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Example sentences for "hies"

Lexicographically close words:
hieroglyphics; hieroglyphs; hierophant; hierophants; hierro; hiest; higgling; high; highball; highballs
  1. The credulous maid believes only so much of the former as is confirmed by the latter, and hies from one to the other till she confounds their testimonies, and concludes by fancying them to be both of one opinion.

  2. The Mayor towards Guildhall hies him in an post.

  3. The last and greatest Herald of Heaven's King Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild, Among that savage brood the woods forth bring, Which he more harmless found than man, and mild.

  4. XI With shield upon his arm, in knightly wise, Belted and mailed, his helmet on his head; The knight more lightly through the forest hies Than half-clothed churl to win the cloth of red.

  5. With camels, elephants, and footmen hies Thither that king, confiding in his might; With huge desire if peopled be the land To bring its nations under his command.

  6. Him that in chase of the Indian damsel hies Disdain preserves; from thence does he depart Towards Italy, and is with courteous cheer And welcome guested by a cavalier.

  7. Into the region of Mon Lay Won, When the day of official life is done, Into the land of slant-eyed Lee's He hies him away to replenish his teas.

  8. Whenever the magistrate, good Li Song Is short of his favorite tea, Oolong, He lays his gout and his spectacles down And hies him away into Chinatown.

  9. From languor's sullen bands His limbs are loos'd, and eager, on he hies Dazzled to trace it in the sunny skies.

  10. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home; Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its breast.

  11. He will never set more to the brave; Let us pour to the hero the dirge of death, For to-morrow he hies to the grave.

  12. He seizes the stick with which he is wont to beat the tom-tom, and hies him to a corner, and speedily unearths, not one bottle, but two.

  13. Evening sees that day must go at last, so she hies away to put the flowers to sleep.

  14. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine.

  15. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine.

  16. He then hies to mass, shrives him of his misdeeds, and obtains absolution.

  17. Sidenote D: He then hies to mass,] [Sidenote E: and shrives him of his misdeeds.

  18. Anon the early reaper hies To waving fields that clasp the skies, Broad sheets of sunlit water.

  19. Then the farmer hies to the woods to select the site for the rice field, calling upon the omen bird to direct him in his choice.

  20. And straightway to the spring hies he, where the women there gathered fill his ears with tittering, questioning tattle as he is filling his jar.

  21. And Najma, as soon as she catches a glimpse of him, takes up her earthen jar and hies her to the spring.

  22. At the instance of his kinsfolk he hies him to Chiassi, where he sees a knight hunt a damsel and slay her and cause her to be devoured by two dogs.

  23. Tofano hies him forth of the house, and runs to the spot: she goes into the house, and locks him out, and hurls abuse at him from within.

  24. Gostanza loves Martuccio Gomito, and hearing that he is dead, gives way to despair, and hies her alone aboard a boat, which is wafted by the wind to Susa.

  25. To the tomb he hies Of old Anchises, and the crowded games.

  26. Thus speaking, to his home the chieftain hies And bids his steeds be harnessed for the fight: Soon for the pleasure of their master's eyes They stand before him, neighing in their might.

  27. Yet oft the hoary swain, when autumn sighs Through the long grass, sees a dim form arise, That hies in glimmering moonlight to the brook, Its wan lips moving, in its hand a book.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.