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Example sentences for "found the"

  • As Bert travelled from parish to parish, and from district to district, avoiding as far as possible those festering centres of violence and despair, the larger towns, he found the condition of affairs varying widely.

  • With the first he found the wreckage of an aeronaut too.

  • Bert had dropped some of his corned beef, but he found the biscuits in his hand and ate them quietly.

  • He found the cold, grey cloud wilderness rising towards him with a wide, slow steadiness.

  • I hastened thither, and as I imagined, found the Marquis at the point of death.

  • The Cowl of his habit was thrown over his face: From the heat of the weather the Streets were almost totally deserted: The Monk met with few people, found the Strada di San Iago, and arrived without accident at Donna Elvira's door.

  • My journey was uncommonly agreeable: I found the Baron a Man of some sense, but little knowledge of the world.

  • There He found the Baron, his Lady, and Don Gaston, disputing together upon the Porter's relation.

  • As soon as He was announced, her Daughter retired with Leonella, and when He entered the chamber, He found the Lady of the House alone.

  • We found the general at Frederictown, waiting impatiently for the return of those he had sent thro' the back parts of Maryland and Virginia to collect waggons.

  • We met with no Indians, but we found the places on the neighboring hills where they had lain to watch our proceedings.

  • He went inside, broke the lock from the gun in the corner, found the trunk, and swinging it to his shoulder, passed Henry Jameson and went back through the woods.

  • With the document in his possession, they went to the store he designated, where he found the Girl a chair in the fitting room, while he went to see the manager.

  • Ever touched the broom, or spread the mats, or rolled them up, or found the draughts, or collected the dominoes, or put my hand to any kind of work?

  • When he came back to the towing-path, he found the ferry-boat on the opposite side, and a gentleman hailing it and waiting to be taken over.

  • Thus, when Daniel came back, he found the affair as good as concluded.

  • Here we found the prisoners, who had passed the night on the beach having been totally forgotten by us, as our minds had been full of our guests, and were ultimately overcome by sleep.

  • We found the cocoa-nuts in good condition, and the cooked yams, but the bread-fruits were spoiled.

  • Her mother had, in a case her private judgement of which remained educative of Mrs. Pocock's critical sense, found the man.

  • When he had the document in hand, Tirant quickly went up to the castle where he found the princess in a great hall.

  • He found the defender at the far end of the list, and Tirant went to the other end of the field.

  • We found the Duke of Macedonia dead from a lance wound, and the Duke of Babylonia, the Marquis of Ferrara, and the Marquis of Guast, Count Plegamans.

  • When Tirant was on land he found the Count of Africa waiting for him on shore with many men, and he welcomed him with great honor.

  • He glanced uneasily upward, as though he found the progress of the lift slow.

  • He found the light of his present exaltation reflected in the face of the girl.

  • He found the man in yellow close at hand.

  • He found the thing in his mind too vague for words.

  • He found the size of her finger one day when winter had departed, and the early grass was green.

  • There was a light sound by the door, and I found the Virginian's eye on me.

  • No doubt, when yu've found the moss yu' want to gather.

  • When Baldy awoke later, he found the parcel to be a pair of flowery slippers.

  • I found the village--half a dozen houses with one biggish place that looked like an inn.

  • Stumm had realized his loss and found the tracks of the thief.

  • I found the ferry of Ratchik by asking a soldier and a German sailor there told me where the Kurdish Bazaar was.

  • Lastly, as he was very fond of snuff, he found the presence of M.

  • When he reached the centre of the web he found the fly no longer there.

  • In which will be found the Words to an English Air which was in Fashion in 1832 XVII.

  • In which will be found the Origin of the Saying: Don't lose the Card VIII.

  • I found the parents of my darling in the utmost misery at her loss; for she had died, about a week before my arrival, of a consumption, which they imputed to her pining at my sudden departure.

  • We found the presence-chamber at our entrance very full, and a buzz ran through it, as in all assemblies, before the principal figure enters; for his majesty was not yet come out.

  • Next day, returning by chance to the same spot, he found the oysters he had cast down all dead and open in the sun.

  • Dick stole out of the hut when he had assured himself from her regular breathing that she was asleep, and, pushing the tendrils and the branches of the mammee apples aside, found the beach.

  • Then he found the remains of yesterday's breakfast, which he had hidden between two palmetto leaves, and placed it also in the boat.

  • Now I found the value of arithmetic, and set to work in earnest on proportion, vulgar and decimal fractions, and, in fact, everything in school work that I could turn to account in the science of chemistry.

  • I found the banks of the Clyde splendid ground for gaining further mechanical knowledge.

  • Now I found the instrument a pleasure to use; and I determined to add to it divided circles, and to accurately adjust it to the meridian.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "found 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:
    aged father; clock this; everybody knows; found again; found amongst; found another; found convenient; found elsewhere; found great; found her; found himself; found itself; found many; found means; found near; found necessary; found plenty; found several; found some; found them; found there; found useful; made signs; merely human; present value; would fain