For the space of several minutes, all that he saw was his fist convulsively clenched on a book.
He had run up and down along the gallery for several minutes like a madman, surveying from above, the compact mass of vagabonds ready to hurl itself on the church, demanding the safety of the gypsy from the devil or from God.
In the meantime, several minutes previously, Bérangère had coaxed the goat into a corner of the room with a marchpane cake, without any one having noticed her.
When he had finished, he announced that he wished the opinion of his associate doctor and departed for several minutes.
Visitation time in the ICU was strictly monitored, and limited to several minutes out of each hour.
Several minutes passed, then a click from the loud speaker broke the silence.
Several minutes passed, and then a bearded doctor strode toward my bed, introducing himself as Dr.
The young man mused sullenly for several minutes, merely muttering, "He shall--he shall be taken.
After a pause of several minutes, the one observed, in a low voice, "You have done him, Stephen!
Then Pepper was struck and for several minutesknew no more.
The boys were at the end of the woods and remained together for several minutes.
Several minutes passed--they seemed hours to Pepper--and he waited anxiously for some call from his chum.
Several minutes passed, in which they took stock of the situation and made rapid strides in learning the art of sticking to wet and slippery ice.
Several minutes later, half-swamped and lying against the bank in the eddy below the White Horse, Shorty spat out a mouthful of tobacco juice and shook Kit's hand.
Several minutes later, as he weighed in on the gold-scales for the drinks, he gave a start of recollection.
No more corpses delayed them, and in several minutes, over a hard-packed trail, they were in the camp.
Several minutes later, as the car whirled around the corner of the long street, they saw the soldier lads gathered about the basket, while laughing and joking with one another in good-natured banter.
Several minutes later, as the girl came hurrying from the kitchen, where she had been to see if the boys' supper was ready, she found them lined up in the hall, four pathetically weary little figures.
But I thought you must surely have loved the Lord Jesus Christ ever so long ago," said Blanche, musingly, and then she lay silent for several minutes.
Several minutes elapsed, in death-like stillness, when the party on the shore had disappeared in the woods.
After a pause of several minutes, Hetty began to sing.
The dog was not heard for several minutes, but the crashing through the undergrowth sounded nearer and nearer, and, as Sam declared, showed that Bowser had steam up and was going for something.
Several minutes passed, during which little trouble was experienced, and then the two were forced to cough and gasp until they almost sank to the ground from exhaustion.
This is a dreadful calamity,' were the first words that Milrookit uttered, after a silence of several minutes.
Sir Robert Croyland talked eagerly with his brother, and said a few low words to Mr. Osborn; but Leyton remained profoundly silent for several minutes.
Harding approached the bed, with the letter in his hand, gazed steadfastly upon the corpse for several minutes, and then, without a word, quitted the room.
Edith Croyland paused without reply for several minutes, her beautiful face remaining pale, with the exception of one glowing spot in the centre of her cheek.
Several minutes passed, and neither spoke; Mabel, in particular, being lost in admiration of the view.
A silence of several minutes succeeded, during which brief space the mariner was digesting the substance of his intended discourse.
Several minutes of intense and breathless expectation followed, while they awaited the results of the bold attempt of their comrades.
In the halls there is a great statue of Christ blessing the children, and Margarita stopped and stared at it several minutes, while we watched her.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "several minutes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
