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Example sentences for "and when"

  • And when I had told him he staggered as though he had been struck full in the face, so that he was compelled to grasp my stirrup leather for support.

  • At length he spied a dangling creeper about the bigness of one's wrist, and when I reached the trees he was racing madly up it, hand over hand.

  • During my waking hours she was constantly the subject of my thoughts, and when I slept her dear face haunted my dreams.

  • Passepartout waited a good twenty minutes, and when he left the reverend gentleman, it was thirty-five minutes past eight.

  • But there were forced delays, and when Mr. Fogg stepped from the train at the terminus, all the clocks in London were striking ten minutes before nine.

  • We must separate here in the hour, and when we meet again upon the deck of the Kincaid, let us hope that we shall have with us two honoured guests who little anticipate the pleasant voyage we have planned for them.

  • All the second day he continued his rapid course, and when Tarzan of the Apes sought speed, he passed through the middle terrace of the forest with the rapidity of a squirrel.

  • As von Horn spoke the expression on the young man's face became more and more hopeless, and when he had ceased he dropped his head into his open palms, sitting quiet and motionless as a carven statue.

  • The strange and uncanny noises of the jungle night filled her with the most dreadful forebodings, and when a cold, drizzling rain set in upon them her cup of misery was full.

  • You were then in a faint, and when I attacked Bulan he dropped you to defend himself.

  • The Ithaca would bear us to Singapore, and when we returned you would be under my legal protection and safe.

  • You would not write to each other but upon the most urgent necessity in the world; and when obliged to take up the pen to say that such a horse is ill, or such a relation dead, it is done in the fewest possible words.

  • Thus to all who needed help or comfort went the faithful Fairies; and when at length they turned towards Fairy-Land, many were the grateful, happy hearts they left behind.

  • The Spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of Fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "Why!

  • Poor Bob sat down in it, and when he had thought a little and composed himself, he kissed the little face.

  • I want to hold on harder than ever, and when you're a man you'll thank me.

  • II Emil reached home a little past noon, and when he went into the kitchen Alexandra was already seated at the head of the long table, having dinner with her men, as she always did unless there were visitors.

  • I was used to seeing father in a blue coat, a sort of jacket, and when I recognized him on the platform, I was very proud.

  • He had a sweet tenor voice, and when he was a young man he loved to sing.

  • I keep the fire all night, Mrs. Lee, and when it's very cold I put them all on the table, in the middle of the room.

  • He evidently explained briefly the incidents connected with his expedition, including my capture, and when he had concluded the chieftain addressed me at some length.

  • Possibly I had conjured up impossible dangers, like some nervous old housewife, and when I should catch up with Powell would get a good laugh for my pains.

  • As I neared the brute he backed cautiously away from me, and when I had reached the open he moved to one side to let me pass.

  • And when he had spoken of my lot as in all things blessed of heaven he raised a note of triumph and cheered my soul.

  • Probably, I replied, that would be the better way; and when I hear you say this, I am myself reminded that we are not all alike; there are diversities of natures among us which are adapted to different occupations.

  • And when he finds that the sum of his transgressions is great he will many a time like a child start up in his sleep for fear, and he is filled with dark forebodings.

  • Secondly, in their dealings with the State: when there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income; and when there is anything to be received the one gains nothing and the other much.

  • He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities.

  • And when, looking up, her eyes met his dull despairing glance, her pity for him surmounted her anger and all her other anxieties.

  • Dorothea had never been tired of listening to old Monsieur Liret when Celia's feet were as cold as possible, and when it had really become dreadful to see the skin of his bald head moving about.

  • He sipped the wine slowly, and when he had drained the glass she laid it upon the table and wiped his lips with her little filmy handkerchief.

  • He went out to a neighboring cigar stand to purchase cigarette papers, and when he came back he found that Celestine had served the black coffee in the parlor.

  • And when I got here--" "When you got here you never came near me!

  • He absented himself from home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.

  • And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

  • And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

  • They consist of potassium and chloride, and when dissolved in water they may be regarded as muriate of potassa.

  • It is somewhat thinner, and when undiluted is not fuming.

  • It was very obvious that he was exhausted from sheer physical pain, and when at last the rope gave way, he fell in a heap against the rock.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "and when" 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:
    and blessed; and built; and came; and eat; and every; and gave; and his; and laid; and laughed; and looked; and said; and that; and the; and thou; and took; and was; and well; and you; dull reddish; enabled them; enclosed land; marriage license; public letter; seemed like; servant came; this moment