Thomasin turned and rolled aside the fern from another nook, where more mellow fruit greeted her with its ripe smell.
She ascended to her old position at the top, where the red coals of the perishing fire greeted her like living eyes in the corpse of day.
A yet unconsumed pile of these lay in the inner angle of the bank; and from this corner the upturned face of a little boy greeted her eves.
It partly explained the insuavity with which the woman greeted him.
Again he made his way into a courtyard, and again he was met by a woman--his second sister--who greeted him with joy.
She had greeted Anne with gay cordiality after church, and urged her to come up the next evening.
An angry spit and something that sounded much like very improper language greeted any one who did.
Another greeted his buttock with a Farewell, my case.
However, he is not to be taken, but greeted with a Good-morrow, the others bending the knee; and thus the tournament uses to end.
When Edward Everett saluted Percival's early volume as the harbinger of literary triumphs, and Emerson greeted Walt Whitman at "the opening of a great career", they generalized a strong personal impression.
The faithless little wretch just greeted us in a casual fashion and then went and sat by Yva.
She was wonderfully quiet and gentle in her manner, calm also, and greeted all of us with much sweetness.
If, in the morning, you hear affectionate and courteous words, you will have a pleasant day; but it will be the reverse if on first awaking you are greeted with an imprecation or an insult.
On the other hand they become emboldened, and take courage if, on setting out, they are greeted by one of those encounters which are reputed fortunate—with a jackal in the morning for instance, or with a wild boar in the evening.
She was greeted with loud acclamations, for it seemed to them, and perhaps with reason, that she had come expressly to be able more promptly to fulfil her promise.
This was awful, and made my heart sink down into my shoes, whatever might have been the fervor of applause with which the audience had greeted my performance.
I was greeted this morning, when I came down to breakfast, with a question that surprised and amused we very much.
Groans and hisses greeted the carriage, full of influential personages, in which the Duke of Wellington sat.
They were first greeted by the female part of the population, who brought their children in their arms, and rushed eagerly to touch or rub the faces and arms of the strangers, or whatever parts of their bodies they could approach.
His expression was bland in the extreme as he held up the light he carried and greeted his guest.
IX From the distance sang the morning cry of the cock, and a sharp odour of fog and smokegreeted the nostrils.
Still echoed in his ears the furious cry with which she had greeted his approach.
After His Holiness had greeted them, one advanced to the eleven steps of the stone staircase and stationed himself on the lowest, whereupon a very curious conversation began.
An unusual sightgreeted us on the morning of October 12; the whole country was covered with snow.
The monks were now quite accustomed to my visits and took no particular notice of me, but they always greeted me politely and asked what I had been sketching during the day.
The owner of the Maggie greeted them cheerily, but after discussing generalities for half an hour, Scraggs failed to make overtures, whereupon Mr. Gibney announced casually that he guessed he and Mac would be on their way.
All the old animosities and differences were swallowed up in the glad hand-clasp with which Mr. Gibney greeted his old shipmate of the green-pea trade.
You are just in time," she greeted him, "I was going to tell them something to make them laugh.
Almost immediately Lady Etynge came in and greeted them, with a sort of gentle delight.
They were received with the same affectionate welcome that greeted them two years before from the whole French royal family, and conducted to the chateau.
Nothing could have been more gratifying than the enthusiastic welcome that greeted them on their arrival at Cork and at every stopping-place along their route.
Every time they appeared in public they met with a most enthusiastic reception; and this displeased the regent very much, for he was greeted with nothing but complaints on every side.
A grand ovation awaited them all along the route to their home-in Brunswick, where they were greeted with a hearty welcome by all the ducal family.
Much to her surprise a royal salute greeted her, and the whole town lined the shores to welcome their queen.
Queen Caroline greeted her warmly, and her example was followed by her daughters and the Duke of Cumberland.
As the peers began to arrive they were greeted with hisses, and groans, or loud cheers,--according as they opposed or defended the queen.
Public opinion was in favor of the princess; and the first time she appeared at the opera, after the separation, she was greeted with a tremendous outburst of applause, that must have been galling to the prince.
A perfect roar of voices and deafening shouts of applause greeted the arrival of her majesty's carriage each day; and as she passed Carlton House the crowd jealously watched to see whether the guard on duty presented arms.
An enthusiastic welcome greeted England's ally at every point; flags waved from the houses, and triumphal arches had been erected, all festooned with bright banners and flowers.
By his simplicity and good nature he had made himself exceedingly popular with the lower and middle classes, and there never was anything like the enthusiasm with which he was greeted by all parties.
On or near Alameda Creek they met "about thirty Indians" (Anza says 40), who greeted them peaceably.
Font concurs, in effect, with the statement that when the expedition halted, they were greeted by 38 Indians--presumably adult males.
The structure had withstood the force of the wind; but what a pitiful sight greeted me as I looked about.
The woman who owned it was, I am sorry to say, peculiarly untidy and dirty, and so were her children: so that I felt rather inclined to scoff at the piece of civilized vanity, which I should otherwise have greeted as a promising sign.
I fancy that some day I too shall stow away bags of them amid my worthless precious junk, and when prying hands disturb the dust the nostrils of a youngster now unborn will be greeted by a frail yet pungent aroma.
When we alighted from the train, a large factory greeted our vision, across the road from the railway station.
Baron Schenkelderff greeted his hostess with paternal playfulness, and the young man with an ease which might have been acquired on the Stock Exchange and in the dressing-rooms of "leading ladies.
He greeted Garnett affably and the two exchanged their usual generalizations on life till the sage rose to go; whereupon it occurred to Garnett to accompany him.
The lawyer was looking surprised, but he rose briskly to the level of the situation, and greeted the young girl with ready grace.
Mrs. Maxwell greeted her friends at the door with a dignified bustle, showed them into her bedroom to lay aside their bonnets; then she introduced them to Mrs. Field and Lois in the parlor.
He rose promptly and greeted her, and pushed forward the leather easy-chair with his old courtly flourish.
Francis went into the parlor andgreeted the guests, shaking hands with them rather boyishly and awkwardly.
Though not at all effusive in his manner, he seemed deeply moved, andgreeted Janet with an air of gentle sympathy.
He seemed no whit embarrassed at the detective's visit, greeted me pleasantly, and expressed himself as quite willing to tell us anything we wanted to know.
But, the red light came cheerily towards him from the windows; figures passed and repassed there; and the hum and murmur of voices greeted his ear sweetly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "greeted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
