1 She was so steadfastly occupied, that many minutes elapsed before she looked up from her work; when she did so Mr. Bounderby bespoke her attention with a hitch of his head.
2 When the lad ended she began, precisely in the same words, and ranted on without hitch or divergence till she too reached the end.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure 3 There is a hitch, it won't work.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES 4 Then her eyes fell on the horse saddled and hitched and waiting for Pork to ride him to the Tarleton place on an errand.
5 A few saddle horses and mule teams were hitched outside the wooden awning of Bullard's store.
6 Mrs. Bogart hitched her chair nearer.
7 He looked like a humorous philosopher who had hitched up one shoulder under the burdens of life, and gone on his way having a good time when he could.
8 He was aroused from this reverie by his friend, who, having hitched about nervously and blinked at the trees for a time, suddenly coughed in an introductory way, and spoke.
9 Many tightened their belts carefully and hitched at their trousers.
10 He hitched pretty nigh across de room, t other night, said Pete.
11 He sat down upon the end of the pine bench and the girl hitched herself away from him with a toss of her head.
12 Jim hitched it behind with the hooks, and it was a fair fit.
13 The woods was full of teams and wagons, hitched everywheres, feeding out of the wagon-troughs and stomping to keep off the flies.
14 They had white domestic awnings in front, and the country people hitched their horses to the awning-posts.
15 As he approached his farm, he was surprised to see a horse hitched to each of the posts of the gate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE