Dearie me," said Mother Mayberry, as she paused in her busy manoeuvers to take in what Miss Wingate proudly declared to be the completed effect, "everybody will think they have walked into a flower show.
If her culinary manoeuvers were slow they were at least sure and the "riz" biscuits looked promising.
She came on once more at the end of the last act in the grand ballet, where all the dancers performed intricate manoeuvers under changing lights.
Strategic manoeuvers were not in Dan's line, and he might have refused outright had not Birdie laid a white hand on his and lifted a pair of effectively pleading eyes.
All sorts of cunning manoeuvers and tricks are employed to torment the man.
For a time Dale tried not to notice it, trusting that his careful, accurate execution of the manoeuvers would in itself be enough to still the unjust criticism.
The Empress, who keenly appreciates a comical situation, had noticed with great amusement his manoeuvers and embarrassment, and (was it just for a little fun?
All the carriages, on reaching the field where the manoeuvers were to take place, were drawn up in line, in order that every one should have a good view.
From such a position, a single upward leap prepares one instantly for advance or retreat, either of which manoeuvers is well within instant necessity at times.
Under orders of the War Department, upon invitation from the government of France, I witnessed the autumn manoeuvers of the Twelfth Corps of the French army at and about Limoges.
That is to say, Celeste began; Mrs. Chedsoye generally took charge of these manoeuvers from the heights, as became the officer in command.
From now on they were no longer to fence with one another, to shift from this topic to that, with the indirect manoeuvers of a house-cat intent upon the quest of the Friday mackerel.
A crowd of passengers was usually grouped around him and watched his manoeuvers with intense interest.
Several more times that day we executed elaborate manoeuvers to lose them without the painful formality of saying good-by.
When they got pretty near the land, he gave the order for attention, that they might observe silence in going through whatever manoeuvers were required here.
But Forester was very slow in going on to newmanoeuvers before the old ones were made perfectly familiar.
Patiently Lawrence went through the secret manoeuvers but there was no response.
Illustration: Lawrence went through the secret manoeuvers but there was no response and he found his anxiety growing.
The eleventh plane detached itself from the others which now swung wide and swept around in a graceful circle, while the single one, an instruction plane, commanded the manoeuvers by means of wireless telegraphy.
The drill was a brave sight; for the men went through their manoeuvers with all the pomp of the king's musketeers.
Madame was very successful in her manoeuvers to keep out of the way of her persecutors, as she had now come to call them.
One of young Bob's mules broke away and necessitated a trip half way up to Providence for his capture, and Mrs. Plunkett had Louisa Helen so busy at some domestic manoeuvers that she found it impossible to go with him.
Little Miss Amanda had seen and guessed at his plight and the coffee threat to Miss Lavinia had been one of the nimble manoeuvers that she daily, almost hourly, employed in the management of her sister's ponderosity.
Bill spent a great deal of time with Frank, watching the manoeuvers on the Field.
Ernest smiled to himself as he saw from Bill's manoeuvers as the flight went on that he had stored away all the counsel he had listened to.
The first stroke of twelve rang silvery from the clock.
He was awaiting the results of to-morrow's manoeuvers anent the cricket match.
Ney retreated, and the seventh was spent in manoeuvers which resulted in uniting his corps with the main army.
Her motive, in all her manoeuvers for bringing Nero to this lofty position, was a personal, not a maternal ambition.
He proposed to invite Agrippina to Baiæ, and then, in the course of the ceremonies and manoeuvers connected with the naval spectacle, to take her out upon the bay in a barge or galley.
These were easily routed by Bonaparte in a series of clever manoeuvers on the seventh and without much bloodshed.
They were too much occupied with constantly watching the manoeuvers necessary on the part of the commander and his crew to prevent detection as they passed up the Channel.
The three captives had now learned a great many of the manoeuvers incident to the diving operations, the signals accompanying each action, and studied with the greatest diligence and care the direction indicator and inclinometer.
Whether it was by those or by other manoeuvers that the ship was enabled to reach America, no one has informed us.
He was properly disciplined and put out of the game, and we went on with ourmanoeuvers to the accompaniment of the clicking cameras until the photographers had gathered in a fine lot of realistic fighting-line pictures.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "manoeuvers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
