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Example sentences for "soundly"

Lexicographically close words:
soundeth; sounding; soundings; soundless; soundlessly; soundness; sounds; soune; soup; soupcon
  1. Lottie was soundly sleeping, unconscious of the fact that she was soon to be motherless.

  2. Hurriedly clambering out, he hastened to where the little girl lay soundly sleeping, and tried to wake her.

  3. I was soundly sleeping in my bed when a messenger from Doctor Dodson came thundering at my door, demanding admittance.

  4. I imagine that I must have slept very soundly during the night, for if I was at all disturbed by dreams, they could not have been of an unpleasant kind, else I should have remembered them when I awoke.

  5. He shortly afterwards retired to rest, fully satisfied with the day's work, and slept soundly until morning.

  6. Mrs. Mackenzie was the very reverse of her gude friend, Mrs. Macdonald; for she stood in perpetual fear of her tall husband, who thrashed her soundly when she got drunk.

  7. She made me attend the Sunday-school regularly, and beat me soundly if I dared to stay away unknown to her.

  8. Entering the enclosure from the same direction he had departed a few hours previous, his absence created no suspicion, and soon after midnight he was sleeping soundly in his own bed.

  9. Ira made no answer, and in a few minutes the prisoner was sleeping soundly notwithstanding his uncomfortable situation.

  10. Soundly she lectured Joscelyn at times, but the fault-finding always began and ended with a caress, so there was no sting in it.

  11. An you open not your eyes immediately, I will kiss them soundly upon either lid.

  12. Oh, the happy nights I lay With my brothers in their beds, Where we soundly slept till day Shone brightly o'er our heads.

  13. Pleased without being satisfied, I went to bed and slept soundly until noon.

  14. She never closed her eyes throughout that day, but I slept soundly for four hours.

  15. I slept so soundly that I cannot remember where we bestowed the bacon yester night, so bemused am I with dreams.

  16. Sleep soundly and in peace, for there is none to do you wrong.

  17. She was disposed to present herself to the artful girl, and soundly lecture her for the deceit and wickedness: but she wanted to see how the game was played.

  18. Notwithstanding her repeated declaration that she was not tired, the bed "felt good" to her, and she slept all the more soundly for the hard work and the good deeds she had done.

  19. Red lanterns are left in the street where the policemen stood during the daytime, while they retire to some doorway where, it is said, they sleep as soundly as their brethren in the States.

  20. Their red lanterns are left in the place they occupied during the daytime, while they retire to some doorway where, it is said, they sleep as soundly as their brethren in the States.

  21. She cuddled comfortably between her smooth sheets and soft blankets and in a moment was soundly asleep.

  22. Under very favorable circumstances they crouch in doorways, but in so doing {124}they render themselves liable to be kicked soundly whenever an occupant of the premises happens along.

  23. Louvel had his fine sheets and slept soundly between them from nine at night till six o'clock the next morning.

  24. Directly the sight and the odour revealed the crime committed, Ramponneau was seized by his flanks and the skin of his neck, conducted to the spot where the indiscretion had been committed and soundly thrashed.

  25. He smiled--closed his eyes again, and slept soundly far into the next day.

  26. Its soundly constructed groin vaults stood firm when, two hundred years later, the upper church was destroyed by fire.

  27. But people of that period slept soundly on horseback.

  28. Give up the phrase of haughty Gaul, But proud Iberia soundly maul: Restore the ships by Philip taken, And make him crouch to save his bacon.

  29. Having thrown off her temporary scare, Hazel turned to her uncle and rated him soundly for having the trap set at all It was abominably cruel, she declared, unsportsmanlike too.

  30. Would he have slept on so soundly had he known what was going on in another part of the location?

  31. With a soundly integrated network of skilled workmen, experienced engineers, and bankers' confidence, the C.

  32. The work of organizing the various people's groups should proceed from the bottom upwards because wholesome organizations can only be had when the foundation is soundly laid.

  33. She will rate me soundly for my boldness.

  34. He slept soundly until, in the gray of the dawn, Ouenwa shook him roughly, and all but dragged him to the floor.

  35. I can testify you have slept as soundly as the youths whom Decius put to bed some time since near Ephesus.

  36. Upon this the litigants began to abuse each other and were thrust into the street, where the citizens, siding with Hidud, soundly beat the unlucky stranger, and then expelled him from the city.

  37. He sleeps soundly now, purposing faithfully to keep awake during the three-and-twenty heads of the minister's discourse.

  38. He sleeps so soundly after his well-spent days!

  39. I was curious to know whether the summary punishment had had any effect upon Jacques; but he was asleep, as soundly as usual after a day's hard frolic.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soundly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    fast; firmly; forcefully; heartily; intensely; loudly; lustily; mightily; powerfully; rationally; reasonably; staunchly