Entering his private sitting-room, he produced a quaintly-shaped but large glass bottle, which he flanked with threetumblers and a carafe of water.
The black bottle trio adjourned to a shady nook by the shore, and carried three tumblers and a pail of iced water with them.
Denisov, hitting the table with the fist of his newly bled arm so violently that the table nearly broke down and the tumblers on it jumped about.
Prepare the corn as above, instead of making into balls, butter the bottoms of tumblers and press the candy around them to form little baskets, in which ice cream may be served or which may be filled with candies.
Put in glass tumblers and cover the tops when cool with melted paraffin, before putting on covers.
Cut an opening through the cigar-box large enough for the two tumblers to set in.
Two glass tumblers to hold the solution, a pair of battery zincs, a pair of carbons, and a bi-chromate of potash solution, are needed.
At the cost of twelve tumblers of the strongest punch ever brewed at the O'Malley Arms.
I'm four tumblers too low for that yet," growled out the major.
The tumblers who had started for the ring stopped in their tracks to gaze in open- mouthed wonder at the straight, grotesque figure that faced Braddock.
It was the night after the big race, when Caractacus was responsible for much that followed, that the crowd at the Raleigh was phenomenal, and champagne was being consumed in tumblers from the entrance hall to the card room.
The tables had been removed; the musicians and tumblers common to such occasions were not present, for the rout was small and sufficient unto itself for entertainment.
Out in the sanded strip across the tessellated floor, tumblers were glistening with perspiration from their vaguely noticed efforts.
Jellies and jams should be put in tumblers or bowls.
Henry compared them to so many tumblers of rum-and-water, so comical was their appearance as they fell about in a state of soaked stupidity.
A dinner in the days to which we are reverting generally lasted three hours, but tumblers and dancers were employed to amuse the feasters, so that a kind of caper sauce was served out with every dish that came to table.
Just at the same instant I had climbed up on a shelf and captured two glass tumblers whose contents seemed promising.
Ed Mason filled a water-pitcher in the butler's pantry, and Jimmy brought some tumblers from a closet.
Mr. Sellers: We will have to set down the result of the experiment on glass tumblers as negative.
The glass tumblers are here again produced and the Medium takes her position upon them, with Mr. Fullerton standing next to her upon the right and Mr. Furness to the left.
The Medium stands directly upon these, the heels of her shoes resting upon the reartumblers and the soles upon the front tumblers.
The tumblers are here moved further away from the wall and the Medium resumes her position upon them.
The lady proceeded to the space between the side-board and the wall where the last preceding test had been made, and there the tumblers were again arranged.
Pursuant to the request just stated, the carpet is removed and the glass tumblers are located on the bare floor at a point about five feet distant from the place at which the first test was tried.
When dusk came the lights were lit, and the drummer and fifer from the booth of tumblers were sent into the town to entice an audience.
The tumblers and jugglers used occasionally to hire an out-house in the town at these times--you may be sure they did not pay for it in advance--and give performances there.
Lord Chancellor Brougham used to refresh himself copiously while upon the Woolsack, and, during his four-hour speech on the Reform Bill, drank no less than five tumblers of mulled port and brandy.
He and Dundas one evening finished seven bottles without the slightest difficulty, and he would often fortify himself with whole tumblers of his favourite wine before going down to Westminster.
Still unmolested stood the small stand covered with a fine drawn linen cover, upon which had rested for weeks the tumblers and bottles needed now no longer.
Wait until the dear body has been taken away; then will I find courage to disturb the tumblers that the dear hands once held.
We will have to set down the result of the experiment on glass tumblers as negative.
The tumblers are here moved further away from the wall, and the 'medium' resumes her position upon them.
When the tumblers are again produced the 'medium' takes her position upon them, with Mr. Fullerton standing next to her upon the right and Mr. Furness to the left.
When the same experiments were resumed, the lady proceeded to the space between the side-board and the wall, where the last preceding test had been made, and there the tumblers were again arranged.
Pursuant to the request just stated, the carpet is removed and the glass tumblers are located on the bare floor at a point about five feet distant from the place at which the test was first tried.
The 'medium' stands directly upon these, the heels of her shoes resting upon the rear tumblers and the soles upon the front tumblers.
He wiped his dripping cuff in silence, when the tumblers were supplied.
Two tumblers were again mixed, and Margaret's health was drunk.
Scaddhan," said Toal, "go an' bring me two tumblers of good strong punch.
Scaddhan came in, and placing the two tumblers before Toal, that worthy immediately emptied first one of them, and then the other.
The other two are on the same principle, but the tumblers are hung in a kind of glass globe which is suspended by brass chains.
Two of them are merely small tumblers hung up by wires and cords.
Drink at least 5, if possible, 8 tumblers of pure water at frequent intervals slowly.
Form the habit of drinking pure water from 5 to 8 tumblers a day.
She asked Costigan whether he had had a pleasant evening at the George, and he recounted the supper and the tumblers of punch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tumblers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
