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Example sentences for "carriage"

Lexicographically close words:
carrageen; carraway; carred; carrefour; carrell; carriages; carrid; carridge; carried; carrieng
  1. We compared notes, and found we had enough money to luxuriously watch his carriage standing outside at five shillings an hour.

  2. Henry turned up in a carriage and pair, and we spent all the afternoon together.

  3. I was glad to get rid of the sacks, as they filled our carriage up completely.

  4. A road runs in front of the tent; an occasional orderly gallops past, or a carriage passes with officers.

  5. Then he came up to the officers' carriage with the General.

  6. Tell Viola that as soon as I am able to ride in the carriage I will come to see her.

  7. The few pedestrians who were on the streets at that late hour stopped and stared at the carriage as it whirled past them as if they thought the horses were running away.

  8. I went out and ordered the coachman to get the carriage ready, then came back to the parlor and waited for Lottie.

  9. But it is high time we were going, for I must have a private interview with Viola at the jail before she goes to the court-house; is the carriage ready?

  10. The carriage now drew up to the front gate, and Mrs. Rockland, who had been watching for us, seized Harry in her arms and burst into tears.

  11. Go see if the carriage is ready, while I get my hat and cloak.

  12. I then cast a glance up and down the hall, expecting to see an empty baby carriage or tenantless crib, but I saw them not.

  13. Pressing her hand to my lips, and promising to put in my appearance punctually at four o'clock, I jumped into the carriage and ordered the coachman to drive to the residence of Miss Clattermouth.

  14. We found the carriage waiting for us when we stepped on the platform.

  15. Go order the carriage while I am eating; I am going to see Viola this morning.

  16. Madame Poulain remained at the door of the porte cochère till the open carriage turned the corner of the narrow street.

  17. Yes, Mr. Burton, I'll stay quietly in the carriage till you come and fetch me.

  18. Their carriage was now engaged in threading narrow, shadowed thoroughfares which wound through what might have been a city of the dead.

  19. He led his unwilling horse through the big iron gates, and then the little open carriage rolled on smoothly.

  20. The little carriage bowled swiftly across the great square behind which wound the Rue Saint Ange, up one of the steep, picturesque streets which lead from thence to the Luxembourg Gardens.

  21. An angry, vindictive, even a cruel expression swept over it, and instead of waiting to greet them as the carriage drew up at the door she turned abruptly away, and shuffled out of sight.

  22. And before the lightly hung open carriage had time to move, Dampier added something quickly, at which both he and the driver laughed in unison.

  23. A broad, sanded path ran between the low picturesque buildings, and so the carriage was obliged to draw up at the entrance to the Impasse.

  24. Madame Poulain was standing on the street side of the open porte cochère, as the carriage drove down the narrow street, and the American was astonished to see the change which came over her face.

  25. Comte's carriage had some difficulty in entering the town, as by orders of M.

  26. The poor, frightened animals had reared and plunged, and had thereby succeeded in dragging the heavy carriage out of the ditch.

  27. And he made a step forward so that now she could not move toward the carriage without brushing against him.

  28. The officers in the courtyard of the palace rush to the coach as it draws up at the Pavillon de Flore: one of them succeeds in opening the carriage door.

  29. The next moment Maurice felt himself grabbed by the leg, and dragged off his horse: he shouted for help, but the carriage was on ahead and its own rattle prevented the shouts from being heard.

  30. He had stood the lanthorn on the floor of the carriage and was turning over every cushion and ransacking every pocket.

  31. The carriage lanthorns threw a weird and feeble light upon the ever-growing darkness.

  32. He stood by the carriage door waiting for his daughter: no doubt he had heard what went on between her and de Marmont, and was content to leave her to deal what scorn was necessary for the humiliation of the traitor.

  33. The same commanding voice which had answered the Comte's challenge was giving rapid orders to dismount and to bring along one of the carriage lanthorns.

  34. They lifted him onto a stretcher, and then into a carriage and a very kind face which he quickly enough recognised as Mme.

  35. Marmont," was all that Crystal said, and she walked straight past him to the carriage door.

  36. After he had given the order to mount he stood for nearly a minute by the carriage door, exactly facing Crystal, not five paces away.

  37. She had not made up her mind where we should drive to when she got into the carriage again.

  38. Madame Babette had received him kindly; although, for some time, she had kept him standing in the carriage gateway outside her door.

  39. Then I have nothing more to say,' said he, turning away from the carriage door, and making as though he would go back into the house.

  40. Suddenly my lady turned round and said something to him, and he returned to the carriage with a half-pleased, half-puzzled air.

  41. In a month from that time, the carriage was sent to meet Captain James; just as three years before it had been sent to meet me.

  42. I had her brought up into the anteroom, and questioned her myself, while my carriage was being brought round.

  43. There was a large stable, a carriage house and a garage which contained a big touring car.

  44. As he stood, well in the shadow of a carriage shed, staring up at that lighted window, a hum of low voices came to his ears.

  45. I did not hear my father's carriage drive from your door.

  46. I had obtained from a livery stable the night before a carriage with a span of horses.

  47. It was arranged that she should be in readiness the next morning at four o'clock, and that I should procure a carriage and call for her.

  48. But I marle what camel it was, that had the carriage of it; for, doubtless, he was no ordinary beast that brought it.

  49. Yes, I am sure," she replied, "and I will send the carriage over at once.

  50. A few moments later Wiseli noticed the Ritter carriage drive up to the gate and the coachman come to assist the joiner down the walk.

  51. He did not go to his waiting carriage but, leaving the building by another door, he walked quickly to the drug store on the corner and, entering a telephone booth, called the railroad station.

