He always kept an overcoat and a bag ready packed in the office.
The water runs off through the snow, and all the stuff gets packed hard, and'll bear as much fire as you can build on it.
Soon as he'd got them well packed in, he took out his match-box, and set them on fire.
Fresh fish will keep a long time in cold weather, and a good part of the day's finny harvest was packed away for home consumption in both houses.
Under cover of the haze and smoke, unseen, the Indians had advanced near enough to send arrows into the parade below us, where the women and children and the cattle were packed together.
The information, therefore, was written on tissue paper (the usual method) and packed in a small bottle of Dr.
With a sharp instrument Mrs. van Warmelo had removed the entire tray-like bottom of the case, packed two or three closely-written sheets of tissue paper in the opening, and pressed the little tray firmly down in its place again.
The largest portmanteau in the house was overhauled and carefully and thoughtfully packed by the mother's yearning hands.
She was advised by loving friends to keep her boxes ready packed for a speedy departure, "for when the warning comes you will not be allowed much time to pack.
Mrs. van Warmelo hastily packed a few valuables into a hand-bag, and fled into town with her daughter, leaving their dinner standing almost untouched on the table.
He was leaving for Europe and expressed his willingness to take letters or documents, provided they were packed so carefully that there would be no danger of their being discovered.
This last form of the Detective Camera allows the operator to carry with him twelve plates in the interior of the apparatus, and so carefully packed away that no light can strike them.
Every manufacturer of dry plates encloses in each box of plates packed for the market a formula for the development of the same.
They arepacked in canvas-covered wooden cases, and each double plate-holder has its own compartment.
The plates are cut to sizes and packed in much the same manner as the Stanley or any other dry plates are, and being extremely sensitive to light, they must be handled with the same care.
After the plates have become dry, they should be packed in good light-tight boxes and kept in a dry room until wanted for use.
The Eastman paper films for the roll-holder are prepared in continuous bands, and are rolled up on wooden spools and neatly packed in paper boxes.
Mike took the lobster; and the old fellow took a little willow creel from where it was wedged in a granite crevice, laid some sea-weed at the bottom, and then packed in the fish.
With her own hands she packed up all the new dresses, the wealth of the pretty trousseau.
Boxes stood about in the hall, packed and ready, and there were those little signs of neglect in the usual garnishing of the rooms which is so apt to occur when there is a departure.
And then he packedhis portmanteau and went down to Highcombe.
Thus he reasoned, growing more certain on each repetition, and packedhis portmanteau.
It was a most unpleasant sight to watch these insects clinging to their burthen on all sides of it, and so closely packed as to appear to be one shapeless mass of moving substance.
The floor is of earth, well packed down with water generally mixed with plaster, and the ceiling is of the sustaining poles and cross-beams, over which willows and earth have been placed.
It is then removed, packed in sacks or blankets on the backs of the patient burros, and removed to the corn-rooms of the houses on the mesa above.
On reaching the station we packed the sheep into three open trucks, so close that they could not jump out, and despatched them to Worcestershire, whither they would arrive about noon the following day.
It is advisable to reach the fairground thus early, to see the sheep before they are penned; they can be much better inspected in the open than when packed close together, and a more reliable opinion of their condition can be formed.
You've got another guess--packed in among his socks and underwear was about twenty pounds of ore samples.
They packedtheir fur coats on the sled and wore waterproof parkas.
After Holt had packed one of the animals he turned to Elliot.
Macdonald, breaking trail across the mountain valley, found his feet weighted with packed ice slush so that he could hardly move them.
Me, I saw this country first in '97--packed an outfit in over the Pass.
These they had packed upon the sled outside the store.
The two teams now going down had come up, so that the path was packed fairly hard and smooth.
He cut holes in a gunny-sack to fit his shoulders and packed into it his blankets, a saucepan, the beans, the coffee, and the diminished handful of flour.
So solid and close-packed it looked under the high light that one might forget that this green was not of turf, firm under foot, but was a trackless waste of tall grasses high as a man's head.
It must be fairies," she said, pondering over the puzzle, as she counted her treasure and packed it away, for now the little red purse was full.
Finished my purses—packed up; a day of fearful wind and rain!
One hundred and fifty worms are placed in a tin and allowed to work their way down into packed moss.
Then the ideal procedure for a real book-lover would be to keep his books in the original box, snugly packed in excelsior, with the lid nailed down.
It is interesting to note that cement is usually packed in cloth sacks, although sometimes paper bags are used.
His sea-chest was packed and ready, and the mother had gone through it and replaced to the best of her ability some of the shoddy gear which she knew would never stand sea-faring.
He came aboard and packed his dunnage with Thompson, Jenkins and McKenzie looking on.
The cheap junk which constituted an outfit and which was packed in Donald's chest, appeared quite all right to him and he was delighted with every article.
Here have we been cruising about for the last fortnight, with scarcely a breath of wind, and longing for a good brisk breeze and a little change and excitement, and now it comes at last, we are to be packed off in a steamer.
After a brief visit, he packedhis books and clothing into a valise and started afoot across the country northward, intending to go to Tennessee and join Brother D.
At the hour appointed the house was packed to its utmost capacity.
They had no opportunity to bury the child there, consequently, they wrapped it up in its blankets, and packed it upon a horse, intending to carry it until they could find time to bury it.
Next came the old men and old women, with their lodges packed and drawn by dogs with poles strapped on their backs.
In fact, all the eatables and cooking utensils were in these sacks, packed upon the backs of horses, when traveling, and when in camp, thrown around a dirty and dusty lodge.
Both parties appeared to have a good time, and after the trading was done the Brules left for their hunting grounds, while we packed up and started back for the camps of the Saints, about two hundred miles distant.
Next came the squaws, leading horsespacked with their lodges and camp-equipage.
There was enough ore packed off in dinner-pails from the Bonanza Chute to heel half the men who tapped it.
Failing to get a living among the rustic boors, who could appreciate no effort of the human voice but a fox-hunter's whoop, Arbuthnot packed up and went to London.
What woman, however old, has not the bridal favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?
The precious clothes were packed in imperials on the roof.
But appeals to justice and law are lost on a packed synod as well as on a packed jury.
She was disappointed in her plans, as there were both a maid and a dog to be packed into my chaise besides Miss Lester.
The hall, the grand stairway, and the vestibule were packed by thousands who despaired of being able to enter the church, and hoped at least to look on the procession.
There was a swaying visible among the crowd near the door, and almost immediately it became clear that someone was trying to force a way through the densely-packed people.
Then he packed his few belongings carefully and strapped his bag.
Mrs. Beecher, the girls, the two other boys, and the baskets of provisions followed a little later on the Rectory car, packed beyond all possibility of comfort.
Hands in his pockets, head bowed in thought, he moved across the hard packed sand, his feet making practically no sound.
The field was hard-packed and smooth and the plane alighted finally with practically no jar.
The things were packed rapidly, and soon they were on horseback and leading the steeds Sam and Dick had ridden.
Too happy, however, to leave a spot where all my recollections were now turned to gloom and despondence, I packed my few traps, and was soon ready for the road.
About forty persons were seated around a narrow table, so closely packed that any attitude but the bolt upright was impracticable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "packed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
