye three twins, to light by Venus brought, The sweete companions of the Muses late, From whom whatever thing is goodly thought 405 Doth borrow grace, the fancie to aggrate*, Go beg with us, and be companions still, As heretofore of good, so now of ill.

We have no positive information to tell us what he did for the next seven years after the birth of his twins.

2316 examples of  twins  in sentences