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Sentences starting with opening

Opening the door with all speed, he beheld the expressive countenance of Mr Chuckster, between whom and himself a fraternal greeting ensued. [12]
Opening rally of the People's Campaign at the Opera House, at 8 P.M., July 10th. [9]
Opening it, she stepped out into the night. [11]
Opening the door she went out, but turning back again she gave George Masson a look that he never forgot. [11]
Opening the window, she sat down on the side of the bed and looked round. [11]
Opening his waistcoat, she put her ear to his heart; but it was still--still. [11]
Opening it, he quickly pushed Buonespoir and Abednego inside, whispering to them, then slammed the door and put his back against it. [11]
Opening the door of the other room, she disappeared. [11]
Opening the door of his room, he saw the maid entering to Jasmine with a gown over her arm. [11]
Opening the door, Jo heard the sound of footsteps and saw a figure flying down the road. [11]

Sentences ending with opening

Stay," he cried, warming with generous enthusiasm, "stay, I have an opening. [9]
Jamrach had contracted to deliver to Barnum in New York 18 elephants for $360,000 in time for the next season's opening. [5]
A footstep on the stairs, and now the door was slowly opening. [12]
True, even at the great harbour, news could scarcely be expected, for a chain stretching from the end of the Pharos to a cliff directly opposite in the Alveus Steganus, closed the narrow opening. [10]
L. Penicher maintains that the bodies were first somewhat dried in ovens, and that then resin of the cedar-tree, or asphalte, was poured into every opening. [10]
Its big gates swung together as we dashed through the narrowed opening. [9]
He turned round so that his fingers might feel the grated opening. [11]
It was perhaps presumptuous to thus imply the probability of a second opening. [6]
Looking for an opening? [5]
That philosopher had not changed towards him any more than Miss Tavish had, but it was a melancholy business to talk of his affairs, and to listen to the repeated advice to go down to the country to Edith, and wait for some good opening. [4]

Short sentences using opening

His opening speech was perfect. [5]
Thus her opening mind. [9]
An opening eh? [5]

Sentences containing opening two or more times

It had its own entrance and exits from the Palace, opening on the square at the front, at the back opening on its own garden, which also had its own exits to the public road. [11]

