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Example sentences for "moment afterward"

  • A moment afterward he addressed the prisoner.

  • A moment afterward a ringing shout sounded farther along the stream.

  • A moment afterward a great bulky form appeared at the opposite side of the park.

  • A moment afterward he disappeared behind a lodge.

  • A moment afterward he rode out upon the plain.

  • A moment afterward he twisted about and laughed shrilly, as he shook his war club at the Sioux.

  • A moment afterward a riderless horse was rearing and plunging about among the rebels, throwing them into confusion.

  • I instantly stopped, and a moment afterward up galloped the hostler.

  • But, in a moment afterward, the stranger's face became so kindly and mild, that the old man quite forgot his terror.

  • A moment afterward, she almost fancied that she heard something stir inside of the box.

  • A moment afterward, the whole surface of the ground was broken up by a multitude of polished brass helmets, coming up like a crop of enormous beans.

  • A moment afterward one of the nurses came, and finally the surgeon.

  • Here Stuart came suddenly upon them, and drove in their pickets:--a moment afterward he was galloping forward with the gayety of a huntsman after a fox.

  • A moment afterward he had mingled with their column and disappeared.

  • A moment afterward Arvina, his conference with Sanga ended, and ignorant of all that by-play, took the road leading to the Campus, eager to overtake his friend Aristius.

  • A moment afterward, pale as death, with his hair starting and a wild eye, Agathon entered the room.

  • A moment afterward he exclaimed—"But Chærea!

  • Dan, flushing, and a moment afterward he added with an effort, "I met Betty in the turnpike, you know.

  • The hammer was thrown aside, and fell upon the stones, and a moment afterward, the door flew back quickly, showing the blanched face of free Levi and the bright glow of the hearth.

  • A moment afterward he was led away toward the west.

  • A moment afterward he heard another arrow strike the water within bow-length of his canoe.

  • A moment afterward he was led forward to receive his punishment.

  • A moment afterward he heard the call of Gokhos repeated farther up the river.

  • His words ended in a laugh, but she felt a moment afterward, as she entered the house and he turned away, that he had looked at her as no man had ever done in her life before.

  • A quick resentment showed in her eyes, but she veiled it a moment afterward by a cunning expression of injured innocence.

  • Her glance puzzled him, and she followed it a moment afterward with a sentence which had the effect of increasing, rather than diminishing, the obscurity in which he floundered.

  • And so the captain of the schooner understood it, for in a moment afterward we could see the graceful little craft luffing up in the wind, brailing up her foresail, and hauling her jib sheet to windward.

  • The ship sank out of sight in a moment afterward.

  • Caius Crispus nodded assent, but made a gesture of caution, glancing his eye toward one or two of the company, and whispering a moment afterward, "I am not sure of those fellows.

  • And with the word he rushed at him, aiming a fierce blow at his head, while the others a moment afterward charged on him from the other side.

  • A moment afterward a long rifle was leveled, and Frank thought that the muzzle was pointed straight at his head.

  • A moment afterward, a hand holding a murderous looking bowie-knife appeared, followed first by a dark, scowling face, and then by a pair of broad shoulders.

  • He heard a stealthy step on the leaves, and a moment afterward, saw a pair of eyes, which shone like two coals of fire, glaring at him from a thicket not far distant.

  • A moment afterward he tied their hands behind them, and drew the buckskin thongs deep into the flesh.

  • A moment afterward a pair of shining green eyes flashed in the darkness.

  • A moment afterward it fell at his feet with an arrow through its body.

  • A moment afterward, however, when he learned who it was he began to grow excited.

  • A moment afterward a puff of smoke arose from the forecastle, and a twelve-pounder shot plowed through the water, and lodged in the bank at their very feet.

  • This time, however, the rebel saw where it came from, and a moment afterward a ball was buried in the thick timbers, scarcely an inch from the place where Frank was cautiously looking out, watching the motions of his rival.

  • A moment afterward, a hundred-pound shot plunged into the battery, raising a cloud of dust; but the rebels had seen the flash of the gun in time to throw themselves behind the embankment and escape.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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