The opening of the gate was not a wide one, and the boys confessed they felt a trifle nervous in their seats.
This way," said Bill, leading him to a back entrance, openingon a lane leading to Ruthven Street.
The effect of this opening was electrical and caused a sensation in the Court.
Opening the door, the sight that met his eyes almost unmanned him.
Opening one of the telegrams, he read: "Toowoomba.
Through the opening could be seen the full stretch of the carefully-tended garden, backed by a comfortable house with a verandah running round it.
Come this way," said Amy in a playful way, opening the door, and leading Reg by the ear.
On opening it he found it contained their tickets to Sydney.
His gallantry did not go unrewarded, and the opening of the spring campaign found him in command of a squadron, and on the high-road to further promotion.
When it came to a close, however, and he saw that she persisted in leaving him on the outside of the gate till the usual hour for opening it, he lost all patience.
Then he went to the gate, and, opening it, he strolled into the park.
It was about half past three in the afternoon--and the Professor had promised to come to the archway opening of the secret passage at five.
At this time of the year the beech avenue presented an indescribably lovely sight of just opening leaves of tender green.
And as if in answer to this invitation, the rays of the lowered sun shifted to an opening almost at her feet, and with a cry of joy the child began to dance in the gorgeous light.
Halcyone made green his old age with the exquisite quality of her opening mind.
I am sure there must be an opening somewhere, as the two places touch.
He will know that he is giving nature a free hand, and as far as he is able, he is opening every door to the probability that he may grow well.
The first mother showed deep interest in the holidays, in all her child's lessons, directed and encouraged her, opening her understanding and broadening her point of view, while she attended to every physical grace.
It was as if his head were opening and shutting--letting the light in a little and then blotting it out; till he felt his senses reeling--the present mingling with the darkness of the past he strove so vainly to grasp.
The next minute he had given a heavy peal on knocker and bell, listened to the hollow echoes raised within the forbidding place, and stood waiting for the opening of the door.
As a rule, the sufferer had made no sign during the opening and rebandaging, but this time he winced sharply at every touch, and the old housekeeper looked up questioningly.
At Lome we were to film the opening scene of our drama, The White Goddess of the Wangora.
This obviated the bother of opening a separate box for each article wanted on the march, one or two days' supplies being carried in each box, and used as required, after which the empty box could be discarded, and another one opened.
I also disagree with most of what she has written in the opening chapter concerning myself: it is far too flattering.
This brought the question of nourishment to the fore again, and Prime attacked it bravely, opening their last tin of peas and making a broth of the liquor thickened with a little of the reground flour.
The halt was made in a small opening in the wood, and the young woman persuaded Prime to lie down while she gathered the material for another camp-fire.
His great opening speech was delivered on the ninth of December, 1857.
Cooper, on the night of the opening of the Park theatre.
The openingwhich led into it was wide, but at present closed by a hanging of coarse stuff.
With these words he rose, and opening a tightly closed flask he dropped some strychnine on the nose and in the mouth of the rabbit, which immediately ceased to breathe.
His head-dress touched the ceiling, and the narrow streak of light, which fell through the opening in the roof, streamed on his handsome head and his breast, while all around him was veiled in twilight gloom.
His business-quarters surrounded an immensely wide court, and consisted of a great number of rooms opening on to this court, in which numerous scribes worked with their chief.
These rafters had been smeared with pitch, and straw had been laid between them, and the pioneer would have known how to find the opening where he was to put in the brand even if he had been blind of both eyes.
The little man looked down at the lately rebuilt hut, and ground his teeth, when, through an opening in the hedge, he saw the white robe of a man, who was sitting by Uarda.
Rameri pressed the scarlet blossom to his lips, and stretched out his hand toward Uarda; but she shrank back, for a little figure slipped through an opening in the hedge.
The fresh air had rushed into the room through the opening of the shutter, the broad flames streamed out of the window, but still Nebsecht was alive, for his groans could be heard through the smoke.
She was dressed in a long, dull red teagown of cashmere, with a broad white band round the neck opening of white Indian needlework, embroidered with dark green leaves.
He sat down at the table, first getting some bread and cheese from a cupboard, for he was hungry, and opening a bottle of beer.
The big man got up, went to a little nest of mahogany drawers which stood on his writing-table, and opening one of them, took from it a bundle of notes.
The Professor stared at him in uncontrollable surprise and took the envelope, opening it under a lamp.
Spence, with two soldiers, closely following the swaying, tottering figure of Ionides, went into a cool chamber opening on to the little central courtyard round which the house was built.
The mental arrogance which had already led this woman so far was already busy, opening a vista that had suddenly become extremely dazzling, imminently near.
She was openingher letters, cutting the envelopes carefully with a silver knife.
Opening an inner door, they passed through some heavy padded curtains, which fell behind them with a dull thud, and came out into the great hall.
At the same time high land appeared from S W to S W by W 1/2 W; but the weather was so hazy, that it was doubtful whether the two lands were separated, the opening only extending one point of the compass.