More example sentences with the word opening in them

Mr. Isaac D. Worthington stood erect beside the table, his hand thrust into the opening of his coat, and spoke at the rate of one hundred and eight words a minute, for exactly one hour. [9]
But into the workshop came the moist, fragrant smell of the acacia and the maple, and a long brown lizard stretched its neck sleepily across the threshold of the door opening into the valley. [11]
When the howitzers with their nice little balls of lyddite physic get opening their bouquets to-morrow--" "Who says to-morrow? [11]
The Speaker rapped with his gavel, and I failed to hear the opening words. [9]
Now spreading its wings, throwing up its head, or opening its tail like a fan; now strutting about with a hopping gait until tired, when it gabbled some kind of note, and was relieved by another. [1]
Hastily opening the window, he called to his servant, who was hurriedly approaching the house: "Is he in, Janche? [10]
There was no wind, apparently no breath of air, yet the leaves of the trees moved, the weather-vanes turned slightly, the animals in the byres roused themselves, and slumbering folk opening their eyes, turned over in their beds, and dropped into a troubled doze again. [11]
Upon gaining the wide opening he decided to cross it and follow the left wall till he came to the cattle trail. [13]
That opening morn, which used to salute him with the whispers of zephyrs, the carol of skylarks, may breathe, as its first accents, from the dear lips which colour and heat have quitted,--'Oh! [14]
That blessed clairvoyance which sees into things without opening them, --that glorious license, which, having shut the door and driven the reporter from its key-hole, calls upon Truth, majestic virgin! [6]
But the opening which now presented itself introduced him to a field of activity much more suited to his talents and his tastes. [4]
The wide opening, which extended downwards to within a few spans of the floor, was finished at either side by a tall pillar of fine reddish-brown porphyry, flecked with white, and crowned with gilt Corinthian capitals. [10]
Looking after Barry Whalen's retreating figure he saw this new, grave world opening out before him; and as the vision floated before his eyes, Barry's appeal that he should visit Jasmine at the hospital came to him. [11]
The innumerable exits were there in the wall of life and none had opened to him; but since the evening when he saw Jasmine at the railway station, there had been an opening of doors in his soul hitherto hidden. [11]
The maidservants who were opening the shutters glanced gaily out into the streets, and arranged the flowers in front of the windows or bowed reverently as a priest passed by on his way to mass. [10]
Jean Jacques' hands were opening and shutting. [11]
The Keilhau ones were kept in a cellar, and through the opening we thrust a pole to which the blade of a rapier was fastened. [10]
There was no weakness in the face, no meekness, no suggestion of the conception of the sacrificed Lamb, no hint of a beatific vision of opening heavens--and yet no accusation, no despair. [9]
How often do we spoil our best chances by following an urgent instinct to arrive at certainty as early as possible, and by not being strong enough to postpone opening our business till a favorable moment offers. [10]
At the rear was the great door opening into the Queen's apartments, before which Mardion, Iras, and their companions had already stationed themselves. [10]
At last I was startled to my feet by the opening of the door, and Madame de Montmery came in. [9]
That dying pillow was softened by the sweetest domestic affection; and as he lay down to the sleep which the Lord giveth his beloved, his face was as the face of an angel, and his smile seemed to give a glimpse of the opening heavens. [6]
The charming creature was opening her lips to speak in reply, when the door was hastily opened too, and the head of Sampson Brass was thrust into the room. [12]
His opening address was in a tongue that failed to convey to me the least idea. [4]
But how great was his surprise, upon opening his door one morning, some days later, to find the grateful poodle patiently waiting there, and in its company another stray dog, one of whose legs, by some accident, had been broken. [5]
Besides, the bridge was closed, and there was only a small opening at the piers. [11]
Of course there was brought within the scope in that half-hour's speech something of his own opening speech. [7]
Yet--" His mind was asking itself if this was a door opening, which he had no right to shut with his own hand. [11]
Going to the wardrobe and opening a drawer at the bottom she searched among her clothes until she discovered the piece of tissue paper in which she had wrapped the rose rescued from the cluster he had given her. [9]
At last he walked some distance away from the house, deeply lost in thought, and he did not notice that a man came slowly, heavily, to the door of the hut, and opening it, entered. [11]
She could already walk firmly enough to mount the few rough steps which led to the opening in the rocks and, obeying the tameless yearning of her heart, she rose from the arm-chair and walked as rapidly as her feeble strength permitted toward the frigidarium. [10]
However, her Samaritan's visit brought her some reward, for to meet Orion coming out of Paula's room with so beautiful and elegant a woman was a thing worth opening her eyes. [10]
In the opening verses of this Gospel the Incarnation is explained, not by a virgin birth, but in a manner acceptable to the educated and spiritually-minded, in terms of the philosophy of the day. [9]
In such a vehicle Elizabeth rode to the opening of her fifth Parliament. [4]
He curled himself up shivering under the sheep-skin which covered only half his body, for the icy night wind now blew through the opening of the cave, which by day was as hot as an oven. [10]
And by some untoward association she was reminded of a conversation she had had with Ditmar on the Saturday afternoon following their first Sunday excursion, when, on opening her pay envelope, she had found twenty dollars. [9]
Donning his court uniform, M. de Beausset ordered a box he had brought for the Emperor to be carried before him and entered the first compartment of Napoleon's tent, where he began opening the box while conversing with Napoleon's aides-de-camp who surrounded him. [2]
This trip he turned to the left and wended his skulking way southward a mile or more to the opening of the valley, where lay the strange scrawled rocks. [13]
Suddenly the Duke turned to a door at the right of the President's chair, and, opening it, bowed courteously to some one beyond. [11]
The fifth gentleman took a position halfway between the two, and, opening the leather case, laid it down on the grass, where its contents glistened. [9]
But the tide, too, was running hard from the south, fighting the wind; and, at the moment when all seemed terribly uncertain, swept them past the opening and into the swift-running channel, where the indraught sucked them through to the more open water beyond. [11]
I am grateful to you, Nun, for opening my eyes. [10]
In the answer to this question some among you may find a key that shall unlock the gate opening on that fair field of the future of which all dream but which not all will ever reach. [3]
And the opening to their conversation was unexpected. [9]
