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Example sentences for "little forward"

  • She had balanced herself lightly on the arm of a chair; and now leaned a little forward, her lips just parted in the eagerness of anticipation.

  • She sat leaning a little forward, her hands clasped tightly over Meredith's letter, her face white and strained, her eyes luminous as he had never yet seen them.

  • Of a sudden he turned from the picture, and, drawing up a low chair, sat down before her, leaning a little forward, his elbow resting on his knee.

  • She stood for a moment leaning a little forward, listening intently ready to make her retreat immediately she was assured that the coast was clear!

  • Mr. Sabin was leaning a little forward, with both hands resting upon his stick.

  • Once, however, he followed some motion of Mr. Sabin's and moved his head a little forward.

  • The coachman, with powdered hair and the dark blue Deringham livery, sat perfectly motionless, his head bent a little forward, and his eyes fixed upon his horses' ears.

  • Like a statue he stood there in the black, absolutely motionless--his head a little forward and to one side.

  • He reached the landing, and paused again, his right hand, with a vicious muzzle of his automatic peeping now from between his fingers, thrown a little forward.

  • Val heard a gasp above the sound of his own hard breathing, and saw Holly's face poked a little forward, very pale, with big eyes.

  • Let your Body be a little forward to give the greater Liberty to the Hind-legs, which are those that lead; and don't aid with your Legs, unless he drags his Haunches.

  • Saying that she looked as a dog will, going to bite in fun, her upper lip shortened above her small white teeth set fast on her lower lip, and her chin thrust a little forward.

  • She leaned a little forward, quickly and eagerly, and demanded: "Didn't you come from the Nest?

  • She stood leaning a little forward on the rock slab, her dress only a little below her knees, and as she leaned thus, her eyes flashing and her lips parted, the wind had flung a wonderful disarray of curls over her shoulder and breast.

  • He had leaned a little forward, and had pulled his hat a trifle over his eyes.

  • He leans a little forward, and compelling the girl's reluctant gaze, goes on speaking.

  • She has placed her hands on the table behind her, and thus compelled to lean a little forward, stands studying the carpet without seeing it.

  • She has leant a little forward and a swift flush is dyeing her cheek.

  • Like a famous American lawyer, the attitude he assumed was to stand bent a little forward, the feet together, the left hand hanging loosely at his side, while he brandished the right above his head.

  • She drew him sitting a little forward, playing with his watch-chain, looking at her with deep grave eyes.

  • Cornelius sat with his head a little forward, breathing rather noisily.

  • He caught her full face as she leaned a little forward, and his glance rested for a moment on a cheek so fair that his spirits fell.

  • He leaned a little forward, he was extremely, happily conspicuous.

  • He leaned a little forward in his chair, his pen still in his hand, his attitude one of strained and nervous attention.

  • She leaned a little forward in her chair.

  • Some at the same time move the left hand a little forward.

  • He watched her, leaning a little forward in his chair, his lips parted, his eyes threatening.

  • Mr. Fentolin, in a black cape and black skull cap, sat a little forward in his electric carriage, with his hand upon the guiding lever.

  • Mr. Fentolin leaned a little forward in his chair.

  • He sat a little forward, a hand on either knee, his mouth ungracefully open, an expression of blank and utter bewilderment in his face.

  • Louise leaned a little forward in her chair.

  • She leaned a little forward, ready at the first signs of an introduction to make every effort to atone for Louise's coldness by a most complete amiability.

  • The woman leaned a little forward, and there was amazement as well as fear flashing in her soft, dark eyes.

  • She was leaning a little forward in her chair, all her listlessness and pallor seemed to have been swept away by a sudden rush of emotion.

  • There was nothing about him, as he stood there with his hands behind him, his head thrown a little forward, in the least inspiring--nothing calculated to terrify the most timid person.

  • She came a little forward now, and threw herself into an easy-chair.

  • The stack is a little forward of the deckhouse and has an elbow at its top.

  • The deckhouse shown in Marestier's sketch extends from a little forward of the mainmast to a little forward of the paddle wheel axle.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little forward" 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:
    little alcohol; little better; little chance; little closer; little dears; little fellow; little giant; little horse; little husband; little nervous; little olive; little pain; little rabbit; little rough; little sadly; little scream; little space; little spirit; little tour; little tree; little troubled; little turn; little when; little wild; taking care; unclean lips