  52. Enoch dismissed his carriage and crossed slowly to Pennsylvania Avenue.

  53. Let me 'ave a carriage to go to Strachlachan Junction.

  54. I'll see that the carriage closes easily.

  55. As you drive home drop it out of your carriage window.

  56. Carriage to the station in the morning, if you please.

  57. The three walked to the street together, entered the carriage and drove first to the Neal residence, where they left Miss Durrett, then to the hotel.

  58. I have a carriage at the door and lots of room; mother and I will be glad to drive you to your uncle's.

  59. This one, on the Avenue, had a giant in a long blue livery coat who opened their carriage door, and a hall in yellow and black onyx, and maids and valets.

  60. And when they alighted at the carriage entrance, a tall figure came forward out of the shadow.

  61. It will be remembered that Honora was even then a coquette, and as she sat in her new baby-carriage under the pear tree, flirted outrageously with Peter, who stood on one foot from embarrassment.

  62. Everywhere, in certain large districts of Italy, one is struck with the singular carriage of the water-carriers, who bring from the mountain springs, great tubs of water on their heads.

  63. I ventured to ask her:-- "Madam, what was the source of this remarkable carriage of your person?

  64. Brother Spindle was the only man in the community who owned a carriage and horses.

  65. That is the Brock carriage and this is a horse race!

  66. Thus Jeremiah was prevented from expressing his grateful feelings for such wonderful promises, and so stood gaping in silence till the carriage was out of sight.

  67. Better let the horses stay at the door, sir; the carriage may be useful," suggested Copus.

  68. I merely wish to know, Angus, if there is any lad here you can send to the side of the hill to see if a carriage is coming this way.

  69. While preparations were making for a rapid retreat, one of the brigands went up to Jane Somers and whispered, "my carriage is waiting on the bridge.

  70. John's voice calling to her from the courtyard under the great fig-trees that the Sultan's carriage was waiting hard-by to take them for a drive; or making some other proposition which she probably snubbed in fretfulness.

  71. I especially disaffected the inequality of riches; I looked moodily on every carriage that passed; I even frowned like a second Catiline at the steam of a gentle man's kitchen!

  72. He stood back to watch the carriage windows flow past.

  73. The train settled and stood, and Paul became aware that from the carriage nearest him a woman was looking forth, with her face in the full light of a lamp.

  74. By signalling from a window near her opera box to a footman below, she is able to get her carriage at least two minutes sooner than her neighbors.

  75. The next morning Madame de Millefleurs' carriage came to the door and Cuthbert was driven to the Michauds.

  76. As he alighted from the carriage at the Northern Railway Station he found the place occupied by National Guards.

  77. The servant found him, as he believed, still asleep when he came in to tell him that the carriage was at the door, and it was only on touching him he discovered what had happened.

  78. He at once sent off a telegram ordering the carriage to meet him by the evening train, and also one to Mr. Brander begging him to be at the house if possible when he arrived.

  79. You are to keep yourself quiet all day, and I will get Madame de Millefleurs to send her carriage round for you at eleven o'clock next day, to take you round by Passy.

  80. I can assure you I am very prudent, and I have been brought up here in a carriage a carriage--with live horses.

  81. They sent the carriage off at once to fetch Dr.

  82. Sometimes the boy was in the carriage, and sometimes the girl; and once one of the children from the carriage came and rode in the wagon.

  83. By this time the sun had risen, and the carriage was all ready to start; but before doing so the family that travelled in it came over to where Job stood, showing great pity for him.

  84. Illustration] But all this time, notwithstanding his apparent friendship, the owner of the carriage never once slackened his pace to accommodate Job.

  85. Would that I were well out of it, like my neighbor across the way, whom I see driving out in his carriage every afternoon!

  86. The next morning, before harnessing up, the occupants of the carriage begged Job to let his eldest daughter—a bright little girl of twelve—ride with them.

  87. The difference in outfit, however, did not prevent the occupants of the carriage from making acquaintance with the family in the wagon.

  88. But when they started for the day, the pair travelled so much faster than the one horse that the carriage soon left the wagon behind; sometimes it was visible a good way ahead, and sometimes was quite out of sight.

  89. Come, Lise, you shall have the surprise now," I said, as I heard the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel outside.

  90. My last words to her were: "I'll come and fetch you in a carriage drawn by four horses.

  91. She told us that Mrs. Milligan was expecting us and that a carriage was at the hotel doors to take us to her.

  92. They had gone in a carriage with a maid; the other servants had followed with the baggage.

  93. Mattia took his seat in the brougham as though he had been used to riding in a carriage all his life.


  94. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carriage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    act; action; activity; address; affectation; aid; air; airlift; attitude; backing; bearing; beck; boxcar; brow; caboose; car; carriage; carrier; carrying; cast; charade; coach; color; complexion; comportment; conduct; conveyance; countenance; custom; demeanor; deportment; diner; doing; doings; face; favor; feature; features; flat; form; freight; garb; gesticulation; gesture; guise; hauling; lineaments; lines; local; looks; maintenance; manner; manners; method; methodology; mien; motion; movement; movements; packing; pantomime; pattern; poise; port; portage; pose; posture; poundage; practice; praxis; presence; procedure; proceeding; reefer; reliance; shipment; shipping; shrug; sleeper; smoker; stance; style; subsidy; subvention; sustaining; sustenance; tactics; tank; tender; tone; tonnage; train; trait; transit; transport; transportation; transshipment; truck; turn; upkeep; van; visage; waft; way