Time went quickly by, till it was nearly a month since Pennie had gone away, and Keturah had come to help Betty.
Quite aware of her intention, hequickly added holding up one arm to shield himself: "Boys can do everything better than girls.
Thoroughly wakened by these words David was out of bed in an instant, and the two boys, creeping stealthily about the room, quickly huddled on their clothes.
Nancy looked quickly at him with a gleam of hope in her eyes.
She was so used to be unnoticed by him that she was surprised to see him look quickly at her, as though he knew who she was.
The doctor and Ambrose therefore went indoors to their books, and David ran quickly home to his lessons.
Andrew drove off quickly to catch the train, and the last to be seen of Dickie was a kicking struggling form in Nurse's arms, and a face heated with anger.
Recovering courage they quicklypicked up their tools, and were soon fairly started on their way.
Poor Pennie gathered up her property as quickly as she could, but the hateful thimble, as if it knew she was in a hurry, rolled into a dark corner and could not be found.
The taste of ethyl alcohol is fairly transient;--it disappears quickly allowing the taste of the accompanying foreign matter to be perceived almost immediately afterward.
Where the vats are large and the syrup considerably diluted the temperature rises very quickly and must be moderated by passing a current of cold water through a coil of pipe on the bottom of the vat.
The alcoholic vapors concentrate while rising in the column andquickly attain a strength of 92 deg.
And the hymn being quickly sung, the head was kept in almost constant motion.
As might have been expected, the ablest company quickly swallowed the other twelve.
So quicklywas this order filled that on the twelfth day after the arrival of the cablegram, the ships were on their way to Messina with the lumber.
This high-handed action, it hoped, would most quickly bring the little Bell group into a humble and submissive frame of mind.
Now and then, not often, the signal lamps flash too quickly for these expert phonists.
In ten minutes a thousand words can in this way be flung out to a dozen towns, as quickly as by telegraph and much cheaper.
After this, one event crowded quickly on the heels of another.
Both horse and man were quicklygot on their feet and the fugitive, though suffering horribly, remounted and continued his flight.
At this moment Ravaillac, fearing that the point of his weapon had been turned aside, quickly struck a second blow at the fainting monarch, who had raised his arm slightly, thus giving the knife better chance to reach his heart.
The sling, or fronde, was the weapon they used and the combatants continually gathered to throw stones at each other, quickly dispersing at the appearance of the watch.
Sentence was at once pronounced, and execution quickly followed.
He rose quickly to the command of a regiment, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general at the early age of thirty-seven.
The legs are then thrown outward from the knee, while the feet and hands are kept in their original position, and, being drawn quickly in again, a sharp sound is produced by the collision.
If he comes close she dashes at him, and he quickly retreats.
The symptoms got worse, however, and no longer passed off quickly as at first.
I will eat and drink quickly with the captains, and the woman shall await me here.
I supplicate then, mighty Bagoas, that you lead me quickly to the illustrious Prince Holofernes.
Her violet pupils dilated, trembled, and then quickly shifted as she suddenly stiffened into an attitude of scornful indifference, almost grotesque in its unreality.
Clarence recognizedquickly what he thought was his cruel blunder in touching the half-healed wound of separation.
But Mary quickly seized upon the bag as if with girlish and mischievous impatience, opened it, and glanced within it.
He looked upquickly as voices and light steps on the veranda at last heralded the approach of his tardy household from the corridor.
He rode quickly back to the first carriage, at whose window Mrs. Peyton's calm face was already questioning him.
As Clarence approached, the men quickly retreated inside the gate and closed it, but not before he had exchanged a meaning glance with Jim.
A slight knitting of Mrs. Peyton's brows passed off, however, as he quickly and earnestly went on to say that it was impossible for the Peytons in their present relations to the natives to judge them, or to be judged by them fairly.
By good luck an old "Blue Grass" hack of Peyton's, nearest the stockade as he entered, allowed itself to be quickly caught.
He looked quicklyto the right and left; no one was there.
But even as the red sun peeped curiously over the horizon he was awakened by a most unusual disturbance--a succession of hoarse screams and a pounding of the air as from the quickly revolving blades of some huge windmill.
I hoped your use of these devices would convey such hints to electrical engineers that they would quickly comprehend their mechanism and be able to reproduce them in sufficient quantities to supply the world.
Uttering cries of terror and dismay, the three took to their heels and bounded towards the wall, where a gate quickly opened to receive them, the populace feeling sure the Tatar horde was upon them.
He was more successful later, for in running through the streets he came upon a band of Tatars leading a man with a rope around his neck, whom Rob quickly recognized as one of the thieves he was hunting for.
The buccaneers did not notice the movement, but rushed upon him so quickly that he had to press the button at a lively rate.
Rob was sitting upon the edge of a marble fountain in the center of the square when a crowd of victorious Turks appeared and quickly surrounded him.
So much time had been consumed at the desert oasis that he felt he must now hasten if he wished to reach home by Saturday afternoon; so, having quickly come to a decision, he turned the indicator and began a swift flight into the east.
