1 On the surface there was not visible so much as that quiver, that trembling, those obscure concentric circles which announce that something has fallen in, and that the plummet may be dropped.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 2 The place where the Yankees were concentrating was only a few miles southeast of the battle field of Chickamauga.
3 Calibree bowed quietly and shook her hand, but before he had finished shaking it he was concentrating upon Kennicott with, "Nice to see you, doctor."
4 But concentrating all his crow's feet into one scowl, Captain Peleg started me on the errand.
5 "Well, you come," she urged, concentrating on Gatsby.
6 Likewise, it seems to me that, concentrating our attention on the examination, we altogether overlook one of the best points of the animal.
7 But if I can be the means of restraining the publicity of the business, of limiting the exhibition, of concentrating our folly, I shall be well repaid.
8 The police are making the mistake of concentrating their attention upon the second, because it happens to be the one which is actually criminal.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 9 Mr. Washington came, with a simple definite programme, at the psychological moment when the nation was a little ashamed of having bestowed so much sentiment on Negroes, and was concentrating its energies on Dollars.
10 Upon this the tutor concentrated his attention upon Themistocleus, and appeared to be trying hard to catch his eye.
11 Once more the conversations concentrated, the ladies' at the one end and the men's at the other.
12 We have fully concentrated forces of nearly seventy thousand men with which to attack and defeat the enemy should he cross the Lech.
13 It expressed the concentrated and happy resolution you see on the face of a man who on a hot day takes a final run before plunging into the water.
14 It was as if all the powers of his soul were concentrated on passing the commander in the best possible manner, and feeling that he was doing it well he was happy.
15 Upon them the undivided, tensely passionate attention of that whole mass of men was concentrated.