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Example sentences for "rocker"

Lexicographically close words:
rock; rockaway; rockbound; rocke; rocked; rockeries; rockers; rockery; rockes; rocket
  1. I had been appointed to be a rocker in the Royal nursery.

  2. Rocker to a puling babe--even if he was what they say he is.

  3. Combination Settee Rocker and Cradle By fastening a frame with hinges to the front of a settee rocker, a combination piece of furniture can be made, which may be used either as a regular settee or as a cradle.

  4. Illustration: Developing-Tray Rocker to Keep the Liquid in Motion over the Plate Automatically] The rocker consists of a wood box, 13 in.

  5. Illustration: A Settee Rocker with a Front Attachment to Make It into a Cradle When Desired] [Illustration] A Snowball Thrower By Albert Bates, Jr.

  6. The rocker is attached to the wall in a convenient place in the dark room.

  7. They are held at the proper points of commutation by arms offset from a cast iron rocker ring, which is itself supported by brackets projecting from the magnet yoke as shown in fig.

  8. The brush rigging is carried on a skeleton rocker supported in a groove, turned in the edge of the frame.

  9. The rocker construction is of the ordinary type, and heavy flexible cables conduct the current from the brush holders to the fixed terminals.

  10. The brush holders themselves must be carried on a rocker arm, or rocker ring.

  11. These are fixed at one end to the box and at the other to the solid base which is in one piece with the spoke attached to the rocker ring.

  12. He put him carefully in Aunt Achsa's rocker and then stood close to him.

  13. Sidney sat down in a stiff rocker and answered Mrs. Davies' questions concerning her Aunt Achsa and Lavender, while Cap'n Davies stumped restlessly about.

  14. Crouched low in the sound rocker Sidney stared at the old map with speculative eyes.

  15. THE DREAM In the pleasant little sitting-room Maude sat down in an easy rocker at the front window and looked out over the snow-covered fields.

  16. I ain't no more tired than I always am," Mrs. Jimson answered drearily, dropping into the rocker Gerry pushed forward.

  17. A rocker bearing under these pins transmits the load at the joint to the steel columns of the towers.

  18. It will be seen that the girder directly rests on a cylindrical pin or rocker so placed as to distribute the load uniformly to all the rollers.

  19. That reminds me, Captain, may the club hold its first meeting here to-morrow evening after dinner?

  20. We can't afford to waste a minute," nodded Muriel Harding.

  21. She had served faithfully at the Campfire.

  22. But I should sit on the meagerly upholstered chairs instead of occupying the veranda's rocker or the moss-strewn boulders on the hills.

  23. I sat down upon the rocker just vacated by Eulalie and gazed on the horsehair sofa as if the package resting on it were explosive, with a fuse alight.

  24. As he turned, after backing several feet, he saw Marion walk slowly to a rocker that stood on the porch, drop weakly into it and cover her face with her hands.

  25. His face became redder when Miss Harlan drew another rocker close to his and demanded to be told the story of the accident.

  26. But while sitting in the rocker on the porch during the long afternoon, the vindictive light in his eyes suddenly deepened, and he grinned evilly.

  27. And for the greater part of the day he sat in the rocker on the porch, his soul filled with a vindictive joy.

  28. He sat down in the rocker he had occupied all afternoon, and the young puncher removed the bandages, revealing Taylor's bare foot and ankle, with no bruise or swelling to mar the white skin.

  29. The concussion hit Johnny like a fist, pinwheeling him backwards in the rocker against the wall of the house.

  30. Barney moaned and rolled off the tangle of porch rocker and stunned youth beneath him.

  31. She arose from the rocker and with a bright smile exclaimed: "Now, enough of this!

  32. And Granny, trembling a little, took the old squat rocker before the hearth fire while the merry throng cheered around her.

  33. An old squat rocker stood lonely and forlorn in the center, and a packing box had gathered dust under a window--that was all.

