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Example sentences for "olding"

Lexicographically close words:
olde; olden; older; oldest; oldfashioned; oldish; oldness; olds; oldster; oldsters
  1. The birds was getting scarce and the gentlemen that anxious to shoot them there was no 'olding them.

  2. He 'ad to do Sam Jones by candle-light, with Mrs. Jones 'olding the candle with one hand and crying with the other.

  3. Ginger, 'olding out 'is glass to be filled agin.

  4. He took it up and looked at it, and arter 'olding it to 'is ear put it down agin.

  5. I saw my missis jump at the key, and Bob and the others, laughing fit to split their sides, 'olding her back.

  6. Then I 'eard a noise outside that took me to the door agin and kept me there, 'olding on to the door-post and gasping for my breath.

  7. Commander Olding judged from the ground they covered that there must be between two and three hundred men--double the number of his own crew.

  8. Captain Olding fought the corvette bravely, manoeuvring to keep ahead of his antagonist.

  9. Commander Olding and several of his officers had made up their minds to return home by the first opportunity, but most of the rest, as well as a portion of the Champion's crew, joined the Research.

  10. Commander Olding and his officers had, of course, to report themselves to the admiral, and to give an account of the loss of the Champion.

  11. Dillon and his antagonist had made several cuts at each other, which had been parried with equal skill by both, when the pirate, hearing what Captain Olding shouted out, sprang back apparently to regain his own ship.

  12. Commander Olding hailed, and her master, in reply, gave her name.

  13. The lieutenant sprang below, just at the moment that Captain Olding ordered the crew of the corvette to return on board and the grappling-irons to be cast loose.

  14. Both were too far off for the guns to reach them, or Commander Olding would not have allowed the pirate to pass unquestioned.

  15. Captain Olding had chased in the direction the Coquille had last been seen, but had failed to come up with her, and was compelled to steer for Waterford.


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