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Example sentences for "thereat"

Lexicographically close words:
thereabouts; thereafter; thereal; thereanent; thereas; thereby; therefor; therefore; therefrom; therein
  1. Thereat Pyrrhus: "Thou then shalt tell this, and go with the message to my sire the son of Peleus: remember to tell him of my baleful deeds, and the degeneracy of Neoptolemus.

  2. Thereat I again gird on my sword, and fitting my left arm into the clasps of the shield, strode forth of the palace.

  3. Thereat he: 'Desire of glory is not gone, nor ambition checked by fear; but torpid age dulls my chilly blood, and my strength of limb is numb and outworn.

  4. Thereat she went forth and let array meat; and then she brought it, and gave to each one a little, and a little of drink.

  5. Thereat he grinned ghastily, and wagged his head, while I felt my heart turn sick, and my bowels tremble.

  6. Thereat he sent forth a roar, wheeled, and struck at me.

  7. Now thereat they marvelled and said to one another, "Hasten we back to Constantinople, for we left our companions there, and our hearts are with them.

  8. I was perplexed thereat and afflicted with great affliction; the tears ran down my cheeks and I mourned for myself.

  9. Thereat the Moslems were glad and their hearts were heartened; so they rushed upon their enemies and devoted themselves to Allah in their Fight for the Faith.

  10. Thereat the King was glad and thanked her and kissed her hands.

  11. Thereat Sharrkan rejoiced and all thanked Allah for their own deliverance and the safety of the Holy Man; and commended the dead to His mercy saying, "This was writ in the Book.

  12. Thereat the accursed Afridun was joyful, thinking he had slain him; and shouted to the Infidels bidding them rejoice, whereat the Faithless were encouraged and the Faithful wept.

  13. Thereat the horrors of Doomday rose upon King Afridun,[FN#405] and he knew that there was no making straight their crook.

  14. He was greatly troubled thereat and his heart fluttered for her, and hunger was sore upon him.

  15. The King rejoiced thereat with exceeding joy and conferred bountiful largesse upon the learned men, seeing Zau al- Makan grown up and flourishing and skilled in horsemanship.

  16. Thereat they all rejoiced with the exception of the Wazir Dandan, who put scant faith in her story, for her words took no hold on his reason, and signs of doubt in her and disbelief showed in his face.

  17. Thereat laughed they all right jocundly only young Stephen and sir Leopold which never durst laugh too open by reason of a strange humour which he would not bewray and also for that he rued for her that bare whoso she might be or wheresoever.

  18. Naught displeas'd Was she, but smil'd thereat so joyously, That of her laughing eyes the radiance brake And scatter'd my collected mind abroad.

  19. Thereat on the fourth pier we came, we turn'd, And on our left descended to the depth, A narrow strait and perforated close.

  20. Thereat toward the right our downward course We shap'd, and, better to escape the flame And burning marle, ten paces on the verge Proceeded.

  21. Thereat my sapient guide upon his right Turn'd himself back, then look'd at me and spake: "He listens to good purpose who takes note.

  22. Thereat the trunk breath'd hard, and the wind soon Chang'd into sounds articulate like these; Briefly ye shall be answer'd.

  23. Thereat were the Icelanders witnesses and hearkened to the fair singing and the ringing of bells.

  24. When all things were ready and the guests come, there was held on the first evening a large banquet, and the cups thereat were often charged & men became drunk; that night slept all men there in peace.

  25. But when Asmund grew to man's estate soon showed he himself of an unruly complexion & a manslayer; and the King being ill-pleased thereat sent him away, but gave him a company of men and a goodly feof whereof could he full well find support.

  26. Thereat was Harald glad, and fared to Astrid with a great following of men.

  27. Thereat laughed the King, for he deemed it good sport to bait him, and said he: 'Wilt thou accept thy life from the hand of Thora, thy kinswoman?

  28. Thereat those two brethren threw themselves at the feet of the old man, and besought him to let them bide with the rest for that crown of martyrdom which they might gain.

  29. Thereat she looked at the three of us, and rose up and stretched her hands toward us, as in greeting.

  30. Thereat Hakon smiled as if well pleased, and said no more.

  31. Thereat Dalfin bade the man get him a horse at once, and the fisher threw up his hands and said that there was never a horse within ten miles.

  32. This thing unto her then they told, And the whole truth they did unfold; She was thereat so terrified And grieved, that she quickly died.

  33. But I will thee work a board exceeding fair, that thereat may sit sixteen hundred and more, all turn about, so that none be without; without and within, man against man.

  34. And thereat she told him more of her ranch life in the days before her father died.

  35. Thereat the colonels put their heads together; and then my case was re-opened, with Sevier as spokesman.

  36. Thereat a silence came and sat between us, and I fell to loving her the more because of it; but when she spoke I always loved her more for speaking.

  37. Thereat I strove to clasp her, but my arms Met only what slipped crumbling down, and fell, A handful of gray ashes, at my feet.

