5593 examples of were heard in sentences

Her accents were heard once more.

The friends, amazed, were about to fly from their dangerous proximity to the light, when three distinct laughs were heard.

And, as Seth whipped up his horses and drove off, the words, "wolves, wolves, wolves," were heard coming in muffled tones through the door.

No less than twenty-four witnesses altogether were heard in this session.

Cries and blows were heard.

Nor was this spirit confined to the army; in all companies men were heard to maintain that, to set up monarchy again was to pronounce condemnation on themselves, to acknowledge themselves guilty of all the blood which had been shed to put it down.

They were heard of in Masulipatam and other cities of Madras, where they were badly wanted by the police and not often caught.

The affair remained a mystery till, in Daytona, nine days afterward, the same notes were heard again, this time in lower trees that did not stand in deep water.

For a short time broken and shrill cries were heard from the other teepees, but they were soon over.

The groanings were heard, they say, 'when all wyndes are whiste and the sea restes unmoved as a standing poole.'

About sunrise signals of distress were heard, and by the glass, a dismasted ship was made out, a long way astern, apparently in a sinking condition.

At length, however, strange, mournful sounds far ahead were heard, and the experienced Indians knew that the birds for which they were looking were not far away.

But the little fellow could not help himself, and he went on in the required direction among the trees, the forest growing darker and darker, till suddenly voices were heard, and the boy stopped, "You go straight along there," he said, "and I'll wait.

I was, on the whole, so well satisfied that the Captain had gone East, that, unless something were heard to the contrary, I proposed following him in the late train, leaving a little after midnight for Philadelphia.

" His words were scarcely uttered before the low chords of wind instruments were heard without, where the men had probably stationed themselves by some previous order of their Captain.

Then fearful noises as of torrents were heard from the sea; the mists of the morning were swept away and the storm was upon us.

In all the land every eye was wet with weeping for Alcestis, and the cries of the mourners were heard in every house.

On the present occasion, when the people of le Feu-Follet had supped, they were indulged in their customary dance, and the romantic songs of Provence were heard on the forecastle.

" "Well, to continue your statement of the case, late on Monday afternoon they were heard quarreling in the garden.

" The duke then turned to his seneschal, De Vergy, and spoke in tones that were heard all over the room: "My lord, Maximilian, Count of Hapsburg, and Sir Karl de Pitti have consented to join our banners.

Freedom: Mullen vividly recalls the day that they heard of their emancipation; loud reports from guns were heard echoing through the woods and plantations; after awhile "Yankee" soldiers came and informed them that they were free.

Except for a word now and then, they waited in silence for a half hour; then a door opened and steps were heard in the hall.

Mr. David Leslie, previously cited, gives some first-hand Zulu evidence about a haunted wood, where the Esemkofu, or ghosts of persons killed by a tyrannical chief, were heard and felt by his native informant; the percipient was also pelted with stones, as by the European Poltergeist.

" At a recent conference of Baptists, Methodists, and English Friends, in the city of Chengtu, China, two Chinamen were heard discussing the three denominations.

If you were heard to give me my military rank, you would be the cause of covering me with ridicule!

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