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Example sentences for "leisurely"

Lexicographically close words:
leist; leister; leisure; leisured; leisureliness; leit; leive; lejos; leke; lektur
  1. She crossed the shop-floor at a leisurely pace, and came and offered her hand to the beautiful Norman.

  2. He was nearing his goal, carried along towards it, with nothing to do but to yield to the leisurely jolts of the waggon; and, free from all further fatigue, he now only suffered from hunger.

  3. Following Hunston at a more leisurely pace, he had not gone many yards, when a firm grip was placed upon his shoulder.

  4. And he shook his fist at the shark, while the latter, after shooting past, turned round and paddled leisurely back, making sure of them yet.

  5. So leisurely is Spenser in telling a tale!

  6. Then Anna, who had been vaguely alarmed by his judicial tone, filled up the teacups with a reassured air and in a leisurely manner.

  7. It is getting late, Carlyon, and we may as well walk back together," he remarked in his leisurely manner, for being an old bachelor he was rather precise in his ways.

  8. The small dark shops, the uneven sidewalks, the rickety wooden awnings were closely in character with the easy-going citizens who moved leisurely and contentedly about their small affairs.

  9. She was bareheaded, and wore a short-sleeved, collarless gown of summer design, but she carried herself with a leisurely and careless grace which made evident the fact that she was accustomed to these moments of uproar.

  10. As we set forth he recovered his smile, for he was naturally of a cheerful disposition, and in our long, leisurely journey I obtained many curious glimpses into his psychology--the psychology of the red man.

  11. After ten minutes' very leisurely walk round the base of the shaft, during which he made one or two observations by linear and perpendicular compass, he said to Tom Bowcock: "I think this will do exactly.

  12. One was a light skiff, in which a girl, clad in white jersey and white flannel skirt, with a white Tam o' Shanter pinned on her head, was sculling leisurely towards the town.

  13. He was abroad three years, though in 1741 he quarreled with Walpole at Florence, separated from him and made his way home alone in a leisurely manner.

  14. Ferror," he said, "let us ride leisurely forward until we get within about fifty yards of them.

  15. Buell set to work leisurely to rebuild it.

  16. He leisurely mounted his horse and trotted toward the conflict.

  17. His companion leisurely resumed his dressing, and completed it, glancing sometimes with a smile at the transformation he had effected, but never speaking once.

  18. Even Mr. Whitney wondered at his silence, but young Mainwaring, leisurely following in the rear, knew it to be only the calm which presages the coming storm.

  19. A little later Harold Mainwaring strolled leisurely across the large reading-room to a table where Mr. Whitney was seated.

  20. The flag-officer continued on with the gunboats to within a mile of the fort, making a leisurely reconnoissance, during which he was unmolested by the enemy.

  21. Having seated herself, she took a pair of spectacles out of her reticule and proceeded to wipe them in a most leisurely manner.

  22. He must--was that--could that be Campbell sauntering so leisurely toward him?

  23. A pack of wolves trotted leisurely away over the marsh.

  24. The animal was wandering leisurely to the south.

  25. So soon as he was satisfied they were out of sight, the Rifleman came from beneath the canoe, carefully setting it back in its place again, and struck off in the woods at a more leisurely gait.

  26. His rifle was slung over his shoulder, and as he walked leisurely along, he had that easy, saucy air which showed him to be totally unmindful of the opinion of friend or foe.

  27. These did not look up, but continued to row on in the same leisurely way as before; nor did Pierre again glance at the castle.

  28. He walked off in a leisurely manner and, a few paces farther, turned down a side street.

  29. He had sent off Pierre on horseback, as soon as the ship dropped anchor at Gravesend, and followed more leisurely himself.

  30. They came leisurely up the hill, walking as if they were very tired, and got within fifteen steps of our camp before they discovered it.

  31. The narrow little street had wide, leisurely sidewalks and old-fashioned houses on either side, a few of red brick, but more of brown stone with spotless white-sashed windows which were tall and narrow and rounded at the top.

  32. Tall, rather lank and loosely clothed, Dillon was coming down the pier in easy leisurely fashion, talking to a man by his side.

  33. Chile is, always excepting Santiago and Valparaiso, a quiet tranquil country, developing itself in a leisurely way.

  34. His "Letters," edited after his death in 1877 by George William Curtis, give a fascinating picture of English life among the cultivated and leisurely classes.

  35. Ford drew a leisurely thumb across the foreground of his picture and surveyed the result with his head on one side.

  36. Margaret, all unconscious of the ingenuity that spent itself upon her, ate a leisurely breakfast, giving Mr. Samson ample time to escape to the stoep alone and establish himself there.


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