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Example sentences for "length came"

  • Mrs. Ch'in then went on to give a bit of advice to her brother, and at length came to keep lady Feng company.

  • So he set out and took the broad and pleasant road, and at length came to a great black door, which was the door of Hell.

  • At length came a hunter with his double-barrelled gun at his back, and hanger by his side.

  • Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where Rapunzel, with the twins to which she had given birth, a boy and a girl, lived in wretchedness.

  • We waited some time for the return of Mudge and the rest; but they at length came back, saying that they had not been discovered, and that the skeletons were still dancing away as furiously as ever.

  • My friends, however, knew this as well as I did, and continuing to exert themselves as at first, at length came up with me.

  • He at length came out of the hut, and sauntered about the village as usual, spending some time watching the carpenter at work.

  • It was twelve o'clock when he at length came in.

  • The day of trial at length came, and Mrs. Warburton found that it required her strongest efforts to keep sufficiently composed to comprehend the true nature and bearing of all the legal proceedings.

  • Passing on from day to day, we at length came to a large river which could not be forded, called the Nishnihotany.

  • After crossing several of these I at length came to one much larger, which I judged was navigable for a steamboat, and I now found, to my inexpressible horror and disappointment, that he had deceived me.

  • I now, therefore, commenced swinging her to and fro, until she at length came so near the point desired, that I clearly saw the principal difficulty was surmounted.

  • When the decision at length came, it was adverse to Mr. Tomlinson.

  • The hour at length came in which I had made up my mind to perform a most painful duty, and I dressed myself for the trying visit.

  • The anxiously looked-for period at length came, and Mr. Tomlinson made preparations for leaving home to meet the final issue, after nearly five years of most cruel litigation.

  • At length came a night when the ship touched the shore.

  • But at length came a Monday morning when the ship touched shore at the edge of a forest, before a cross, where they saw a knight armed all in white, and leading a white horse.

  • But at length came a night when it touched shore on the rear side of a fair and stately castle.

  • At length came so mighty a blow that he was hurled like a log to the earth.

  • The closing day at length came; there was much suppressed excitement when we were called to order that morning.

  • Several years glided by in this happy manner, but reverses at length came; and Robert formed the plan of emigrating to America.

  • My father had never been able to gain any tidings from him, and at length came to the conclusion that he must be dead.

  • The evening at length came, and although I anticipated but little pleasure from the party, I felt a degree of restlessness and expectation when the appointed evening arrived.

  • The long sultry day that saw the last of their two sailor comrades, at length came to a close, without any change in their melancholy situation.

  • Gests at length came to signify adventures or incidents in general.

  • This will also account why John of Gaunt's king of the minstrels at length came to be called, like le roy des violons in France (v.

  • He continued on his course, finding the same varied scenery that Cameron did, with nothing of peculiar interest occurring, except to the travelers themselves, and at length came to the Lukuga Creek.

  • They at length came in sight of the high table-land of Majita, which Speke thought to be an island, but which Stanley demonstrated, by actual survey, to be only a promontory.

  • The long-looked-for Saturday at length came.

  • The shadows lay thickly across their pathway, and the sight of home had never been so dear to Paul as when he at length came in sight of it that night.

  • The opportunity they sought at length came--on that afternoon when Plunger and his companions were so busily engaged in playing the part of Crusoe.

  • Along this Harry moved noiselessly and watchfully, and at length came to a place where the passage-way turned at right angles, just as it had done at the entrance.

  • Morning at length came, and the prisoners awaked.

  • He looked all around, walked by the walls, gravely peered into the fireplace, and at length came back.

  • Lopez, having seen that Harry's hands were firmly bound, turned to Katie, who at length came to her senses, and looked all around with a shudder.

  • We continued our march through some thick forest, and at length came to the banks of a river, where we suddenly crouched down.

  • We at length came to a tempting-looking river full of large pools of clear water, into which I longed to plunge.

  • We at length came to some shallows between a lot of small and most picturesque islands, and as it was low tide, and we could not pass, we, viz.

  • We at length came to the entrance of a long chain of eaves, through which we passed, going down a very steep grade, and our guides had to carry lights.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "length 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:
    armed infantry; been carried; changed himself; control over; first published; gave orders; goodness knows; length ahead; length and; length arrived; length came; length compelled; length figure; length portrait; length reached; length said; length succeeded; length the; length they; lengthened period; made the following report; many ways; popular government; preserve the; saw the; will strive