  38. My gall thereat arises: Northward it hath this sense alone That you, your conscience blinding, 110 Shall bow your fool's nose to the stone, When slavery feels like grinding.

  39. The King taketh the candlestick, and looketh thereat in wonderment for none so rich had he never seen tofore.

  40. He rose and did on a great grey cape and issueth forth of the chamber and cometh to the windows of the hall that opened toward the sea, calm and untroubled, so that much pleasure had he of looking thereat and leaning at the windows.

  41. They were served thereat right gloriously, and Perceval looked about him more gladlier than he ate.

  42. He looked straitly thereat within and without and thereafter returned to the King.

  43. And he was minded to put it off until that day, for that suntide was already too nigh, and they that should be thereat might not all come by the earlier day.

  44. Lancelot, so saith the story, would not disarm him, wherefore he made the table be set, and sate thereat beside the damsel at meat.

  45. When the ship had taken ground, the King looketh thereat with much marvelling, and knoweth not who is there within, for not a soul heareth he speak.

  46. He looketh thereat and readeth, and then saith that these letters witness of him that lieth in the coffin that he was one of them that helped to un-nail Our Lord from the cross.

  47. They all looked thereat in great wonderment.

  48. The ground-swell it was heavy, and rocked the bark full sorely; Thereat the banished maidens felt their care and sorrow growing hourly.

  49. Thereat the face of Shagpat was as an exceeding red berry in a bush, and he said angrily, 'Have done!

  50. Thereat he was yet more amazed, and exclaimed, 'The hag of ugliness with the voice of Bhanavar!

  51. Thereat he stared on vacancy with a serious eye, and he could scarce credit her earnestness, but she repeated the same.

  52. Albeit thereat my footing holds, nor slips, The threats of that Omnipotence confound All days and hours of gladness, girt around With sense of near, unswervable eclipse.

  53. Declan greatly rejoiced thereat and gave thanks and glory to Christ on account of it, and it filled him with much courage to combat the error and false teaching of heathendom.

  54. The king was much affected thereat and he gave orders to have the fact concealed lest it should bring disgrace or even war upon him, for the hostages were scions of the strongest and most powerful families in Munster.

  55. Moreover the plague was banished from every place and all rejoiced greatly thereat as well as on account of the resurrection of the dead men we have narrated.

  56. Overwhelmingly thereat Morales saw how powerless he was.

  57. He saw the shocked expression on her face and thereat commenced, with a cruel malicious delight, to tell her other things.

  58. Substantial dinners are eaten thereat with Homeric appetite, nor, though impletus venter non vult studere libenter, are the visits of the Muse unknown.

  59. Thereat from reed-bed and cane-brake awaken roosting harriers, quick to realise the import.

  60. The frost and fog continuing, on the third morning the men proposed we should move lower down the hill, to some cortijo they knew of, thereat to await milder weather.

  61. Thereat the writer in 1901 endured one of those evil experiences which from time to time befall those who seek hunting-grounds in the wilder corners of the earth.

  62. The north-bound traveller, ascending through the rock-gorges of DespeƱaperros, thereat quits the mountains and enters on the Manchegan plateau.

  63. Thereat I marvelled and pity seized me and I held my hand, saying to the herd, "Bring me other than this.

  64. FN#192] I wondered thereat with all wonderment, seeing that I was the son of the Sultan, and these men were my father's subjects and amongst them were some of my own slaves.

  65. He joyed thereat with exceeding joy, his breast broadened[FN#83] with delight and he felt thoroughly happy.

  66. He rejoiced thereat and, donning his clothes, went to the net, when he found in it a dead jackass which had torn the meshes.

  67. But the Minister wondered thereat with exceeding wonder; and when the Court broke up King Shahryar entered his palace.

  68. Anon he alighted therein for that his heart had somewhat to say anent that mountain, and he also marvelled thereat by cause that during his wayfare he had never seen aught like it at all, nor anything resembling that herbage and those streams.

  69. They obeyed his order much wondering thereat the while and musing in their minds, "What condition is this?

  70. He was consterned thereat and cried, "What causeth thee cry, O dearling of my heart and light of mine eyes?

  71. Now when the Emir heard the tale of the Kazi, he rejoiced thereat and said to him, "Up and gang thy gait!

  72. Thereat Manjab after saluting the Caliph, accompanied Ja'afar to the house of his sister, and when they went in the Wazir made peace between the two, and the Caliph largessed the youth with most sumptuous presents.

  73. Then the Mukaddam repaired to the house where the She-thief had bespoken him and standing at the door knocked thereat when those inside asked, "Who mayest thou be?

  74. FN#31] And when it was morning and her mother again visited her, the bride showed her this proof of her pucelage, and she rejoiced thereat and her father rejoiced also.

  75. Then he stood gazing thereat when, lo and behold!


  76. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thereat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accordingly; again; anon; consequently; ergo; hence; then; thence; thereabouts; therefore; thus; whence; wherefore