The web of ice-bridges and the spiral ways went down as well as up, and the creatures that carried him were moving smoothly along a transparent ribbon of ice no more than a yard in width, suspended over that terrible drop.
The shining ones would rebuild their bridgesin the shaft, and go on as they had before, dreaming their cold dreams of ancient power.
The hundreds of the ice-folk on the bridges and galleries watched him in an eager silence.
He cried out, in a voice that made the icy bridges tremble: "I will take the sword!
The flying spiral ribbons of ice were swept clean of them, the arching bridges and the galleries of that upper part of the tower.
In court whoso demaundes What dame doth most excell; For my conceit I must needes say, Faire Bridges beares the bel.
In America some things are finished before they are done; but there are no tottering trestle-bridges in the routes of English enterprise to let the travellers through.
The wavy type bridgesthe gulf between the lank and woolly types, all in turn derived from a common hair-covered being.
Or some geologist or archæologist has discovered in the earth the missing link which connects the higher forms of life with the lower, or which bridges over the gulf between man and the apes.
The theory of the luminiferous ether as the medium of the transmission of light is one of these pretentious bridges of words.
A Study of the Damage to Bridges during Earthquakes, Jour.
With unvarying regularity railway or other bridges which cross rivers or ravines, if the structures are seriously damaged, indicate that the river banks have drawn nearer together at the time of the disturbance.
Much grander natural bridges have been formed in sandstone by a totally different process, and must not be confused with these limestone remnants of caverns.
From long subterranean tunnels the caves are thus transformed into subaërial rock bridges that have become known as “natural bridges.
Savage and ferocious from nature and habit, their general has rendered them still more so, by forming bridges and works with heaps of human bodies; and, what the tongue can scarcely utter, by teaching them to live on human flesh.
But we are not to cross any bridges until we come to them.
Take good care of that and cross no bridges until you come to them.
The Carthaginians, seeing in the ill-sailing and unwieldy vessels of the Romans an easy prey, fell upon them in irregular order; but the newly invented boarding-bridges proved their thorough efficiency.
The Romans prepared themselves for the worst; they broke down the bridges over the Tiber, and nominated Quintus Fabius Maximus dictator to repair the walls and conduct the defence, for which an army of reserve was formed.
But foot-bridges and railings span the stream, and they seem to stand firm.
Do ye not see it, the rainbow and the bridges of the Superman?
Have not all railings and foot-bridges fallen into the water?
It breaks the ice, and the ice breaks down the foot-bridges and railings, whereupon everything is swept away.
On a thousand bridges and piers shall they throng to the future, and always shall there be more war and inequality among them: thus doth my great love make me speak!
How charming it is that there are words and tones; are not words and tones rainbows and seeming bridges 'twixt the eternally separated?
She knew at once that the mysterious bridges which link men with women broke down in this case, and she was strongly tempted to leave the cabin to the sole possession of her surly host.
There was a dignity in that parting, for it was the burning of her bridges behind her.
There are rumours of the impossibility of crossing the Simplon, of roads injured and bridges broken by some recent storm--the postmaster's son has been sent hence to verify their truth, and we wait his fiat.
It crosses the stream a dozen times over handsome bridges built of stone.
Madeleine watched him approvingly from one of the wooden bridges that spanned the neck connecting the ponds.
They had passed the weir and its foaming, and now glided under the bridges that spanned the narrower windings of the river.
Every day I ask myself why I have not thrown myself out of the window, or over one of the bridges into the river, and put an end to it.
My friend purchased his ticket by the indicated route, and the train was soon rumbling over the bridges which span the Charles and Mystic.
Twenty-one of the twenty-three bridges were swept away.
The famous one belonged to a company of proprietors, some of whom have since made Railroads, Engines, and Telegraphs; the chairman has erected mills and bridges in New Zealand.
If he took boat, in a wild endeavour to escape, he would see the fatal words lurking under the arches of the bridges over the Thames.
Men and women pressed past bales and wares, that were being rolled down the narrow wooden bridges to the vessels.
Since this time the city has grown and expanded greatly, and bridgesare a necessity.
That Holland is determined to make a bold stand and fight for her rights if needed, is shown by the fact that she has mined her coast and dynamited her bridges so that she can cut her dams on short notice.
He was sure that some of the tracks had been pulled up and that some of the rails and bridges might be laid with bombs.
Three otherbridges are large floating structures which span the river in the summer, but are removed as soon as the river is frozen.
It was long after twelve o'clock when we reached Berlin, and we noticed that the big bridgesconnecting the city were well protected with soldiers.
I do not know that they actually exceed in number the bridges of Amsterdam; but they appear to, for many can be seen from almost every point of view.
You will be impressed with the vast multitude of bridges in Rotterdam.
There is always a courtyard, a street, or a spire against the sky; and at the Uffizi there are the river and bridges and mountains.
If it were not for its large central arches one would, from the other bridges or the embankment, see nothing whatever of the further side of the city; but as it is, through these arches one has heavenly vignettes.
Its curve is so gentle and soft, and its three arches so light and graceful, that I wonder that whenever new bridges are necessary the authorities do not insist upon the Trinità being copied.
There may be more beautiful bridges in the world than the Trinità, but I have seen none.
He has broken his two bridges after passing, all bridges are gone there, and the country is bottomless: surrender at discretion if once you are driven thither!
Bridges before he go ("No retreat for those Russian vagabonds, only death or surrender for them!
There Dauphiness takes post, leaning on the heights, not in a very scientific way; leaving Keith and Ferdinand to rebuild their Bridges unmolested, and all Prussians to come across at discretion.
In some towns there are canals instead of streets, withbridges for the people to cross from one side to the other.
Here and there rustic bridges cross the rivulets that dance merrily along toward the river.
The riders began to separate, each steering through the street that they figured would bring them most quickly and easily to the bridges that spanned the river.
Up hill and down he flew, around curves, over bridges that shook and rattled at the impact of racing man and machine.
Let's not try to cross their bridges for them beforehand, little woman," he said, with his lips at her ear.
A man whose name was given as George Jeffrey had shot himself an hour before midnight on one of the bridges spanning Cherry Creek.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bridges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
