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Example sentences for "she stood before him"

  • And as she stood before him in all the beautiful strength of her young womanhood, the Seer felt that sweet, mysterious power of her personality--felt it with a father's loving pride.

  • She stood before him-- her strong beautiful figure bravely erect, her face glowing with the light of a determined purpose.

  • For a little she made no answer and, as she stood before him silent, those eyes that were trained to let nothing escape their notice studied her face and noted her hands clasped in nervous pain.

  • She stood before him, pale to the lips but not without a certain strength.

  • She stood before him panting, speechless, shaken to the very foundations of her being.

  • She stood before him like a prisoner upon trial.

  • She stood before him in the gloaming of the evening.

  • She wrenched her hands free from his, she stood before him.

  • Perhaps she realized it, for she showed no sign of shrinking as she stood before him.

  • She stood before him in the twilight, her hands clasped tightly together.

  • She stood before him as a prisoner awaiting sentence, too proud to ask for mercy.

  • Daniel looked gravely at her as she stood before him in her well-cut white breeches and brown top-boots; and for the first time Muriel could see admiration in his eyes.

  • To this latter side Rupert led her, and, leaning his back against the railing above the now silent paddle-wheel, he held his hand out to her as she stood before him.

  • At last, having been lowered to the ground, she stood before him, her hands held in his, her face flushed, her hair falling down.

  • She stood before him in one of the embrasures of the windows; the cream-hued velvet of her travelling-dress trimmed with sable, caught the rays of the setting sun.

  • He was seated on one of the marble benches in the balustrade of the terrace; she stood before him, while his hand continued to play with the rose he had put at her breast.

  • She made a beautiful picture as she stood before him; the cream-hued satin falling about her, the warm cedar-wood panels behind her, the red light of the sunset shed like a glory upon her head and shining about her feet.

  • She stood before him, a defenceless culprit brought up for punishment.

  • She stood before him, very pale but wholly composed.

  • She stood before him, slightly bending, her hands on his broad shoulders.

  • The rays of the setting sun illumined her reddish-brown hair as she stood before him, and enhanced her beauty in her simple muslin dress.

  • She was alluringly beautiful, as she stood before him,--all the more valued because she valued herself so highly, all the more coveted because superior to the sordid motives upon which even he had counted as the chief allies in his suit.

  • Indeed, as she stood before him in her radiant youth, which her evening costume enhanced with a fine taste quickly recognized by his practised eyes, he very justly regarded her as better than anything which his million had purchased hitherto.

  • With what ecstasy he used to watch for her in days gone by, as though the world was reborn when she stood before him!

  • She stood before him swaying, a blinded look on her face, her eyes closed, her hands stretched out.

  • His eyes went back to the flower-face of this young girl as she stood before him, fashionably attired and battling to conceal the storm of her distress.

  • She stood before him, her white draperies caught together with one hand, her hair flowing in wide ripples all about her, her eyes anxiously raised to his.

  • She stood before him, very pale and quiet.

  • She stood before him, nervously clasping and unclasping her hands.

  • She stood before him, not meeting his eyes, waiting for him to speak.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    public attention; rural school; see below; she called; she does; she felt; she had never seen; she kept; she listened; she made; she muttered; she observed; she protested; she read; she remarked; she responded; she said under her; she told; she wanted; she were; she won; shed tears; sheer force; shell hole; shell holes; shell thin