He quickly recovered himself, and seeing his enemies were rendered harmless, the boy entered the cabin and examined it curiously.
These things were much more plainly and quickly viewed by Rob from above than by threading a way through the streets on foot; for he looked down upon the city as a bird does, and covered miles with a single glance.
The darkness was by this time rapidly enveloping them, so Rob asked his companions to gather some brushwood and light a fire, which they quickly did.
The Demon uttered an exclamation of anger, and stamped his foot so fiercely that thousands of electric sparks filled the air, to disappear quickly with a hissing, crinkling sound.
He unstrapped the machine from his wrist to examine it better, and while holding it carelessly in his hand it slipped and fell with a bang to the deck, striking upon its round edge and rolling quickly past the cabin and out of sight.
So he quickly set the indicator to the word "up," and mounted sky-ward until the watchers below could scarcely see him.
Others who ran to assist their fallen comrade quickly tumbled into a heap beside him.
The Pole started up angrily, and was about to make reply, but quickly restrained himself.
Rush was quickly taken ashore; and, accompanied by Bob, went to the police station and made the charge against Kalinski.
Steve quickly had the names of the witnesses and made brief notes of their stories, after which he returned to the foreman to get the names of the injured men.
But the boy quickly realized the foolishness of doing any such thing.
He was not taking the interview very seriously, as Steve quickly observed.
Following the explosive stars, a river, almost blood-red, burst from the furnace with a roar, quickly changing into a river of saffron.
Ignatz knew full well that, unless he turned and ran, the tables would bequickly turned on him, for on equal ground he was no match for the brawny pit boss.
He was sorry, but he decided quickly to avoid coming to blows if possible.
Had it been daylight Rush no doubt would have quickly thrown himself to one side.
The boys were highly complimented for their vigilance, though by some miscarriage of justice, Kalinski got off scott-free and quickly disappeared from the mills.
I'm the Pig," answered the melter, his red face wrinkling into a grin, which was quickly smoothed out as if the effort hurt him.
If you will give us a place we will show you that we are all right, and can be trusted to do our work quickly and well.
Rush, as he shot a keen glance at the grinning face of Ignatz, quickly comprehended.
Steve, who had quickly leaped from his dangerous position, glanced at the head melter inquiringly, as if to ask what this new thing might be.
Steve quicklynoted the sinister attitude of the crowd.
We think most quicklyconcerning messages which come in on the thinking side of the brain; and those are from the right eye, since the eye nerves, like those from the hand, cross sides on the way.
They are built to grow up quickly and die young, because there is no use in having them made to live longer than their teeth will hold out.
But if the thinking is all done on the left side of the head, which hand will act more quickly on the thought?
You can do it, but much less quickly and certainly than with both eyes.
So in general, when a message has to go quickly from one part of the body to another, it goes by way of the nerves.
For the same reason, you tire more quickly in bad air.
Badly shaken though he was, the boy managed to regain his saddle more quicklythan he had ever done before.
Then the wagons were quickly drawn up in double line, and the spare stock was driven in between them.
With a few words they made the situation clear to him, and he, in turn, quickly explained to the Indians that these white men had merely tried to save their lives by preventing them from eating poisoned meat.
The next morning he was awakened by Mr. Hobart, and told to dress asquickly as possible, for they were within a few miles of East St. Louis, and would soon cross the Mississippi.
He quickly forgot this incident though, in his admiration of the interior, now opened before him.
Glen regretted not having seen the ex-governor, but quickly forgot his slight disappointment in the more novel and interesting things that now attracted his attention.
For answer Glen handed him Mr. Hobart's note, which the young man glanced quickly through.
He got his charge back to the guard-house as quickly as possible, and then, leaving him to enjoy a quiet night's rest, hurried back to camp.
Perhaps if Glen had not been captured by the Cheyennes, Binney would not have learned this most valuable lesson of his life as quickly as he did.
A few mules had been killed and more wounded by the Indian volley; but their places were quickly filled from the spare stock.
He backed quickly to the cover of the woods, scenting the trouble that was coming.
It came to Hamilton quickly enough, and he had sent Bones post-haste to await the advent of any unfortunate youngster who was tactless enough to put in an appearance at such an inauspicious moment as would fulfil the prediction of M'bisibi.
But he was quickly surrounded by pitying eyes and emotional voices, and was coaxed into the house, where the young ladies took his coat away to mend it.
As this room was being lighted I saw our guest, evidently through force of an early habit, turn a critical glance to the music on the piano, and as quickly withdraw it.
Let's quickly put the dishes together in a dish-pan.
In looking from one object to another, our eyes change their direction so quickly that we are not conscious of any effort upon our own part.
Just as quickly as it burns out from the air in the bottle the oxygen which it contains, the light dies, because it has nothing to feed upon.
Now, when I place this bottle over the light, you will see how very quickly it begins to grow dim, and then more dim until it dies out altogether.