  34. The big chair is for you," said Mollie June, seating herself in the rocker and adjusting the flame.

  35. He pushed a rocker towards her, concerned at her evident fatigue.

  36. I believe so," replied Gwynne carelessly, as he sat down in the despised rocker and stretched his long legs out to the fire.

  37. I'll secure the best rocker the room affords, and all the periodicals on the stand, if you say so.

  38. Come, take this easy little rocker and tell me all you know.

  39. She sat in her low rocker with her veil thrown back, and endeavoured to analyse herself and her surroundings, to see, if she might, whither she was being led.

  40. She sat now, in a low rocker by the window, with one foot upon a wobbly stool.

  41. On May twentieth I lolled all day in a porch rocker at Ancon station, reading a novel.

  42. I looked them over and returned to the porch rocker and the last chapters of the novel.

  43. There were left a short woolen petticoat, too cumbersome to include, the small wooden rocker and lamp with the china shade which she had rather unexplainably held out from the dealer's inventory.

  44. The Baron, in a toy rocker that easily contained him, turned upon Miss Hoag a face so anachronistic that the senses reeled back.

  45. To this Eloise finally assented, and at once exchanged the hair-cloth rocker for the sea chair, which she found a great improvement.

  46. It would be far more comfortable for Eloise than that stiff, straight-backed, hair-cloth rocker in which she had to sit so upright.

  47. She leaned the rocker back and crossed her knees, the movement throwing into high relief the hard lankness of her figure.

  48. She came back, unhurried, imperturbable, and sat down again in the armless rocker before she answered his question.

  49. Mrs. Brace resumed her place on the armless rocker after she had moved a chair forward for him.

  50. She sat now, still and watchful, on the armless rocker by the window, waiting for him to disclose the object of his visit.

  51. Then she sank down into Grandma Wentworth's comfortable kitchen rocker and went into details.

  52. After her pitiful little explanation Mrs. Sears sank down into her rocker and went back to weeping.

  53. Later, as Ruth stood beside her aunt's rocker on the veranda, she again broached the subject.

  54. A bell, tinkling from an upper room, summoned Sally hurriedly indoors, so Ruth sat down in a large wicker rocker to await her aunt's coming.

  55. You haven't the honesty to say, fair and square, that you funked rocker and went loafing about the country, looking for any mischief you could lay your hands on.

  56. For Bates had got the "hang" of the whole system from rocker to Latin verse, and his copies were much admired.

  57. Please, Sir, there was a very stiff bully down at rocker this afternoon, and Rawson and I got tokered badly.

  58. He prepared to defend himself by grasping the small rocker in his weak, trembling hands.

  59. After adjusting his disarranged necktie and brushing his hair, he sat down in the low rocker to await developments.

  60. The grim figure of the redoubtable Quinlan sat in the rocker over against the door, and there was a scornful leer on her thin lips.

  61. After a moment's thought Caroline softly tipped the rocker forward ignominiously upon the floor.

  62. So Jacqueline darned stockings on that sunny afternoon, and Grandma, in the worn rocker that Jacqueline had dragged out for her, patched garments already so often patched that you had to hunt to find the original fabric.

  63. Jacqueline blinked a second, and then made out the face of the Judge, grave, expressionless, all but the keen eyes that instantly sought her, from where he sat in the big rocker by the window.

  64. As the guest of Hannah and Sallie, she passed through the doorway of her great-aunt's house, and presently was seated in a rocker by the open window of the big kitchen, with its enameled sink and many cupboards.

  65. Jacqueline sat down in the spiral rocker opposite him, with her dusty sneakers swinging clear of the floor.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rocker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    chair; colander; cradle; die; filter; hassock; head; intaglio; metronome; needle; pendulum; percolator; point; punch; purifier; refinery; riddle; rocker; screen; seal; seat; seesaw; shuttle; sieve; sifter; stamp; strainer; style; swing; teeter; vibrator; winnow