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Example sentences for "narrow passage"

  • I had the wit to see that to force my way past the crowd was impossible; and I darted aside into a narrow passage darkened by wide flat eaves that almost hid the pale evening sky.

  • It opened on a narrow passage--which, God be thanked, was still empty.

  • In a twinkling I was inside, in a narrow passage, with dingy, stained walls.

  • Go forward, sir; we feel the wind, and have a narrow passage to work through.

  • We shot into it, and warped to a berth four cables' lengths up a narrow passage, and anchored in twenty-four fathoms, upon sand and clayey mud.

  • From these islets the sound trends nearly north for seven or eight miles, when it is again narrowed by an island, on each side of which there is a narrow passage for a vessel; but the eastern one is the best.

  • Farther on, towards the end of the Borough, we arrive at Angel Place, a narrow passage near to St. George’s Church.

  • Arriving there he crawled on all fours through a narrow passage way to the enlarged chamber, where, standing in mud and water, he superintended the investigations.

  • On every side are immense ravines, and the only way of entering it was by a narrow passage cut in the side of the ravine, twenty or thirty feet deep, and not wide enough for two horsemen to ride abreast.

  • The larger is ninety by one hundred and forty-four feet, and has a narrow passage-way leading into it from the north.

  • For nearly a minute she could not find the key-hole, but at length succeeded; and the stone door at once gave way, opening the mouth of a narrow passage.

  • To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

  • A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

  • A narrow passage or entrance; as: (a) A defile between mountains.

  • Defn: An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

  • From the provision chamber a low, narrow passage leads to the mill-cave, but, as I never entered it, I cannot tell you just what it contained.

  • We had forced our way through the narrow passage, which was hardly wide enough for one person, a considerable distance, when we suddenly came to a small chamber about the size of a room in a pleasant cottage.

  • At the side is a narrow passage or entry: from that you get access to the pledge-office.

  • Mrs. Flitwick herself opened the door to Zillah and led her into the narrow passage.

  • Go out o' that yard, and you'll find yourself in a narrow passage.

  • We reached the bottom and found ourselves upon damp ground, following a narrow passage, so low that I was compelled constantly to stoop, in the sides of which were numerous small niches of the size of a human body.

  • Here many of the state and inquisition victims were put to death in the darkness of a narrow passage, shut out even in their last moment from the light and breath of heaven.

  • I strolled on until I entered a narrow passage, penetrating a long line of buildings.

  • Entering the house, he found himself in a narrow passage leading to the back stairs.

  • A narrow passage at the north of the Stone Hall led to the Bluebeard's room of this enchanted castle, a place shunned even by the reckless crew who were compelled to pass it.

  • An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

  • In very small streams, a narrow passage may be made, by simply placing a few stones in either side, leaving a narrow passage in the middle, in which to set the trap.

  • Now drive down a couple of stakes on each side of the trap, so as to leave only a narrow passage; cover the trap with leaves or moss.

  • He then raised her in his arms, and descending another short flight of steps, traversed a narrow passage, and came to a dark chamber beneath the Tower leading to the Iron Gate.

  • Entering a narrow passage, she was ushered by the officer into a small room, which he informed her was prepared for her reception.

  • Taking a lamp from one of the attendants, and pursuing the course pointed out to her, she threaded a narrow passage, similar to that she had traversed with the Duke in the morning, and speedily entered upon the gallery above the chapel.


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