But the wind seemed to oppose her efforts at soothing the child whose startled eyes stared at the window against which tapped the attenuated fingers of the twigs.
Illustration] The Post Mistress at the station tapped her thimble on the window-pane at the chickens floundering in the flower-bed outside.
She bent forward and looked out the window where the long fingers of the ragged rosebush, torn by the wind, tapped ceaselessly at the pane.
Again the impatient fingers tapped on the chair, and again halted at their own alarm.
Involuntarily, with a nervous impatience distinctive of him, his fingerstapped twice on the edge of the chair; then, aroused to attention, the hand lay still.
Roger hesitated a moment, then tapped at the door.
At little cost of labour the garrison could have tapped and led down one of the many fresh springs on the hillside, but to this no thought was given.
Old Humphrey stood glowering under his eyebrows, and tapped his boot impatiently with the butt of his riding-whip.
Someone tapped at the door, turned the handle, and stood irresolutely there peering into the darkness.
Lord Blair leaned forward andtapped his friend's knee with a sort of affection.
Muriel was angry, and she tapped her foot sharply on the floor.
And when he failed to turn up at the trysting-hour, her foot tapped angrily upon the tiles of the veranda; and at length she had gone indoors again with her head in the air but her heart in the depths.
She tugged at the nose-rope, and tapped its legs with her crop, but presently she was obliged to desist, owing to her fear that its whining grumbles would be heard.
Kennedy was the calmest one of us all as he tapped the little galvanometer significantly with his index finger.
Kennedy looked at him a moment, then tapped another beaker on the table before him.
One bent another quietly over his arm and tapped him a sharp blow with the disengaged hand on the stretched abdomen.
He tapped on the glass, and as she rushed to the door he met her with a flag of truce in the form of a requisition for aid.
They were going to have a delightful quiet morning of it, when my lady tapped on the glass and invited Elizabeth out to admire the roses.
Waddles took his lower lip in his teeth and tapped the ball very gently.
Smathers' third shot also reached the green; but his long putt went wide and Elder tapped the ball into the cup, adding a second victory to our credit.
Any ordinary dub would have walked up to that pill and tapped it in, but that wasn't Peck's style.
Bill tapped the ball into the hole, and the match was over.
Near the extremity of Cape Cleveland some bamboo was picked no, and also a fresh green cocoa-nut that appeared to have been hastily tappedfor milk.
At times, on a bare, baked mound elevated above the surface, there is a dwarf crater filled with water that never overflows, and when tapped and exhausted, rises once more to its former level.
Ty saw him and tapped the ball for a bunt toward third and beat it out while Larke perched safely on third.
The batter tapped an easy one toward Ross, who picked it up neatly, but while he was making up his mind where to throw it, the man on third came in and the batter reached first.
Captain Church came up with lots of confidence and tapped the ball smartly, but it was an infield fly which Everson caught near the pitcher’s box.
It had piled the thunder-clouds high and higher, and now and again a heavy drop of rain tapped at her window like a thrown pebble.
Cold consciencetapped the shoulder of Pierre, remembering the lessons of Father Victor, but a moment later his head went up and his eyes were shining through the dark.
Why, she laughed, I think, with the others, and tapped him on the shoulder with her fan; or perhaps that time she clapped her adorable hands.
He drew a rough plan on a card, showing a point where the river could be tapped with little trouble, by taking advantage of a certain jutting rock, to brace the necessary bit of flume and sluice-gate.
The song was hardly finished when she tapped the bell for dismissal.
He tapped his radio stylus thoughtfully against the edge of his desk.
No sooner had he leaned forward than Arno tapped him over the head with his pistol butt.
When an officer came along checking their load, he explained they had wine for the officers' mess and suggested it be shoved deeper into the woods to keep it from being tappedby the soldiers.
Allison tapped him over the head with a gun barrel and dragged him back.
He discarded two of them and took up his position, after having tapped his heel for luck.
At this moment a bellboy tapped at the door, and being told to come in, handed Joe two telegrams.
Russell tapped a little one in front of the plate, that Joe got in time to put him out at first, but not to head Rose off at third.
Warner tapped a little one in front of the plate that Mylert heaved to first.
This sort of thing had always satisfied the Dominie, but Tommy, despite his several attempts, had a vague consciousness that there was something second-rate about them, and he tapped on his brain till it responded.
Mr. Ogilvy noticed that Cathro tapped his forehead doubtfully every time his eyes fell on Tommy, but otherwise shunned him, and he asked "What are his chances?
They hunkered afar off and pulled this string, and then the button tapped the death-rap on the window, and the sport was successful, for the Painted Lady screamed.
The Emperor's smile was more pronounced than before, as he tapped Golitzine on the shoulder and extended a hand to the venerable Salmoros.
I, Paul Degraux," again he tapped his broad chest significantly, "am here in a great position.
After Sevier had seated himself McGillivray tapped a bell and gave an order to the half-breed servant.
Hajason tapped a bulging belt under his hunting-shirt and assured: “I’ve got it with me.
Sevier tapped a document on the table and replied: “This is a petition I’m about to send to Governor Martin.
Hugh Ritson leaned across the table and tapped a paper that lay on it.
The peddler tapped the mouth of his pipe on his thumb-nail, and smiled under his shaggy brows.
When he reached the table he tapped it impatiently with one of his hands, which were fettered, and threw up his head with a glance of defiance.
He gloated over the words, and tapped his pocket as he repeated them.
The blacksmith laughed again, tapped the iron with the hand-hammer, down came the sledge, and the flakes flew.
At a door on the first landing she tapped lightly, and when a voice answered from within she entered the room.
Sir Timothy tapped the panel of the door with his forefinger.
He tapped a cigarette upon the counter and lit it.
These would accommodate any lumber that was then being shipped from the regions tapped by the canal.
But as I was saying, I regarded him with a scowl, and tapped the hilt of my sword.
Must ha' been a religious gentleman," said the Yellow Leaf approvingly, as he tapped his stick upon the threadbare patches.
Even Uncle Peabody tapped his cup lightly with his teaspoon, a familiar signal of his by which he indicated that I was to put on the brakes.
In the midst of it all Mr. Hacket arose and tapped his cup with his spoon.
My uncle made no reply and we passed on to a store nearly opposite the well, where I became deeply interested in a man who had tapped me in the stomach with his forefinger while he made a sound like the squealing of a rat.
She tapped softly at the door and received no answer: "Ernst!
He stood admiring it for some minutes, and then hesitated, as if overcome by the importance of his son; but at last he raised the big umbrella, and tapped gently with the staghorn beak.
He tapped a little louder, a little louder still--but no answer; and Artingale and Magnus exchanged glances.
There was a general laugh at this lugubrious joking, and Fullerton tapped impatiently with his pipe-bowl upon the table.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tapped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
