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Example sentences for "visit from"

  • I suppose, Molly," said Reilly, "you are surprised at a visit from me just now?

  • For this night, however, he experienced no apprehension of a visit from them, but with what correctness of calculation we shall soon see.

  • It is not often that I am honoured by a visit from you," he said.

  • A visit from him at any other time would not have been a surprise, for he had said he should run down to Tinker's Reach at his first leisure moment.

  • It was about a week after my visit from Mr. Spence.

  • I stayed at home the whole of the day following that on which I wrote to Mr. Spence, and was rewarded by receiving a visit from him in the afternoon.

  • In May 1835 I had the great happiness of receiving a visit from my dear father.

  • I had the happiness of receiving a visit from him at Hammerfield in the following year.

  • Accordingly, one day we received a visit from an excellent Egyptian officer, Edim Bey, accompanied by his secretary Rushdi Effendi, who spoke English fluently.

  • They can make you as comfortable as you please, and they'd like to have a visit from you.

  • Well, I guess they wouldn't cared much for a visit from me.

  • A visit from Contessa di Taverna to confer with me about the new departure [the International Council of Women].

  • She had never seen the Pacific Coast; the Elliotts were going to Chicago for an indefinite stay; her sister Annie, whom she had not seen in many years, begged earnestly for a visit from the "Old Bird.

  • When you have a vacation, if you get a chance to come our way, Mrs. Henderson and myself will be glad to receive a visit from you.

  • I am very glad to receive a visit from you, and should be glad to print anything from your pen.

  • Visit from Mr. Audubon, who brings some of his birds.

  • I had a visit from an old Frenchman who has resided on this famous island for fifty years; he assured me that no Red Indians were now to be found: the last he heard of were seen twenty-two years ago.

  • This afternoon I had a visit from a Mr. Kirkpatrick, who bought my picture of the Bantams.

  • I went to bed expecting a visit from Annette, but I waited in vain.

  • We supped in our usual manner, discussing only commonplace topics, but just as I was going to bed Annette shook my hand in a way that told me to prepare for a visit from her.

  • I thought no more of it, but in two days' time I received a visit from M.

  • A visit from a smart young man, Gustavus Schwab of Königsberg; he gives a flattering picture of Prussia, which is preparing for freedom.

  • After Court hours I had a visit from Mr. Charles Heath, the engraver, accompanied by a son of Reynolds the dramatist.

  • When the fire was over we received a visit from one of the missionaries, who made us a cold offer of assistance.

  • We had a visit from a young Mandan who had a bag made of the skin of the prairie dog, containing some pieces of a transparent selenite from which these Indians extract a white colour by burning it in the fire.

  • Every evening brought me a visit from Dipauch, who came to tell me all the legends and traditions, as well as the religious views of his people--conversations which interested me much, and which frequently lasted till late at night.

  • Yesterday I learned that the director of the bank had had an interview with him, and he also received a visit from an intimate friend, an attaché of the Embassy.

  • I received a visit from a little idiot called Marie Pascal, who still insisted on the imposture.

  • I have come to see you after a visit from Mlle.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "visit from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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