Soon after, an extensive openingappeared in the main land, with a number of high islands in it.
It was the figure of his mother, stern and silent through the years, opening her grim lips rarely without some curse against the Lewallen race.
No one dared approach, so, shielding with her body the space of the opening door, she threw the sack of food within.
Amid the ferns about him shade-loving trilliums showed their many-hued faces, and everyopening was thickly peopled with larkspur seeking the sun.
He then drew a red letter-case out of his bosom, and, opening it, he put a bill into my hand for two thousand pounds on the bank of England.
Upon opening the cover, I found it contained, at least, four sheets of paper, written on every side.
When I named the author, he took the book up, and opening the leaves, started, and looked me full in the face; I coloured.
The latter commenced the fight by opening fire upon the infantry position, but were too far away to do much harm.
Colonel Bryant lost no time in openingthe subject.
If orders are sent out a month after we start we may be back in time for the opening ball.
It had struck her then as possible that the spring opening the secret closet might be in the chimney behind it, and that it was necessary to touch this from the outside before opening the door of the secret room.
Ralph had no doubt that they were now close to the spot the privateers used as their rendezvous, but he could detect no opening into the cliff ahead, and it looked as if the schooner was leading the way to destruction.
Ralph now took up his station at the mouth of the cavern with his six men, and lay down just in front of the opening listening attentively.
There was no keyhole or any other visible means of opening it, and she searched the walls in vain for any hidden spring.
It's pretty evident there is no opening between the great rocks or we must have found it.
Not until within a cable's length of the shore could any opening be discovered by the keenest eye.
When Mrs. Conway was alone she took up the letter, and turned it over several times before opening it.
It led into a sitting-room with a bedroomopening off it.
The office was a great big place, rooms opening out of rooms, and a switchboard with a girl at it, dressed very neat and not noticing us as we passed her.
She went over to the stove, pulled up a chair and sat down, spreading her hands out to the heat, and when they were warm, opening her coat collar, and turning it back from her neck.
The next thing I remember was the sky with clouds all over it and in one place an opening with a little star as big as a pinhead set in the middle.
Miss Cox played the opening bars to Tom Moore's beautiful and touching song, "Believe me if all those endearing young charms," and Annie sang with the simplicity and confidence of a great artist.
You girls sit here and wait for me, and as soon as there is an opening we'll slip in.
And the four younger ones-- Joe saw the opening of the Far West, where land was free, as the family's only chance.
They were sweeping down on the wagon; and opening the back flaps, Tad saw them coming.
To Emma she was an opening bud, almost ready to bloom, and if blossoms were not tenderly nurtured they faced certain destruction.
Then, the Spanish demi-culverins again opening fire upon us to our great disadvantage, the word was given to discharge another broadside, the gunners then to crouch behind the bulwarks and cubbridges and prepare to board.
Goddard was well-nigh done, but managed to struggle on over the rough loam toward an opening in the bush beyond.
The opening hour for the last game of the season was approaching.
They had not dismounted, but were seated easily in saddle, awaiting the opening of the game.
He and his band fired upon me at the very opening of the war.
Spring was now opening and Sheridan's army marched eastward.
He pushed open a door that led into the hall and he and his men entered a large room with windows on the side, opening upon a rose garden.
The Southern sharpshooters along the stream were already opening fire.
Another play produced after the opening of the Globe was Henry V.
The opening scene is very like in method to that of Midsummer-Night's Dream; and the reiterated allusions by either Dromio to being transformed to an ass (ii.
Of all the dramatists who had preceded him on the London stage the only two with whom he can be even conjecturally brought in personal contact before the opening of the Rose Theatre in 1592 are Robert Wilson and George Peele.
It is hardly requisite to do more than read the opening speech to see that the author of these scenes was Marlowe.
Along a sunlit opening a herd of deer slipped silently into view.
The library door was openingand now Hibberd entered.
He signaled Lena to silence and, opening the door of his room, gently pushed Bab inside.
The divinity-student could not deny that this was what might be called opening the subject to the discussion of intelligent people.
Transplanted thither, they would cease to be a nuisance to America, and would become benefactors to the world by opening to commerce a region now valueless to Christendom, but of as great natural capacities as any portion of the globe.
I was always against your opening the cage-door and letting the bird go in such an obviously suicidal way.
This man of soul would understand scant ceremony, and might be quite a perfect adviser in a case in which an earthly and illegitimate passion had cunningly obtained entrance into his heart through theopening afforded for religion.
Opening the heavy door he ascended the two or three steps to the level of the ground, and there on the gravel before him lay a white heap.
When Jude suggested London as affording the most likely openingin the liquor trade, she shook her head.
Those who peeped through the opening saw a crowd of persons in broadcloth, with hymn-books in their hands, standing round the excavations for the new chapel-walls.
It had been no vestal who chose THAT missile for openingher attack on him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "opening" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