Charley went over to the fire and sat down on a bench, opening and shutting the scissors mechanically. [11]
The narrator wishes to sweep the hearth, as it were, in these opening pages, before sitting down to tell his story. [6]
He then began to pace the room in deep thought, often going to the opening which served as a window, to cool his burning forehead and see if dawn were near. [10]
When they came to opening the pasty the expression of his face changed; he frowned and asked the prefect in a suspicious tone, severely and sternly: "How came these people by such a pasty as this? [10]
Not one promised to make such a mark in society, if she found an opening into its loftier circles. [6]
Clemens had undertaken to doctor the play, and it would seem to have had an enthusiastic reception on the opening night. [5]
Tom's always going to begin, but somehow he can't seem to find just the opening he likes. [5]
It was difficult to begin the conversation anew, and when, spite of many efforts, it would not flow freely, the shout of the overseer, which reached his ear through the opening of the roof, urging the men to work, was like a deliverance. [10]
I am going to attend lectures and go into a hospital, as soon as there is an opening, and then I mean to practice. [4]
He watched her till he saw her drop her face in her hands; then, opening the door and stealing out, he came and laid a hand upon her shoulder, and she heard him say: "Rosalie! [11]
His hands were thrust down in the pockets of his linen coat; her hands opening and shutting her parasol slightly. [11]
As she broke through the hedge of lilacs by the Cure's house, the crowd of awe-stricken people fell back, opening a path for her to the door. [11]
Then he lunged through the doorway of the reception-room; but at the door opening on the street his courage gave way, and hunched up like one in pain, he ran towards the hitching-post where he had left his horses and wagon. [11]
This remark was thought by some of us to have a hidden personal application, and to afford a fair opening for a lively rejoinder, if the Koh-i-noor had been so disposed. [6]
But he resisted this weakness and kept mechanically about his work, opening the letters and the manuscripts before him with that curious double action of the mind common in men of vivid imaginations. [8]
In return for this slight favor the manager sent an invitation for Mark Twain to come and see the play --to be present on the opening night, as it were, at his (the manager's) expense. [5]
The walls of this room were whitewashed and decorated with pious glyphic writing, which framed in the door and the windows opening into the garden. [10]
Men object that this is opening the door to individualism. [9]
The key to this biographical history or historical biography may be found in a few sentences from its opening chapter. [6]
At last, as they were opening on it, the wind suddenly veered full north-east. [11]
And how much they had to say to each other in this first opening of their hearts, how many hopes for the future found utterance in words! [10]
The finest of these were certain hangings of fine tissue and of many colors, which hung over the wide opening between the great guest chamber and that next to it. [10]
While he was there, a landslip came, and the opening to the mine was closed up--" "There were two ways in. [11]
About this time there was noticed an increased bustle in the passages, with a considerable opening and shutting of doors. [6]
To the north there was a great opening, the lost arc of the circle, through which the mystery of the Pole swept in and out, or brooded there where no man may question it. [11]
As soon as there was a good opening and a fair chance, she brought up her unwelcome subject, and we faced it the best we could. [5]
As I stood there on the great steps, I chanced to look along the plain, bare front of the palace to an annex at the end, and standing in a doorway opening on a pair of steps was Voban. [11]
In the pause there came the sound of the front door opening, and then footsteps in the hall. [11]
This opening between them is called Hunter's Pass. [4]
Both silently feasted their eyes upon the scene opening with increasing magnificence before them. [10]
Others again, opening the white-hot furnace-doors, cast fuel on the flames, which came rushing and roaring forth to meet it, and licked it up like oil. [12]
As they passed the western point of the island, and made their course easterly by a channel between rocky bulwarks opening Havre Gosselin, they suddenly saw a brig rounding the Eperquerie. [11]
The hazy sunlight, the warm and drowsy air, the tender foliage, the opening flowers, betokened the reviving life of nature. [5]
She moved to the staircase, then slowly down it, and through a passage to a morning-room, where, opening a pair of French windows, she passed out onto the lawn. [11]
They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full length portrait of Catherine the Great. [2]
An opening in the pinyons warned him that he was nearing the height of slope. [13]
That letter contained the opening scene of the next act in the drama. [9]
Venters stepped before the opening of the other cave and looked in. [13]
I waked to the opening of the dungeon door, to see Gabord entering with a torch and a tray that held my frugal breakfast. [11]
Venters closed up the opening of the cave with a thatch of willows and aspens, so that not even a bird or a rat could get in to the sacks of grain. [13]
A letter at the opening of a book may be only a footpath, leading the curious to a favorable point of observation, and then leaving them to wander as they will. [4]
Goatry came round the opening door with a grin. [11]
The noise of the opening door brought his sister to the room. [11]
Whenever I see the movement of a locomotive I hear the whistle and see the valves opening and wheels turning; but I have no right to conclude that the whistling and the turning of wheels are the cause of the movement of the engine. [2]
I've never kept the mail-stage waiting; I've never left the mailbag unlocked; I've never been late in opening the wicket; I've never been careless, and no one's ever complained of a lost letter. [11]
I went to the machinery for opening the gates. [11]
Immediately on opening the inquest, Orlando was called to tell his story. [11]
For it was the fourth of October, and the opening of the Assise d'Heritage. [11]
He meant that the enemy by neglect or through force of circumstances leaves an opening for you, and you see your chance and take advantage of it. [5]
She was opening the drawers and laying one article here and another there. [4]
And rapidly opening the door he went resolutely out onto the balcony. [2]
His head-dress touched the ceiling, and the narrow streak of light, which fell through the opening in the roof, streamed on his handsome head and his breast, while all around him was veiled in twilight gloom. [10]
The mouth of the cave was up the hillside--an opening shaped like a letter A. [5]
The opening of the canyon showed in a break of the sage, and the cattle trail paralleled it as far as he could see. [13]
The decision for the blue pongee was the culmination of a struggle begun with the opening of her eyes that morning. [9]
He rose from the berth slowly, and, opening a portmanteau, drew from it a cloth of white and red, fringed with gold. [11]

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