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Example sentences for "over his"

  • He was sitting half asleep, as it seemed--with his heavy hands hanging listlessly over his knees, and his chin resting on the hooked handle of his stick.

  • He took out his handkerchief, and passed it over his forehead, with a deep gasp of relief.

  • It makes no odds to me," returned Bobus, over his book.

  • Cecil's rejoicing is quite as much for Jock's sake as over his boy.

  • The whole of the nineteen copy books were actually read by Babie to Sydney and Armine; and Lord Fordham, over his sketches, submitted to hear a good deal.

  • She left him bursting with laughter over his lapstone.

  • She was clad in her dress--he in his dressing-gown, over his night-clothes.

  • At first the maid thought that young Smith was already dead, but on pouring some water from the carafe over his forehead he opened his eyes for an instant.

  • I rose and, standing behind Holmes, studied it over his shoulder.

  • Over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of one or two uniformed policemen outside.

  • Soon the trees put forth their buds, and flowers sprang up under his feet, and instead of thick clouds there was blue sky over his head, and everywhere the birds were singing.

  • And his beautiful guide told him that this was the palace in which her father lived and reigned over his kingdom in the Under-world.

  • And he seized Little Klaus, pushed him in the sack, threw it over his shoulder, crying out 'Now I am going to drown you!

  • But she took courage, piled up the down more closely over the poor swallow, fetched her own coverlid and laid it over his head.

  • Amongst others, Spiclus, the gladiator, was killed in the forum by being thrown under Nero's statues, which they dragged about the place over his body.

  • The king made no reply, but, turned heavily in his bed and threw the coverlet over his face.

  • That faithful ally placed his hand over his mouth, imploring of him to recollect himself, and the place he was in.

  • While he listened, he clawed and strummed on the young man's lyre and poured out the scented oil which Orion had been wont to use to smear it over his beard.

  • Generally he could hear Paula walking up and down her room which was over his; for she went late to rest, and in the silence of the night would indulge in sweet and painful memories.

  • He lay back on the divan, and saw how his friend leaned over his scroll as if listening, and fidgeted up and down in his arm-chair.

  • Colder and tighter stretched the skin over his face; colder and harder grew the polished butts of his guns; colder and steadier became his hands as he wiped the clammy sweat from his face or reached low to his gun-sheaths.

  • He roped one, securely tied its feet, and swung it over his shoulder.

  • I've jest about got time," he muttered, and with swift fingers that did not blunder or fumble he loosened the bag and threw it over his shoulder.

  • Venters saw Jerry Card look back over his shoulder, the other rider did likewise.

  • Then Malagigi took from his sack a gown, and gave it to Rinaldo to put on over his armor, and a hat that was full of holes, and an old pair of shoes to put on.

  • He stands aghast in the doorway-Madam, on tip-toe, peers anxiously in over his shoulders.

  • Bad affair this, Jack,' says he, looking up over his spectacles.

  • The detective playfully strikes the hat of the other, crowding it over his eyes, and inquiring if he has seen Tom Toddleworth during the day.

  • I guess I know as much about him as any one around here does, for I had to go over his papers to find out who his people were.

  • He knew that from that time on he would be under suspicion and probably under espionage, and he proceeded methodically, his door locked, to go over his papers.

  • Harrison Miller, next door, read it over his coffee.

  • For she had been alarmed at the strange pallor that had come over his face.

  • I don't like his looks,' thought Mr. Gibson to himself at night, as over his daybooks he reviewed the events of the day.

  • He had been out dredging in ponds and ditches, and had his wet sling-net, with its imprisoned treasures of nastiness, over his shoulder.

  • The Professor stared at me over his spectacles; no doubt he saw something unusual in the expression of my countenance; for he laid hold of my arm, and speechlessly questioned me with his eyes.

  • With it, he can travel faster than the swiftest race horse, and when hunted by the native red men, he throws it over his neck, and smiles urbanely upon his baffled pursuers.

  • Passing through the car, he opened the front door and stood beside Cummings, who was puffing his cigar, his coat collar pulled up and his fur cap drawn down over his ears.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "over his" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    black pigment; civil suits; everlasting life; higher sphere; inner room; more advanced; much sought; over against; over and; over and over again; over here; over his; over the; over them; over twenty; over whom; over with; overflight and navigation permitted; overseas territory; overwhelming force; overwhelming numbers; suffered himself; sunny days; this principle; will hardly; you hear