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Example sentences for "that evening"

  • But though she cared for no reward, the extraordinary restlessness of William, that evening, after dinner, must at least have been of great interest to her.

  • Of all persons having pleasure or business within the bright inclosure, he was, that evening, the least important; being merely the background parent who paid the bills.

  • Knowing Jethro as she did, she felt that it would be useless, and she could not bear to make it in vain; if the memory of that evening in the tannery shed would not serve, nothing would serve.

  • And she remembered that she was to see "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that evening.

  • And then Cynthia pressed Miss Lucretia's hand in silence, thinking how strange it was that both of them should have been her champions that evening.

  • Absolutely clear as it seemed to us that evening, it nevertheless turned out later that it had been anything but clear.

  • The pemmican was cooked remarkably quickly that evening, and I believe I was unusually industrious in stirring it.

  • That evening a strange thing happened -- three dogs deserted, going northward on our old tracks.

  • That evening's conversation was delicious for Jos.

  • Fancy had carried him back five-and-fifty years in the course of that evening.

  • Some malignant devil stronger than I must have entered into me that evening, for I have a dim recollection of talking the commonplaces of the day for five minutes to the Thing in front of me.

  • That evening I took the oath of office, in the house of Ansley Wilcox, at Buffalo.

  • We parted, and soon afterwards I received from the man who was at the moment Mr. Platt's right-hand lieutenant a request to know where he could see me that evening.

  • That evening we all played old sledge round the table, and at one period the game was interrupted by a frightful squawking outside which told us that a bobcat had made a raid on the chicken-house.

  • At five, that evening, the shock of the calamity had struck its blow.

  • She resolved to be rid of it that evening, and boldly determined on sending it back to Birmingham.

  • That evening, of all evenings in her life, she wished to be alone.

  • It failed, of course, and Mrs. Keith, that evening, was indignant and angry.

  • I guess my foreman was right," he told his wife, that evening, with a little satisfaction.

  • Adams devoted the latter part of that evening to the composition of his letter--a disquieting task not completed when, at eleven o'clock, he heard his daughter coming up the stairs.

  • That evening, on retiring, the First Consul asked me laughingly if I was afraid.

  • That evening, as he was retiring, his Majesty discussed the piece with Marshal Duroc, and gave his opinion, adducing many reasons, in support of it.

  • Perhaps her position among the young ladies may be best defined by the remark, generally current among them, that evening, to the effect that it was "very sweet of Mamie to invite her.

  • His movements throughout the earlier part of that evening are of uncertain report.

  • There was no better housekeeper in town than Mrs. Louden, nor a thriftier, but hers was one of the few houses in Canaan, that evening, which showed bright lights in the front rooms while the family were at supper.

  • That evening at supper-time, Missy noticed that mother walked down the block to meet father, and seemed to be talking earnestly with him on their way toward the house.

  • That evening at the supper-table marked the beginning of a phase in Missy's life which was to cause her family bewilderment, secret surmise, amusement and some anxiety.

  • That evening at the supper-table Missy voiced her desire.

  • That evening, when Missy went upstairs to smooth her "nut-brown locks" before supper, she gazed about her room with an expression of faint dissatisfaction.

  • That evening he learned that all these prisoners (he, probably, among them) were to be tried for incendiarism.

  • She understood hardly anything that went on that evening.

  • And really, that evening, Sonya was brighter, more animated, and prettier than Nicholas had ever seen her before.

  • It seemed to Myrtle Hazard, that evening, that she felt the bracelet on her wrist glow with a strange, unaccustomed warmth.

  • That evening, Sunday evening as it was, there was a quiet meeting of some few friends at The Poplars.

  • They always made a little festival of that evening at the Rev.

  • Sam sang it for old man Ellison many times that evening.

  • Even Soledad seemed like a centre of civilization to us, so that evening we put our thumbs on our nose at Don Jaime's fruit stand and shook his grass burrs off our feet.

  • So that evening, as they sat in the theatre listening to the lively overture, even Miss Lydia was minded to relegate their troubles, for the hour, to second place.

  • That evening he took the bundle home, and told his mother of his predicament.

  • The Philadelphia Orchestra gave a symphony concert each Saturday evening, and Bok dreaded the coming of that evening in each week for fear of being taken to hear music which he was convinced was "over his head.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    itself alone; modern methods; that can; that city; that country; that day; that effect; that ever; that had; that hath; that might; that nothing; that other; that part; that particular; that party; that people; that room; that section; that sort; that these; that this; that will; that with; that you; three great