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Example sentences for "entering the"

  • I remembered the look of suspicion and surprise that had escaped him on entering the room, and I thought his indifference a little overacted.

  • I persisted in entering the house, for all that.

  • The doctor and the gardener (both unusually strong men) had failed to hold the poor creature when they first attempted to remove her on entering the room.

  • The stair, the scale-stair, was not well cleaned; and on entering the house, Mannering was struck with the narrowness and meanness of the wainscotted passage.

  • On entering the gateway, he found that the rude magnificence of the inner court amply corresponded with the grandeur of the exterior.

  • She therefore attended his summons to the parlour slowly and reluctantly, and, on entering the room, paid her respects in the coldest possible manner.

  • The demon retired, yelling and discomfited, and the old man, entering the apartment, with tears congratulated his guest on his victory in the fated struggle.

  • A year ago I was myself intensely miserable, because I thought I had made a mistake in entering the ministry: its uniform duties wearied me to death.

  • On re-entering the parlour, I found Diana standing at the window, looking very thoughtful.

  • Behind the royal family stood their suite, holding their masks in their hands, for all were required to uncover their faces on entering the room in which the royal family were seated.

  • It was therefore not her he sought when, on entering the conservatory, he looked searchingly around.

  • Pollnitz threw a laughing, jesting glance toward Anna, who had left his side on entering the room, and had withdrawn to one of the windows.

  • I heard you speaking on entering the conservatory.

  • When Napoleon was fifteen he was sent to Paris until he should attain the requisite age for entering the army.

  • On entering the vessel he took off his hat, and addressing Captain Maitland, said, "I am come to throw myself on the protection of the laws of England.

  • Entering the apartments of the Princesse de Conti, he found there Madame d'Espinoy, who had much property in Flanders, and who had wished to take a trip there.

  • Entering the room in which the ambassadors were to be received and where a large number of ladies were already collected, she glided behind the Duchesse de Rohan, and told her to pass to the left.

  • Before Somerset reached the inn he was overtaken by a slight shower, and on entering the house he walked into the general room, where there was a fire, and stood with one foot on the fender.

  • On entering the drawing-room only the father, son, and daughter were assembled.

  • Lady Janet's course of action on entering the dining-room was in perfect harmony with Lady Janet's character.

  • A strange fancy had sprung to life in her mind on re-entering the room; she herself smiled faintly at the extravagance of it.

  • Still under the impression of what she had seen on entering the room, Lady Janet looked at him in angry amazement.

  • He crossed the room, and, entering the embrasure, was completely lost to view behind its hangings.

  • You cannot have them before half an hour," said he, turning on his heel, and re-entering the house.

  • His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the matting of the floor.

  • On entering the thicket I witnessed for the first time the operation of tattooing as performed by these islanders.

  • On entering the house, I was surprised to see six muskets ranged against the bamboo on one side, from the barrels of which depended as many small canvas pouches, partly filled with powder.

  • On entering the banker's mansion, they perceived the phaeton and servant of M.

  • Here is a glass with one already prepared," said Villefort, entering the room.

  • It was evident that one sentiment affected all the guests on entering the dining-room.

  • Monte Cristo chose this moment for re-entering the drawing-room.

  • Many of the communities have no means of subsistence other than the work of their own hands and the small dowries the nuns have brought with them on entering the convent.

  • A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.

  • A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary.

  • A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.

  • In the comparative tranquillity which followed the September massacres, the royal family resumed the regular habits they had adopted on entering the Temple.

  • Those who had no hope of entering the circle of the Comtesse Jules were made jealous by the opportunities of advancement it afforded.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "entering the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    becomes necessary; common sight; cool cellar; deduced from; deemed proper; distinct family; entering the; entering upon; gentle sleep; geological structure; horses were; inch rifles; including forestry; laws against; might venture; mucous membrane; music director; silver fork; son oeuvre; sufficient force; taking cold; well informed; wrought upon