The moment you look upon a body, without being able to tell how, you can nevertheless quickly distinguish between one who is asleep and one who is really dead.
They quickly pick up several of these oysters and drop them into a basket of network, and in about sixty or seventy seconds are again drawn up by their companions into the boat.
When they see me coming nearer to the aquarium, or moving my hand upon this side or the other, they dart very quickly to the opposite side of the aquarium.
When danger approaches, the turtle quickly draws his head and his feet into this large shell, and is quite safe from the attack of his enemies.
With our eyes the same adjustment has to be made, and yet it is done so quickly and without any conscious effort upon our part, that it seems as if it were not done at all.
It will add to the interest of the children if the parent will show the simple experiments of placing the bottle over the candle to illustrate howquickly the light is extinguished as the oxygen is exhausted.
On such occasions the bird's movements suggest those of a bat; its wings make no noise, and it wavers about in an uncertain manner, and quickly drops to the ground again.
Presently I heard a faint explosion at the bottom of the cavity, when the peeping girl jerked her head quickly back, with the exclamation, "Why, it spit at me!
After incubation began, it was only by watching that I could get a glimpse of one of the birds as it came quicklyto feed or to relieve the other.
When I come along and pause to salute him, he opens his eyes a little wider, and, appearing to recognize me, quickly shrinks and fades into the background of his door in a very weird and curious manner.
She started up at my feet and flitted quickly along above the ploughed ground, almost as red as the soil.
She approaches them rather timidly and hesitatingly, as if she feared they might swallow her, then thrusts her titbit quickly into the distended mouth and jerks back.
As he quickly opens them, they give him a strong upward impulse, and he describes the long arc with them closely folded.
It had made its first journey into the world, but the home tie had brought it quickly back.
Then one of them ventures to alight upon the nest, but, still suspecting all is not right, quickly darts away again.
The crow will quickly discover anything that looks like a trap or snare set to catch him, but it takes him a long time to see through the simplest contrivance.
It was, however, an illusion, and this imaginary invention disappeared as quickly as it had originated.
Otherwise this Sonata,[33] though solid in form, is of small importance, and gives the impression of a compositionquickly thrown off for some special occasion.
But, if intent on the capture of small animals which creep out of holes in the earth and hunt for their food among the grass, surely no method can be conceived of exploring the field so quickly and so completely.
To captivity they werequickly reconciled, and soon became very familiar.
She went quickly up the broad front stairs, and paused on the first landing.
Tears dimmed her eyes, she got quicklyinto her clothes.
Run away, Susan, and have your supper, and come back here as quickly as you can.
She whipped up Jock, and drove quickly down the avenue.
Mrs. Watson was taken bad with a stitch an hour ago, and they want your father asquickly as he can go.
Effie took her place, and quickly discovered that the others were far too tired and hungry to pay any attention to her.
You will be fancying and fretting all night that you are going to shuffle off this mortal coil just as quickly as poor Mrs. Watson will have to do before long, I fear.
Just fancy," he ejaculated, looking up quickly to catch her eye.
Also, should the occasion arise, quickly fill up with ice!
Then, when a great splendid buck of a fellow in laces and frills and long-plaited powdered hair comes climbing up by way of the portico, she quickly becomes very beautiful and the light of her eyes brightens the whole room.
Then, quickly recalling himself, he exclaimed: "Besides I have my work to do!
Upon arriving at the knoll the master of the van sat hastily upon the ground and, as if gravel had been eating into his heels, quicklyremoved his boots.
Quickly crossing himself, sighing while gently shaking his head, he would once again become the good Abbe Jacques Picot.
In my Travels I observed a kind of Soup, which was very frequently used abroad, and quickly ready, that was very taking to most Travellers who delighted in savoury Dishes, which the People abroad call Soup a l'Yvrogne.
This Drink is commonly very fine; whereas that, which is put into the Vessel quickly after 'tis brew'd, will not be fine in many Months.
I resolved to get at the truth as quickly as possible.
I only wish Clara would come back asquickly as possible.
Besides, Aniela very quicklycorrected my mistake; suddenly closing the album she said in a hesitating voice: "What is the matter with you, Leon?
As to myself, though wholly absorbed by something else, the idea of the old relative travelling with us was unpleasant, the more so as my person evidently plays some part in this so quickly arranged journey.
This Committee quickly reported to the Senate a substitute for the bill of the House.
Order and peace were quickly established everywhere, and the plundered and impoverished South could at last take hope and feel courage to make a new effort to recover some degree of prosperity and some measure of domestic content.
They, therefore, quickly seized upon a suggestion made by a Republican member of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, Mr. G.
The compromise was quickly made upon Greeley, and Gratz Brown was put with him upon the ticket.
It very quickly passed the following resolution: "Whereas, the Senate have received and considered the communication of the President stating that he had removed Edwin M.
The man who is fond of heart is quickly master in his house.
To earn salvation quicklyand riotously may not, indeed, be the surest way.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quickly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
