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Example sentences for "bearskins"

Lexicographically close words:
bearings; bearish; bearlike; bears; bearskin; bearward; beast; beaste; beastes; beastie
  1. Sit down anywhere you like; and just holler through the crack in the floor, under the bearskins there, if you want anything out of the Bocker-shop, below.

  2. And she looked quizzically at the fat boy leaning against the bearskins who did not seem ever to be going to breathe again.

  3. Too bad you can't dance," said the Captain sympathetically, when Slim's ankles had been strapped with plaster and he had been comfortably settled on a pile of bearskins brought down from the bed upstairs.

  4. The third was a pile of bearskins and the fourth was another kind of Indian bed, made of smooth round willow rods tied together with ropes and laid across two poles fastened into the wall.

  5. Oh, I have it, I'll get inside of that pile of bearskins and listen while they tell their tale of woe to you and then I'll hop out and laugh at them.

  6. The waiting British saw the black bearskins of the tall Guard, the imperial insignia on cross-belts and uniforms.

  7. There was something ominous in the slow movements of the men, picked men they were, the grenadiers of the Elba Guard especially being of great size, their huge bearskins towering above them.

  8. There they lay in lines where they had fallen; the tall bearskins on their heads, the muskets still clasped in their hands.

  9. Without wasting breath on another word, they untied their bundles, spread their bearskins in the lee of a hummock, fed hastily but heartily, rolled themselves in their simple bedding, and went to sleep.

  10. The old man, Sukonia's father, brought bearskins for the young women to sit on, and waited.

  11. At last both came near Sukonia's, and saw the two bearskins hanging out over the sweat-house.

  12. You will see two black bearskins hanging over the sweat-house door," said the father, when his daughters were starting.

  13. The midshipmen made their way towards the troops on the left, and were able, by looking at the lofty bearskins of the Guards, to find out the regiment to which Sidney Rogers belonged.

  14. The bonnets of the Highlanders were soon discovered, and not far off the tall bearskins showed where the Guards had fought.

  15. He had a side room to his cabin, which was his bedroom; so that night he spread down a buffalo robe and two bearskins before the fire for Jerrine and me.

  16. It was with many happy anticipations that I snuggled down among the blankets and bearskins that morning.

  17. As he deposited her among the blankets and bearskins the hopelessness of his position impressed itself swiftly upon him.

  18. A thin, weazened little old woman scrambled from a pile of bearskins as he ran toward them.

  19. Send to the kitchen at once and ask if any bearskins are missing,' ordered the chamberlain; and the page returned with the tidings that the skins of two white bears could not be found.

  20. One of them rose to fetch another, and, quick as thought, Alexandrine caught up the bearskins and was outside in the garden.

  21. Several bearskins were laid in the bed of the sledge for me, and a back-rest was made by lashing together three cross-pieces.

  22. Three huge bearskins were first placed on the floor, and then my blankets were spread over them.

  23. Beyond the cavalry the Old Guard was standing, twelve regiments of them, all veterans of many battles, sombre and severe, in long blue overcoats and high bearskins from which the plumes had been removed.

  24. Did I not know the bearskins of the Guard?

  25. I fell back on the bearskins to shut my eyes and call up all the might of love to grapple with this fresh misery.

  26. Beds were of bearskins and blankets, and the floor was the only bedstead.

  27. Major Abasa and the Ispravnik of Ghijiga escorted us from the landing to their quarters, where we soon warmed ourselves with hot tea, and I took opportunity and a couple of bearskins and went to sleep.

  28. I had a seat on some bearskins on the plank flooring, and found it reasonably comfortable.

  29. Mogstad sat on the bearskins in the sledge, driving a team of seven dogs, and with the band (i.

  30. We now had far more meat than we required, and did not care to use more cartridges on these animals for the present; but what grieved us most was the thought of all the beautiful bearskins which we should leave behind us.

  31. We had to protect them well by lashing bearskins under them; and then we had to make the best grips we could contrive out of the scanty wood we had to fix on the sledges.

  32. Oh yes, that we made ourselves such a good bed yesterday with bearskins under the bag; that we slept the clock round without knowing it, and I thought it was six in the morning when I turned out.

  33. The blankets were sewed together again, we spread bearskins under us, and were as comfortable as we could be under the circumstances; and we made no further attempt to part company at night.

  34. But Knud will need no bearskins and Wulf will need no skates--and I sicken when I think of such a winter.

  35. After some demur we all took seats upon bearskins in the bottoms of the canoes, and pushed off.

  36. The bottom of this little snow-cellar was then strewn to a depth of three or four inches with twigs of willow and alder, shaggy bearskins were spread down to make a warm, soft carpet, and our fur sleeping-bags arranged for the night.

  37. Returning to the Cossack barrack, we spread our bearskins and blankets down on the rough plank floor and went disconsolate to bed.

  38. Amid great excitement a canoe was hastily prepared and launched, and taking our seats upon bearskins in the bottom, we ordered our Cossack rowers to push off.

  39. After supper I lay down upon my bearskins in the tent, and fell asleep watching the round moon rise over a ragged volcanic peak east of the valley.

  40. When we tired of music we made an amicable adjustment of our respective legs in the narrow canoe, and lying back upon our bearskins slept soundly, undisturbed by the splash of the water and the scraping of poles at our very ears.

  41. Tired with the long day's travel, and the fruitless diggings for wood, Dodd and I returned to camp, and threw ourselves down upon our bearskins to drink tea.

  42. In twenty minutes we were lying comfortably on our bearskins in a Kamchadal house.

  43. No sooner did we return to our quarters than we threw off our uniform coats, spread our bearskins on the floor and sat down upon them with crossed legs, to enjoy a comfortable smoke in the good old free-and-easy style.

  44. In ten minutes we were seated on bearskins before a warm fire in a cozy Russian house, drinking cup after cup of fragrant tea, and talking over our night's adventures.

  45. So the bearskins were fastened by thongs to the sledges and word was shouted to the dog leader of each team.

  46. Now I had noted that most of these Esquimaux had bits of bearskins amongst their other furs, and it was that I had in mind when I fell out with Captain Black.

  47. Cap the small rounded skull of him with bright brown hair, brushed and anointed to astonishing sleekness, dress him in the full uniform of a Second Lieutenant in the Bearskins Plain, and you have Franky on his wedding-day.

  48. With the First Infantry Brigade of the First British Expeditionary Force went the First Battalion of the Bearskins Plain.

  49. She noticed the dirty bearskins piled on the pole bed in the corner.

  50. The children sank down on one of the bearskins to eat their first meal in their new home.

  51. While the driver was loosening Wabi's clothes and bundling him in heavy bearskins Rod added dry limbs to the fire until it threw a warm glow for a dozen paces around.

  52. The two led their faithful comrade to the heap of bearskins on the mail sled and made him sit there while fresh soup was being made.

  53. After the Eskimo had become acquainted with the advantages of firearms the natives of Davis Strait also began to trade bearskins for guns and ammunition, having learned how highly they were prized in Cumberland Sound.

  54. In a similar way the Saumingmiut barter with the whalers of Cumberland Sound, whom they visit during the winter, carrying heavy loads of bearskins to the stations.

  55. The furniture was lacquered blue and white under designs in silver filigree, and everywhere lay such numbers of white bearskins that they hid the carpet.

  56. But now Satin was rolling on the bearskins in the bedroom and calling her.

  57. At night when Nana was sitting on her bearskins drawing off her stockings, he would talk amicably about the other three gentlemen and lay especial stress on Philippe, who was loyalty itself.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bearskins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.