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Example sentences for "found ourselves"

  • Upon rounding the promontory we found ourselves in a large bay, the opposite headland being visible at about eight or ten miles' distance.

  • Creeping on all fours through the narrow doorway, we found ourselves in the presence of one of his wives, who was preparing merissa.

  • On the thirteenth day we found ourselves at the end of our lake voyage.

  • Neither salt nor negroes visible to the naked eye; nothing but the gray outline of the hills, melting into the sea and sky; and having tacked about all day, we found ourselves in the evening precisely opposite to this same island.

  • Greatly we rejoiced as we rattled through its mountainous streets, and still more when we found ourselves in a nice clean inn, with brick floors and decent small beds, and everything prepared for us.

  • Next morning at sun-rise, we found ourselves nearly in the middle of the passage, the N.

  • On the 3d, at sun-rise, we found ourselves abreast a lofty promontory on the S.

  • At our midday rest we found ourselves abreast of the bay, where, on the outward journey, we had laid down our depot of seals' flesh.

  • When the fog lifted, we found ourselves surrounded by open sea, practically free from ice, on all sides.

  • I had heard his name in connection with some deals, and one afternoon in February we found ourselves side by side in a crowd of other "boomers.

  • His playful warnings that we should beware of falling in love with each other seemed to be always in the air, and on that evening when he was away and we found ourselves alone I seemed to hear their echo more distinctly than ever.

  • One never knew; if we found ourselves in want of a boat, it would be bad to have none, and if we did not have to use it, there was no great harm done.

  • The main thing was that we found ourselves in open sea with the whole Atlantic before us.

  • So by-and-by my brother and I found ourselves accompanying my father and the chapel-keeper on their way to the fire.

  • Presently we became aware that he was going to and fro upon the platform telling everybody who Bret Harte was; so that in a short time we found ourselves surrounded by a staring crowd.

  • We ran to the pit at our utmost speed, and when we reached the bank we found ourselves in the midst of a distressing scene.

  • In the early hours of the morning we found ourselves at Covent Garden, where we watched the unloading of the vegetable carts and the unpacking of the great hampers filled with sweet spring flowers.

  • I crossed the room after him, and we found ourselves in a sort of vast shed, lighted by one candle.

  • We went out: the old woman closed the door behind us, and we found ourselves in the street.

  • We found ourselves on the 5th what we were on the 2d.

  • The people we found ourselves among at this time were people, to put it roughly, of the Parliamentary candidate class, or people already actually placed in the political world.

  • And something that had long been straining at its checks in my mind flapped over, and he and I found ourselves of one accord.

  • Then suddenly Isabel and I found ourselves passionately in love.

  • In half an hour more we found ourselves in her cabin.

  • A heavy cross sea gave us great trouble for a few hours after this, but toward morning we found ourselves in nearly as good condition as before the gale.

  • Thus, in far less time than I have taken to tell it, we found ourselves masters of the brig.

  • We found ourselves unexpectedly in a veritable wonderland.

  • After leaving Lampa we found ourselves on the best road that we had seen in a long time.

  • As day dawned we found ourselves to be lying in puddles of water.

  • By one o'clock we found ourselves on a small plain (ele.

  • Below the clouds we found ourselves near a small abandoned clearing.

  • Early that afternoon, accordingly, we found ourselves at the door of the large stone house on Riverside Drive in which Mrs. Rogers lived.

  • Seeking to find Miss Grey in the library, we found ourselves in the handsome, all-wood-paneled dining-room.

  • Thanks to Sigurdr's popularity among his countrymen, by the second day after our arrival we found ourselves no longer in a strange land.

  • And now, how shall I give you an idea of the wonderful panorama in the midst of which we found ourselves?

  • On entering, however, we found ourselves face to face with overpowering filth.

  • It was with a sense of infinite relief that we found ourselves safe in our rooms at last; but the breakfast tasted earthy and the atmosphere was choking, and our very hearts were parched.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "found ourselves" 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:
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