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Example sentences for "attend upon"

  • I went that morning to attend upon him at the Jarruco window of the palace, and went up to the scaffold under the window, being desirous to see this exhibition.

  • Two of his English attendants quitted him, and returned to Surat, leaving only two musicians to attend upon him.

  • After many compliments, he gave me leave; and presently after my return, he sent me an elephant to attend upon me, and to carry me at all times to any place I pleased.

  • He had run many risks of discovery; but a species of good fortune seemed to attend upon him in these strange and romantic ventures; and those frequent alarms had never as yet terminated in his detection.

  • Mr. Graham is not present," answered Lydia: "chance has brought me hither to attend upon you.

  • But I compel you to attend upon me thus—I constitute myself the mistress, and make you the menial, when we are alone together—because it is the principal element of my vengeance.

  • To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

  • To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.

  • To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

  • Surely he is laid up with some dreadful illness--away from me, and in a strange country, with no one to attend upon him.

  • She must get over it, if I myself have to sit up to attend upon her.

  • Surely someone can be found to attend upon her to relieve her mother.

  • He prescribed me medicine, and sent to attend upon me the cobbler's wife, who lives on the ground floor, and who makes my bed and sweeps out my room for me.

  • After we returned, my father had another fit of the gout, and when he was confined to his room, he desired this girl to be sent for to attend upon him.

  • My only duty now was to attend upon my young mistress.

  • After we returned, my father had another fit of gout, and when he was confined to his room, he desired this girl to be sent for to attend upon him.

  • Friend Hopper inquired whether she thought it would be right to leave her mistress without any one to attend upon her, in the situation she then was.

  • The claimant made his appearance at the appointed hour, and stated how he had come to Philadelphia on a visit, and brought a slave to attend upon him.

  • She brought a slave to attend upon her, and took great care to prevent her becoming acquainted with the colored people.

  • Go with me, and I will give you fairies to attend upon you.

  • The parents of these children being exceedingly poor, I bought the two boys, and brought them up to attend upon my sons.

  • He that was cast naked upon the shore, bereft of all his companions, has now a goddess to attend upon him, and his companions are the nymphs which never die.

  • I had occasion to attend upon cases of neuralgia, and one of gouty rheumatism.

  • He sent us to the other side of the road, where we might witness the whole scene well, and appointed several of his high officers to attend upon us.

  • Then I seldom heard voices, save those of the servants who came to attend upon me by the doctor's orders.

  • There's no occasion to attend upon me so closely.

  • The best homes were taken possession of for our sick and wounded; food was plentiful, and those who had toiled like slaves in the enclosure had found servants enough willing to attend upon them.

  • After we had done our business upon the Island we returned on board, bringing the old Man along with us, who after dinner went ashore in a Canoe that came to attend upon him.

  • He is allowed 50 Slaves (Natives of the Island) to attend upon him.

  • Lord Elton told me that the worst part of her illness at present, so far as it affected those who had to attend upon her, was the particularly hideous alteration of her face.

  • Well, I shall tell my servant, at all events, to be in readiness to attend upon you in case you ring," replied Charles Marston.

  • At length I was suddenly summoned away to Belford, to attend upon my father, who had been seized with severe illness.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another party; attend church; attend mass; attend school; attend the; attend them; attend upon; attendance upon; attended only; attended service; attended with; began again; constitutional monarch; definite purpose; distinct races; during the latter part; fifth birthday; forgive them; large district; presidential candidate; public interest; public person; reach military; sending back; should stand; thinks himself