1 As Janet curtsied, hoping I was well, I observed my aunt's visage lengthen very much.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI... 2 And Ahab chanced so to stand, that the Parsee occupied his shadow; while, if the Parsee's shadow was there at all it seemed only to blend with, and lengthen Ahab's.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ... 3 Mary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and Henry equally ready to lengthen his visit.
4 As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts.
5 Then came the lamplighter, and two lengthening lines of light all down the long perspective of the street, until they were blended and lost in the distance.
6 All the artful maneuvers suggested by our generals meant fresh movements of the army and a lengthening of its marches, whereas the only reasonable aim was to shorten those marches.
7 One would have said that he was taking advantage of the authorization of the days which were lengthening, he arrived earlier and departed later.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS 8 And her visit lengthened as the weeks slipped by.
9 Strictly speaking, this horn is but a lengthened tusk, growing out from the jaw in a line a little depressed from the horizontal.
10 The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.
11 Then it languished and lengthened, and became a waltz.
12 What she uttered was a lengthened sighing, apparently at something in her mind which had led to her presence here.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky 13 The baronet's face perceptibly lengthened.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets 14 The curly crop has lengthened into a thick coil, more becoming to the small head atop of the tall figure.
15 My walk home was lengthened by a diversion in the direction of the kirk.