In either case you would be preceded by your story; the family parts should be supplied by me; the other details you should fill in at will.
Terrible as seemed the task of such a revelation, it was nothing in comparison with what he judged would be the effect upon my mother when she came to learn the course of events which preceded her marriage.
He detailed with great clearness the circumstances which preceded the fatal event, and the nature of the conversation on the balcony, till he came to that part where the interruption from the street took place.
A clatter of hoofs and rattling of gravel preceded the appearance of a black horse in the garden path.
Presently sharp clicks preceded the rattles, and the sounds began to merge into a regular rhythmic tramp.
The ring of Holderness's laughpreceded the snap of the gate-latch.
It will readily be conceived how pleasant such a temperature must have been to our feelings after the severe winter which immediately preceded it.
Consider this one fact, O Reader; and what sort of facts must have preceded it, must accompany it!
Hope ushers in a Revolution,--as earthquakes are precededby bright weather.
In which objurgatory strain Paris and France joins it, or rather has preceded it; making fearful chorus.
William Harvey may perhaps be compared more fitly with John Hunter than with any single scientific man who either preceded or followed him.
We can still obtain glimpses of Harvey's practice during the ten years which preceded the issue in 1628 of his "Anatomical Essay on the Movement of the Heart and Blood.
Bonaparte preceded his entry into the capital of Egypt by one of those lying bulletins which only imposed on fools.
We werepreceded as usual by Richard and Benckendorff in a light carriage.
They werepreceded by an officer of the Chevalier-Gardes, with sabre-a-nu.
We went down almost immediately, preceded by Madame d'Arcos, who said we must not stay long, as the Empress ought not to talk.
They brought us some picture papers with the Coronation, proclamation (the Heralds dressed in cloth of gold, and preceded by trumpeters) and ball.
In both cases, the assistance of the males is equally real, only it haspreceded the laying by about six months.
This final glazing, so exquisite in its perfection, is precededby a trimming-process.
Imagine ourselves in the darkness and the silence of a prison-cell, preceded and followed by other similar cells.
Since he was unwilling that his stay should inconvenience the King of Saxony, who was not rich, he was preceded and followed by his household, which was supplied with everything necessary for a magnificent representation.
Suddenly the clatter of wheels was heard, and a carriage, preceded by an outrider and followed by a great many vehicles, rolled up.
This procession of chariots was preceded by the giant, the whale, the frigate, the car of Neptune, that of Europe, and other figures called in their language den grooten hommegang.
No darker night was ever preceded by a more brilliant sun.
The Emperor was to leave the last-named place with the princes and princesses of his family, preceded and followed by detachments of the mounted Imperial Guard.
One evening the husband preceded them, and lay down with his spear on the tree trunk.
This was the only point of time when these affairs had, to my apprehension, the least reasonable appearance even of possibility: all that preceded was wild and uncertain: all that followed was mad and desperate.
We were obliged to follow exactly the traces of those who had preceded us, and to plunge our legs up to the knees in the holes they had made, so that it was as if we had put on and taken off, at every step, a very large pair of boots.
M'Donald, Stuart, and M'Kenzie, who had preceded us only two days.
After two or three hours of incredible exertions and fatigues, we arrived at the plateau or summit, and followed the footprints of those who had preceded us.
Having been told that Punkaharju was very full during the summer holiday season, we had therefore asked our charming student friend, who preceded us by a day, to kindly engage rooms to await our arrival.
General Bobrikoff was preceded by a reputation of being the principal agent in the Russification of the Baltic Provinces, and it soon appeared that he was sent to Finland on a similar mission.
He had meant to have reached the Villa Schiavone in time to receive Amelia, and now she must have long preceded him, and be attributing his tardiness to some fresh neglect and indifference.
The postscript is preceded by a 'Sonnet To Mr. Capell'.
Latin Poems, with separate titlepage and fresh pagination but signatures continuous, and preceded by an address to the reader in Latin.
Each of the 46 books is preceded by a full-page engraving, some of which are a good deal worn in the present copy.
Three hundred Epigrammes' with title, preceded by woodcut portrait of the author, and table of contents.
The history, preceded by the author's preface to the Archbishop of Vienne.
Vervins, which preceded by only four months and thirteen days the death of Philip II.
This is no child's play," said Vauban on setting about the fortifications of Dunkerque, "and I would rather lose my life than hear said of me some day what I hear said of the men who havepreceded me.
The Art Poetique and the Lutrin appeared in 1674; the first nine Satires and several of the Epistles had preceded them.
Their fame had preceded them; every one knew that they were bound for Havana, and that they had been objects of suspicion all the way down the coast.
She had preceded us to the foot of the mountains from Toulouse, meaning, when we came up, to let Marcieu obtain the red ball and thus be hoodwinked; and the accident of the fire at the inn only anticipated what she intended doing.
This way was of considerable length, and so dark that they were obliged to be preceded by torch-bearers.
They advanced very gradually, for most of them were on foot, and joining together, evidently carried burdens; they were preceded and followed by a guard of cavalry.
We are a link in the chain, as inferior animals were that preceded us: we in turn shall be inferior; all that will remain of us will be some relics in a new red sandstone.
I do not wish this affair of the harem to be mixed up with what has preceded it.
All these vessels long preceded the Mayflower across the "unknown ocean;" but never inspired the lofty eloquence which Mr. Everett and a host of inferior rhapsodists have bestowed upon the Mayflower and her voyage.
The commencement of pain is generally preceded by paleness of skin and sensations of chilliness.
They are often preceded by strabismus, with or without ptosis; the strabismus, is usually accompanied by amblyopia.
Many cases are recorded in which it preceded every other morbid sign by a considerable period.
The heroine of the hour, dressed in a black gown, was ushered into the great hall, preceded by two college beadles and accompanied by two of the most prominent ladies of the Bolognese nobility.
They made use of their freedom to escape to the Chin Hills, where they joined the old Sawbwa who had preceded them, and helped him to excite the tribes.
His attempt to go ahead of the expedition, if that had been his purpose, was foiled by the refusal of his Chinamen to attempt the ascent of the Mogaung until they had learnt that the column had preceded them.
Mr. Daly had preceded the force to Hsipaw and made arrangements for its progress.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preceded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
