In the wood, everything was still: the trees stood firmly in the blaze of the sun and the young leaves hung gleaming, without stirring.
Then all was quite still: no hammering behind the wall, no boys in the street, only the soft tapping of the canary in his food-trough and the tick of the pendulum; everything was quiet as though in an enchanted sleep.
Outside, it was all blue and sunshine and silence; everything was bowed in anxious expectation; it was as though there were nothing erect and alive in the world except that little church and that bell.
Though early in the afternoon, everything was quiet; but upon mounting the side we found four or five sailors lounging about the forecastle, under an awning.
The men, after a fashion of their own, began to settle down into the routine of sea-life, as if everything was going on prosperously.
An hour or two after midnight, everything was noiseless; but when the first streak of the dawn showed itself over the mountains, a sharp voice hailed the forecastle, and ordered the ship unmoored.
At least, so we judged from the motion, for we could not see either it or the sky; everything was as black as pitch.
Everything was quiet, however, till midnight, when all at once a great tumult began, and out of every hole and corner came little devils.
Everything was small, but exceedingly carefully and delicately made, and seemed to be cut out by a dexterous hand with the greatest exactitude.
And when he went inside the house, everything was of real marble and gold, with velvet covers and great golden tassels.
When he arrived, everything was as the dwarf had said.
Everything was in accordance with my state of feeling, and I experienced a glow of pleasure at finding that what of poetry and romance I ever had in me, had not been entirely deadened by the laborious and frittering life I had led.
As soon as everything was snug on board, the boat was lowered, and we pulled ashore, our new officer, who had been several times in the port before, taking the place of steersman.
Everything was in confusion on deck; the little vessel was tearing through the water as if she were mad, the seas flying over her, and the masts leaning over at an angle of forty-five degrees from the vertical.
We were youngsters then, Mark, and how keen our relish of everything was!
Everything was put in readiness, including linen, cutlery, and utensils.
Everything was distinct in the clear air, and the view exactly as like the bit of background by an Umbrian master as it ideally should have been.
If nothing was supremely wonderful, everything was delicious.
Everything was as still as death, and not a soul was to be seen.
Everything was so changed that he scarcely recognized this country, where he had been born, and passed his youth.
Everything was in perfect order; not even a paper was misplaced.
Everything was in perfect keeping: the insolent eye, coarse lips, high cheek-bones, and a beard so red that it seemed to emit flames in the reflection of the dazzling lights.
The tailors and dressmakers, however, none the less set so actively to work that on the 7th everything was finished.
Mary again questioned the pulsations of her heart, and, fast as it leaped, before the twelfth beat the propitious star was shining on the horizon: there was no longer any doubt; everything was settled.
I waited, and it seemed a good while, everything was so still and lonesome.
Inside of me, everything was extinguished as well.
Everything was in confusion on deck; the little vessel was tearing through the water as if she had lost her wits, the seas flying over her, and the masts leaning over at a wide angle from the vertical.
The great prosperity, the honor of the house, everything was foundering in a moment.
On the Bourse, everything was new, unexpected, sudden, and formidable.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "everything was" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
