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Example sentences for "answer came"

  • George's answer came in the course of a week or so.

  • I halted and called as loudly as I could, but no answer came.

  • No answer came; and with a low and surly oath, the new-comer advanced nearer to where I crouched.

  • I was in a difficult position, and I did what I thought was right; but when no answer came to my letter I began to doubt, and then in a moment of rage, feeling myself insulted, I wrote again.

  • No answer came, and we gave up the hope of ever knowing the daughter of the proud Vincent Carew.

  • A long week of waiting elapsed, but no answer came to Kathleen's letters.

  • She resolved to write again; then, if no answer came, she must dare her fate.

  • Long weeks went by, but no answer came; and again she wrote him.

  • She waited some weeks, but no answer came; then she wrote again, but still no answer came, though that time she waited two or three months.

  • To his intense dismay, no answer came back, showing that the fall of dirt and stones had been greater than anticipated.

  • He waited for fully a minute, but no answer came back.

  • No answer came back to this call, and now Dave looked around with surprise.

  • Twice he called Henry's name, but no answer came back.

  • But no answer came back, and now Lush Barrock was both out of sight and hearing.

  • But no answer came back, for nobody was in that vicinity.

  • She paused, but this time no answer came.

  • No answer came to her from among the thick foliage nor in the scented breath of the violets and the lilies.

  • From time to time he called, but no answer came back; there were no ndovas around, but he was not disheartened and kept calling.

  • When they thought they were far from danger, they stopped and uttered the peculiar nkago cry, calling upon their missing companions; but no answer came back to them, for our two monkeys were stone dead.

  • No answer came to it; no one came from the path to the knoll.

  • No answer came to the call; no one came from the path to the knoll.

  • Still no answer came to the call; no one came from the path to the knoll.

  • Almost subconsciously I asked myself these questions, and half way up the stairs, my answer came.

  • No answer came, however, and at last he gave up in despair.

  • The Head Sister tapped at the door of the room, and then, after a slight pause, when no answer came, opened it.

  • Phroso's answer came now, set to the accompaniment of the saddest, softest, murmuring laugh.

  • I mounted the stairs and called at the door of her room; when no answer came, I pushed it open and took the liberty of glancing round; she was not there.

  • No answer came, yet Vlacho went on as though he had received an answer.

  • He went upstairs and timidly knocked at her door, but no answer came.

  • He was growing nervous as a woman now, and went this way and that calling, but still no answer came.

  • The heavens seemed brass and no answer came to his cry,—the appeal of a broken soul.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "answer came" 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:
    answer for; answer them; answer whether; answered and said unto; answered gravely; answered her; answered promptly; answered quickly; answered quietly; answered that; answered the little girl; answered the young inventor; answered the young major; answered very; answering said; dress parade; keep close; know that; light breeze from the; mon vieux; others were; scarcely think; the evening; twelve hundred and sixty; white folkses; wild cherry