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Example sentences for "when presently"

  • When presently I felt the fresh mountain air upon my face, I wondered why I could perceive no light ahead of me.

  • When presently he left the house, carrying a brown leather bag which he had borrowed from the butler, he knew that rightly or wrongly his own opinion remained unchanged in spite of the stubborn opposition of the Scottish physician.

  • When presently we reached the inn, I thought of the letter and read it.

  • From that time Judge Bolitho assumed a very severe air, and, when presently he left the house, Ezekiel looked exceedingly anxious.

  • The houses were beginning to be more frequent, and we met more vehicles on the road, when presently he slowed down to light his lamps.

  • In fact, all the grounds had a neglected appearance, and so had the house, too, when presently I came to it.

  • When presently I left the house he strolled along by my side.

  • When presently he rose there was a drop of blood on his lower lip where he had caught at it with his teeth, and his watch had jerked out of the pocket of his waistcoat and was dangling at the end of its short leather guard.

  • When presently we came to a brightly lighted public-house or hotel, I saw that he was shaking even worse than I had thought.

  • When presently he again dipped his fingers into the vessel the water ran into a little vortex, drawing the flake with it.

  • So absorbed, indeed, as never to hear the footsteps of the Lord Giovanni, when presently he approached me unattended, nor to guess at his presence until his shadow fell athwart my page.

  • That done, I left the candle lying on its side against the paper, so as to convey the impression to him, when presently he awakened, that it had fallen from it sconce.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when presently" 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:
    mere force; rich brown; when anyone; when applied; when attacked; when baked; when boiled; when cold; when completed; when crossed; when elected; when formed; when going; when growing; when rightly; when sent; when she; when they saw him; when they were seated; when thou; when touched; when turned; when very; when well; when writing; whenever possible