It will be too late to cry for quarter when its stroke clears the table, and tilts them among the sweepings beneath.
Putting his redoubtable quill in rest, he tilts most chivalrously at my narrative; and, the operation over, chuckles with delight at my supposed discomfiture.
When the bird flies [Page 67] to the trap he will generally alight on the forked twig, which by his weight tilts to one side and dislodges the pieces, thus letting fall the sustained brick.
A small platform is so placed that the tiger shall step upon it in reaching for the bait, which, by the aid of strings, tilts the boards and tips off the cans.
It dazed him for a time, but in a year or so he grew accustomed to the idea, and they were then married.
The side walks are of wood, and, wherever they are made of this unsubstantial material, one frequently finds oneself stepping into a hole, or upon the end of a board which tilts up under one's feet.
Along beaten tracks through the grass, waggons with white tilts drawn by oxen were proceeding west, sometimes accompanied by armed horsemen.
The tilts of a telegraphic operator's key are still more restricted; but they serve.
The green earth tiltsthrough a sphere of air And bathes in a flame of space.
And the star I laugh on tiltsthrough heaven; And the heavens are dark and steep .
As the day advanced, the storm ceased, the clouds rolled off and the sun burst forth, his warm rays soon drying our clothes and the wet tilts of the waggons.
They had high tilts which made them comfortable sleeping-places at night.
As Martin had advised, my father had the tiltsof the waggons carefully secured with additional ropes over them, as he had also my mother's tent.
Emerging at last from the pass, I caught sight of the white tilts of the waggons, arranged in perfect order.
We sat round the table and laid our hands upon it, and I (or anyone who might be selected for the purpose) spelled over the alphabet, and raps or tilts occurred when the desired letter was reached.
I cannot, however, see the extreme folly myself of holding communication (under the circumstances) through the raps or tilts of a table, or any other object.
When he addresses a remark to her that she has not heard, she tilts up her chin, sideways on, and screwing her lips to inquiry says: "Eh?
He grips the glass, tilts it, and drinks deeply; then sets it down with a deep and rumbling sigh, and leans back in his chair.
Suddenly he tilts the rest o f the whisky into the glass and drinks it.
There was still hope that she might reach the tilts and safety.
These tilts were all constructed upon the same general plan.
Here, as she stepped ashore, she discovered the first of the series of tilts which Bob and Shad had built, and, immediately pushing aside the flimsy bark door, entered the tilt and struck a match.
His days on the trails and in the tilts with the trappers were remembered as days of luxury and feasting.
Each year the north pole tilts toward the sun to give us summer and away from it to give us winter," Lake said.
And how long and cold the Big Winter, when Ragnarok tilts away from the sun.
Then the north pole's progression away from the sun stops and the ice sheets recede as it tilts back toward the sun.
He taught his pupil to fence, to ride, to take his part at the tilts and tourneys, and, in short, to excel in the chivalrous exercises familiar to cavaliers of his time.
Illuminations and bonfires were lighted up in all the towns and villages; while everywhere were to be seen dancing, bull-fights, tilts of reeds, and the other national games of that chivalrous and romantic land.
Thereafter bade he the crew unship the tilts and row up the fjord, and the King commanded that the other ships should row after them.
Indian Jake's trail took a northerly direction from the Narrows tilt, and with tilts at similar intervals made a wide circuit, returning, as did the other trail, to the Narrows tilt.
Midway between the Narrows and Namaycush Lake tilts was another, known to the hunters as the "Halfway tilt.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tilts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
