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Example sentences for "making great"

  • And therewithal she turned her from the window, and Sir Beaumains rode awayward from the castle, making great dole, and so he rode here and there and wist not where he rode, till it was dark night.

  • Right so he heard a great noise of an horse, and therewith the king looked out at the porch of the pavilion, and saw a knight coming even by him, making great dole.

  • With that the damosel departed, making great sorrow.

  • And so he ascended up into that hill till he came to a great fire, and there he found a careful widow wringing her hands and making great sorrow, sitting by a grave new made.

  • When the fiend felt him so charged he shook off Sir Percivale, and he went into the water crying and roaring, making great sorrow, and it seemed unto him that the water brent.

  • And then those kings gat Sir Palomides' horse again, and made him to arm him and mount upon his horse, and so he rode with them, making great dole.

  • Right so the maid made her ready, and before Sir Gawaine, making great dole.

  • In the islands thereabout, the Spaniards were observed to keep a strict watch, making great fires, and discharging their pieces all night, having been much alarmed by the arrival of the English.

  • Some Indians were seen on the north side, making great fires; but none appeared on the south side of the straits.

  • The barbarous people on shore, discovering the ships, began to practice their accustomed ceremonies to raise a storm for destroying their ships, making great fires, and offering sacrifices to the devil.

  • And therewithal she turned her from the window; and Sir Beaumains rode away ward from the castle, making great dole, and so he rode here and there, and wist not where he rode, till it was dark night.

  • Then Sir Dinadan wept, and so did Sir Palamides under them both making great sorrow.

  • With that the damsel departed, making great sorrow.

  • On the signal being given by a furious discharge of cannon, Tristan instantly boarded the admiral ship of the enemy, making great havock in her crew of 200 men and even carried away her ensign.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    attend school; cannot refuse; carry arms; could see; each volume; eyed maid; for now; good mornin; making believe; making good; making great; making laws; making mention; making power; making ready; making signs; making the; making their; making treaties; not long; ounce each; please them; push button; sure they; utterly destroyed; will throw