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Example sentences for "spyglass"

Lexicographically close words:
spy; spyces; spye; spyed; spyes; spying; spyt; squab; squabble; squabbled
  1. He laid a heavy hand upon the spyglass and took it without ceremony.

  2. The Skipper seized the spyglass from Cynthia so roughly that he pulled her sunbonnet from her head.

  3. The spyglass dropped with a bump into the bottom of the boat, and Cynthia put her hands inside the funnel and over her eyes, and burst into floods of tears.

  4. I held the spyglass tightly under my arm.

  5. Shawn said, and hurled the spyglass far out over the flat water, toward the black blade that calmly cruised in its wide circuit of the motionless Diana.

  6. Shawn's struggle with the spyglass was not prolonged.

  7. He thrust the spyglass into Ben's hand and snatched the tiller, humming in his teeth and not pleasantly.

  8. Carl was dancing around on the roof top, waving the spyglass frantically.

  9. Gloomily the two descended from the roof, and Carl returned the spyglass to its owner.

  10. While Jerrold was busy tinkering with his crippled motor, Carl succeeded in finding an old-fashioned spyglass and climbed with it to the top of the highest building in town.

  11. Two hours later they were on board, for it had not been long before the double-barrelled spyglass had picked them out.

  12. He's there on deck somewhere with that double-barrelled spyglass of his, on the look-out for this 'ere boat.

  13. Kit was sent into the cupola with the spyglass and a Winchester with its magazine full, to take the first watch.

  14. I should think Ben's men could do their best work from the cupola on top o' ther house, usin' ther major's spyglass ter keep tabs on ther horizon in every direction.

  15. She thrust the spyglass into Kit's hand, and, with a merry laugh at his look of disgust, disappeared through the scuttle, and a few minutes later he saw her riding like mad across the prairie toward Ted.

  16. Standing beside Captain Blizzard on the bridge, Mr. Finney and Amos just beyond, Chris and the Captain looked through Chris's powerful spyglass at the wide stretch of the horizon.

  17. Chris murmured, and taking out his spyglass looked through it.

  18. Over his shoulder, continuing with rapid quiet steps to the bridge of the Mirabelle, he said: "Run down to your cabin and fetch up that good spyglass of yours, my boy.

  19. Chris, on the bridge beside the Captain, stood looking through his spyglass at the advancing sail.

  20. Remembering in time, for he had been so much absorbed he had momentarily forgotten it, Chris whipped out his spyglass and looked at the curtains of the palanquin.

  21. Chris pulled his spyglass from his pocket and looked eagerly at the pirate ship only a little way out from shore.

  22. Jack had with him a new spyglass and wanted to test it.

  23. I nearly fell over in my astonishment, for he was also looking through a spyglass straight at me, too, it seemed.

  24. Perhaps I would have a chance to send word to Francis, since Aunt did not know of the part my spyglass had played in my bad behaviour.

  25. Mrs. Blake has lent me, for shore use, a very fine spyglass which she owns.

  26. The facts, as far as a man without a spyglass can sight 'em through the fog, are just these: You got George Kent into a stock trade.

  27. But that Phillips man,' he says, 'could sell a spyglass to a blind man.

  28. Loff, taking a pocket spyglass from his jacket.

  29. She had been for some time watching the slow progress of a brig into the harbour, which, on first discerning it from the balcony, her spyglass told her was the "Ger-Falcon.

  30. Loff, taking a deliberate survey of the horizon with a weather-beaten spyglass he held in his hand.

  31. Slowly she moved the big end of the spyglass back along the arc it had traveled.

  32. Annabel opened a window a few inches, took the spyglass from its rack, adjusted it, laid it on the sill of the open window and knelt, the glass at her eye.

  33. My lima beans at home grow pretty high but never as high as this," and he took out of his waistcoat pocket his spyglass and tried to find the top of the beanstalk; but he couldn't, for it was hidden in the clouds.

  34. Uncle Lucky, and he took his spyglass out of his waistcoat pocket and twisted it around and around until he could see distinctly, which means plainly, you know.

  35. Phoebe snatched the spyglass and applied it to her eye.

  36. He raised a spyglass with which he had hitherto been playing and directed it northward for a few seconds.

  37. My spyglass fell from his hand and rolled at his feet.

  38. Captain Nemo had brought a spyglass with a reticular eyepiece, which corrected the sun's refraction by means of a mirror, and he used it to observe the orb sinking little by little along a very extended diagonal that reached below the horizon.

  39. Then he lowered his spyglass and exchanged about ten words with his chief officer.

  40. The chief officer kept lifting his spyglass and stubbornly examining the horizon, walking up and down, stamping his foot, in his nervous agitation a sharp contrast to his superior.

  41. The latter interrupted his strolling and aimed his spyglass at the point indicated.

  42. A powerful spyglass to his eye, he scrutinized every point of the horizon with the utmost care.

  43. The spyglass passed from hand to hand; Jack and Ernest agreed in thinking the moving objects were men on horseback; but when it came to my turn to look, I at once pronounced them to be very large ostriches.

  44. Jack, drawing a little spyglass joyfully out of his pocket.

  45. Accorded," grunted the Herr Professor after an interval of search; and he closed his spyglass and placed his rifle on the moss.

  46. Accorded," said Siurd Von Glahn, balancing his spyglass and sweeping the distant crags.

  47. Guess it doesn’t require any spyglass to see that!

  48. Alex got out a spyglass and went to the prow.

  49. And oh, I'll make the Admiral look through the spyglass too, and when you see him looking through, you must wave your hand and fire your gun.

  50. We're going to climb that high hill and look all round us, and perhaps put up a flag; and Ransey will let you look through a spyglass to see us, and we'll wave our hands to you.

  51. The spyglass was put in request, and sure enough, said Subhan, there were some ten or twelve keyl (ibex) disporting themselves on a distant mountain.

  52. We were much puzzled at this confident statement, and on bringing the spyglass to bear found the visitors to be a pack of wild dogs.

  53. Percy's narrow jaws were working on their hinges like those of a rabbit I had seen through my grandfather's spyglass nibbling a root of dandelion.

  54. By the middle of December I had mastered all the greater stars in my region, and with my spyglass a few even of the Gammas and Deltas.

  55. As for the Lives of the Great, I could easily adjust Monsieur Bon Papa's spyglass and reduce them to scale.

  56. Old Mrs. Bounderby h'isted the gold-mounted double spyglass she had slung round her neck and took an observation.

  57. It didn't need a spyglass to see that they wouldn't ride easy at their own moorings till THEY'D landed a treasure or two--probably two.

  58. For when Hilary Leigh ran below, it was to seize a long spyglass out of the slings in the cabin bulkhead, and to give his commanding officer a tremendous shake.

  59. I will take the spyglass and go to the roof," said Jack.

  60. Standing on the roof, Jack adjusted the spyglass and gave a long look in the direction from whence the sounds were proceeding.

  61. Father got the spyglass on to 'em at last, pretty clear, and nearly threw it down with an oath.

  62. In about four hours we began to look at them through a strong spyglass which father brought out.

  63. The tube ran from the cavern up to the side of the mountain and turned several curves and corners, but as it was a magic spyglass Kaliko was able to see through it just as easily as if it had been straight.

  64. So Kaliko went to the Spyglass and by uttering a mumbled charm he caused the other end of it to twist around, so that it pointed down the opening of the Tube.

  65. When Kaliko again looked through his magic spyglass he exclaimed: "Bad luck, Your Majesty!

  66. Then he put his eye to the glass and was able to gaze along all the turns and windings of the Magic Spyglass and then deep into the Tube, to where our friends were at that time falling.


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