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Example sentences for "opened his"

  • When he woke, a cold wind blew over his face, and harsh voices sounded in his ears; he opened his eyes to see if it were the people of the tapestry speaking, and hoping to see the lady again, looked round him.

  • Henri, overcome with emotion, opened his arms to Quelus and the others.

  • The movement roused him, and he opened his eyes.

  • Then he opened his window, and looked over the balcony; the gulf below him looked dreadful in the darkness, and he drew back.

  • This tune being performed, he heard the noise of a wooden leg ascending the stair; upon which he opened his door, and beheld his friend Hatchway, with his old shipmate at his back.

  • Poor Torquatus Silanus is now a shade; he opened his veins a few days since.

  • Chilo raised his head, opened his arms, and remained in that posture.

  • It seemed to him that a whispered conversation had roused him; but when he opened his eyes, Lygia was not there.

  • And he opened his arms, and fixed his eyes upward; the hearts almost ceased to beat in their breasts, for they felt that his glance beheld something which their mortal sight could not see.

  • She was thinking of their argument, and when, after the long climb, he opened his door, she began at once.

  • After a time he opened his book, and read on steadily, glancing once or twice at his watch, as if he had set himself a task to be accomplished in a certain measure of time.

  • When he opened his mouth to speak, his voice was a vibrating baritone, but it was at the same time strangely womanish in its modulations and variety of tone.

  • He opened his eyes, and ventured to look around him.

  • He opened his eyes, and wondered where he was.

  • Over the pale lips of the boy played the faint tint of a smile, and he opened his eyes.

  • He opened his heart to me, confessed that he was Louis XVII.

  • The king went toward them and opened his arms to them.

  • Again he opened his mouth, baring every tooth, voiceless, but unconquered.

  • He opened his lips, but he could not say "Josephine".

  • Scarcely had it reached them, ere the boy, though still pale as marble, opened his eyes, and eagerly gazed around him.

  • As he touched the ground, he opened his eyes.

  • Mr. Vincent poured more drops into his mouth; and a minute afterwards he opened his eyes, divested of their feverish glare, but still dull and heavy.

  • He opened his eyes, and seeing the palatine out of bed, he sprung from his own, and eagerly inquired the cause of his alarm.

  • In a few minutes he opened his eyes, but when he met the anxious gaze of Thaddeus, he closed them as suddenly.

  • He opened his eyes--so vividly he had seen her!

  • He opened his mouth to vent that emotion, and could not.

  • He felt her lips on his forehead, heard her footsteps; opened his eyes to see her gliding through the doorway, and, sighing, screwed them up again.

  • When the dark feeling dispersed, and he opened his eyes, she was looking down at him.

  • He opened his eyes to see a necklace of opalescent jewels gathering about his neck; he tore at it and the phosphorescent water gleamed all about him with feathery pendants.

  • He opened his eyes in the deep, clear water and exulted.

  • He cleared his throat, opened his mouth to speak, but the words would not come.

  • As with Pharaoh, the Lord hardened his heart, while he opened his mouth, as of old he opened that of the unwise animal ridden by cursing Balaam.

  • The same quickened thought of the time which led him to dispute the dogma of the Church, opened his mind to the facts which contradicted the dogmas of the Faculty.

  • Albert was not long before he opened his eyes.

  • Thanks," the knight murmured, as he opened his vizor.

  • He rose, girdled about him his dressing-gown, took up the candlestick, opened his door.

  • Also, his jaw was stiff, and developed a protesting ache whenever he opened his mouth.

  • The answer came to him the moment he opened his eyes, hours later.

  • Then there came a pressure against his breast, a gentle resistance, and he opened his arms so that the girl drew back from him.

  • Fifty seconds later he opened his eyes to find his hands bound behind his back and Howland standing at his feet.

  • When at last he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Slimak who was standing over him, mad with rage.

  • His wife moved and he opened his eyes, but closed them again.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    advance guard; after their; alliance with; alternating current; always will; beloved daughter; blood vessels; catches sight; civil law system influenced; common currency; disembodied spirit; governing party; haue done; hearty laugh; interim president; name formerly; opened fire; opened his; opened the; opened them; opened unto; pretty little; rock salt; support himself; various localities; will never