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Example sentences for "welled"

Lexicographically close words:
welkin; well; wellbeing; wellbeloved; welle; wellfare; welling; wellnigh; wells; wellspring
  1. No one ever could wipe from his heart the flood of holy adoration that had welled with the coming of his Angel.

  2. The tide of Freckles' discontent welled until he almost choked with anger and chagrin.

  3. A sudden youthful intoxication of delight welled up within him and rang forth in that laugh.

  4. A lifelong chagrin welled up in him, flooding his soul with bitterness.

  5. He was half angry and half ashamed, for though pity had welled up like blood into his mouth, a rough and scolding bitterness pointed to the meaner motives of mankind, and the leer of a possible hypocrisy hardened his heart.

  6. It was as though something had broken within her brain, letting forth infinite tenderness that welled up into poignant tears.

  7. Bean to his crowd, and forth welled the song: "There's nothing like a Randallite to do or die, to eat or fight!

  8. Bean Perkins got his cheersters and songsters at work early, and soon the strains of the different choruses welled over the heads of the crowd.

  9. Lord Auckland, with characteristic kindliness, exerted himself to allay any feelings of mortification that may have welled up in Burnes’s mind; and the latter wisely revoked his determination to be aut Cæsar aut nullus.

  10. If any feelings of delight at the thought of the restoration of the Suddozye dynasty welled up anywhere in the breasts of the people of Afghanistan, it was among these Douranee tribes.

  11. The blood welled into Craig's face, then very slowly ebbed.

  12. There welled up in her with fresh force the aching resentment, the sick anger and rebellion against the sardonic fate that had so enmeshed her.

  13. As he deposited the body of the wounded man safely upon the ground a mighty cheer welled from the throats of all.

  14. Wild cheers welled from the crater of “Enchanted Rock,” and loud were the hurrahs for Texas Jack, the gallant and intrepid Ranger.

  15. Cheer after cheer welled from the throats of the beleaguered plainsmen, as they approached.

  16. And as the boy's voice welled out, clear and thrilling as the song of an upward pulsing lark, the tears ran down the face of Gilles de Retz.

  17. The mischief died out of it, and something vague and soft welled up in her eyes, making them mistily grey and lustrous.

  18. He was the only one now with whom she felt any degree of freedom, and in his presence her restraint vanished and her airy gaiety again welled forth with all its wonted fervor.

  19. Then the lustful meanness of his corrupted soul welled up anew, and he laughed brutally.

  20. Carmen turned aside that he might not see the tears which welled into her eyes.

  21. And often and anon as he looked, great beads of perspiration welled out upon his forehead, and his breath came hot and dry.

  22. Joy welled up in flood tides from unknown depths within.

  23. He had long since ceased to pray for himself; but in this, the only prayer that had welled from his chilled heart in months, his pitying desire to humor the wishes of a dying girl had unconsciously formulated his own soul's appeal.

  24. Father Waite sat with his head resting on his hand, striving to interpret the message which welled from the depths of his own being, where hidden, unused chords were vibrating in unison with those of this young girl.

  25. Slowly the man's wandering gaze focussed itself; a silly laugh welled up in his throat.

  26. Because it was so peacefully lovely, and because of her utter weariness, tears welled up under the girl's heavy lids as she looked.

  27. The stream of gold welled from it as from a fountain.

  28. Then a great, holy feeling welled up in her.

  29. Then her head fell languidly back, her eyes closed, and the tears welled through them: they knew the way by this time.

  30. It welled out of her at times in ways that were truly womanly and touching.

  31. As the terrible picture forced itself vividly across my imagination, I buried my face in my arms, and only with the greatest difficulty was it that I repressed the tears that welled to my eyes despite my every effort.

  32. One morning he had awakened, as uneasy as a prisoner in his cell; his lips had sought to articulate sounds, tears had welled to his eyes and he had found it impossible to breathe, suffocating like a person who had sobbed for hours.

  33. Tears of discouragement welled to his eyes; never, no never would he succeed in crossing the threshold.

  34. At three wider portions of the great Eld cleft, lava welled out quietly without the formation of cones, though here in the southern prolongation of the fissure, where it was narrower, a row of low slag cones appeared.

  35. Professor Thoroddsen has stated that in the great basaltic plateau of Iceland, lava has welled out quietly from the whole length of fissures and often on both sides without giving rise to the formation of cones.

  36. The lava now welled out in larger volume corresponding to its greater head, and the stream which for ten months had been flowing from the highest outlet upon the cone now ceased to flow.

  37. Here they sat them down on a fallen tree and ate a meal of dried venison and drank of the cold spring that welled out from beneath the edge of the bank.

  38. A pure spring of cold, delicious water welled out from beneath the twisted roots of an old hoary-barked cedar, and found its way among the shingle on the beach to the lake, a humble but constant tributary to its waters.

  39. For a moment, he stood there watching Andy's car fade into the night, then he began walking along the road, looking for 2312 Weisman Drive and trying to ignore the feeling of fear that welled up within him.

  40. The danger lights flickered in his eyes and the fear welled up within him like a flood.

  41. All the dogged bitterness of the last six months welled to his lips--all his new-found philosophy evaporated at the sting of wounded pride.

  42. The music of the thrush welled from the sheer forceful joy of living.

  43. Tears welled into her eyes, but she held them back, fearing they would further contribute to the undoing of her looks.

  44. The radiant happiness which welled within her, in seemingly inexhaustible volume, appeared to fill the universe.

  45. Then she remembered all he had done for her, at which gratitude welled from her soul.

  46. She thought of her now as she sat in the waiting room; tears welled to her eyes.

  47. A little sob, which she could not have explained to herself, welled up to her throat.

  48. Next there welled up in his heart a desire to help this mother whom he idolized, and this father who represented to him all that was kind and true.

  49. I burned to revile Canaples aloud, but Abdon's was not the ear into which I might pour the hot words that welled up to my lips.

  50. The simmering passion of which I had detected signs welled up and seemed to choke him as he poured forth the story that he had come to tell.

  51. The low music died away, and a fresh strong perfume welled out from behind the curtain.

  52. For long years of her life she had waked every morning to new joys, and gone to rest every evening with sincere and fervent thanksgivings, that had welled from her soul as freely and naturally as perfume from a rose.

  53. The tears had come into Jeff's eyes, welled forth like the gush of water in a dry fountain, and fell upon the old wrinkled fingers.

  54. A sob welled up in Camilla's throat and took her unawares.


  55. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "welled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.