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Example sentences for "went out"

  • He went out of the front door, up the drive, Madam.

  • Not since he went out with--the gentleman?

  • I to myself, as he went out,--and can this man be the husband of this woman!

  • So counting the money into her hand, and with a lower bow than one generally makes to a shopkeeper's wife, I went out, and her lad with his parcel followed me.

  • He went out to the stable, and, secluding himself in his studio, sat moodily to meditate.

  • It was finally left an open question for the afternoon to settle; and, upon her urging, he went out for a walk.

  • Pryor gave him a last word as he went out.

  • After I finished on Sunday I passed a miserable day; went out weeding, but could not find peace.

  • Then we went out on the verandah in a lovely moonlight, drinking port, hearing the cousin play and sing, till presently we were informed that our boys had got up a siva in Lafaele's house to which we were invited.

  • I went out at once with a lantern, staked up a gap in the hedge, was kicked at by a chestnut mare, who straightway took to the bush; and came back.

  • I went out on the stairs, and found a room looking towards the South.

  • When Van Helsing had seen her, he went out for a walk, leaving me in charge, with strict injunctions that I was not to leave her for a moment.

  • When he went out of the room I could hear the key turn softly.

  • I have got such a horror of the damned brutes from recent events that I cannot stand them, and I went out to have a shot, as I have been doing of late of evenings, whenever I have seen one.

  • Once or twice I went out to see that all was right, and it was, and then the 'owling stopped.

  • His oddities were that he insisted on being present when his room was being swept, and that when he went out he locked his door, and took the key away with him.

  • Comrade Ossipon, nicknamed the Doctor, went out of the Silenus beer-hall.

  • I’ve forgotten to shut the shop door as I went out,” she whispered, terribly agitated.

  • But when he went out he seemed to experience a great difficulty in finding his way back to his temporary home in the Belgravian square.

  • More than ever bent on seeing what became of them, and on having some information to give his good friend, Mr Meagles, he went out at the further end of the terrace, looking cautiously about him.

  • The child readily complied, and he went out.

  • His friend looked after him as he went out, in surprise, which gradually gave place to an air of satisfaction and relief.

  • But he went out of the room after Mark, and advised him to take their passage in the Screw, though they lay upon the bare deck; which Mr Tapley, who needed no entreaty on the subject readily promised to do.

  • The final upshot of the business at that time was, that he resolved to treat himself to a comfortable but frugal meal in his own chamber; and having ordered a fire to be kindled, went out to purchase it forthwith.

  • Meanwhile Tess had hastily dressed herself; and the twain, lighting a lantern, went out to the stable.

  • He went out, and on his way to the mill stood still, and wished for a moment that he had responded yet more kindly, and kissed her once at least.

  • He would have to visit home in the course of a year, if he went out at once; and it would be possible for them to see her before he started a second time--with her.

  • When the service was over they went out of the room with their mother, and Mr Clare and himself were left alone.

  • Leaving the beautiful Persian shut up in the room alone, he went out to seek the slave merchants, announcing to them that he had found the pearl among slaves, and asking them to come and put a value upon her.

  • And here, only the other day, his old partner, who had been going to the dogs ever since he went out of the business, came and borrowed twenty thousand dollars of him!

  • He went out, and Lapham remained staring at the door which closed upon him.

  • And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

  • And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

  • How he went out to it, and his astonishment at recognizing, from the white forehead which has given the favorite its name, that chance had put in his power the only horse which could beat the one upon which he had put his money.

  • We hardly exchanged a word during breakfast, and immediately afterwards I went out for a walk, that I might think the matter out in the fresh morning air.

  • She departed then and the lights went out, and I was left squatting in the rhododendron-bush.

  • He went out again, therefore, through the window, and having obtained the help of a policeman and of a medical man, he returned.


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


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after touching; bodily strength; false belief; haired girl; isthmian canal; prison walls; rich husband; twenty days; went aboard; went about; went ahead; went and; went around; went away; went back; went before; went from; went off; went out; went round; went together; went under; went west; went with; went yesterday; wicked heart