"To take any chance leisure of yours is selfish -- but I had to!"Martin took the outstretched hands and still held them as he sat down.After all the silent years the old thrill filled his being.…Cited from The Shield of Silence, by Harriet T. Comstock
Turning at the sound of a step on the dead leaves, she saw that Abel had entered the garden, and was approaching her along one of the winding paths.When he reached her, he spoke quickly without taking her outstretched hand.The sun was in his eyes and he lowered them to the over-blown roses in a square of box.…Cited from The Miller Of Old Church, by Ellen Glasgow
He took her outstretched hands and looked down into her face.She was very small and dark, with lustrous brown eyes and a very sensitive mouth, which just now was quivering with excitement.…Cited from Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo, by E. Phillips Oppenheim
He kept his hand outstretched though she did not take it.Cited from The Swindler and Other Stories, by Ethel M. Dell
With one swift blow of a revolver butt the marshal dropped him in his tracks, the fellow rolling off the steps onto the ground.With outstretched hands he stopped the others, holding them back out of any possible view from within.…Cited from The Strange Case of Cavendish, by Randall Parrish
Then with a wooden expression of face -- intended possibly to suggest that he had not heard -- took a refreshing drink.He placed the glass on the table and turned to see his son's outstretched hand.…Cited from Salthaven, by W. W. Jacobs
He was surprised, but pleasure had overridden surprise.If he had been alone, he would have hurried forward with outstretched hand.In imagination she could see him coming, his grave face lightened with joy.…Cited from The Independence of Claire, by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
She begins to dance like the other children.One of them sees her and runs toward her with arms outstretched.The newcomer touches her hair and her hands.…Cited from The Flutter of the Goldleaf; and Other Plays, by Dargan and Peterson
But she had seen the light in his eyes -- the eyes that should have led him to the Holy Grail.He would have had to go such a little way -- only as far as her outstretched arms.She shrank back from the window, her head bowed.…Cited from The Triflers, by Frederick Orin Bartlett
Jack confessed that he was; and, being piloted upstairs, was presently shown into a room where he found Don Hermoso Montijo and his son Carlos obviously waiting for him.As he entered they both sprang to their feet and advanced toward him with outstretched hands.…Cited from The Cruise of the Thetis, by Harry Collingwood
So he evidently reckoned himself above it, and the Indian who can do that has met and overcome more tyranny and terrors than the West knows anything about.I wish I could make exactly clear what happened when I took his outstretched hand.His fingers closed on mine with a grip like marble.…Cited from Caves of Terror, by Talbot Mundy
The maid soon reappeared and led the girls down the wide, old-fashioned hall, and, somewhat to their surprise, ushered them into the dining room, where they beheld Eleanor, arrayed in a dainty white house gown, dining alone.She arose as they entered and came forward with both hands outstretched."How are the Phi Sigma Taus to-day?" she asked.…Cited from Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School, by Jessie Graham Flower
Then the spell broke and he took one step toward the girl, arms outstretched."Miellyn!" he cried, and there was heartbreak in his voice.…Cited from The Door Through Space, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
His troubles, when he came to face them, would be realities, and not a train of vapid and morbid self-vaporings.He advanced further into the darkness of the room, slowly, with his hands outstretched before him.He would feel for the friendly support and guidance of the metal railing, and then grope his way onward.…Cited from Phantom Wires, by Arthur Stringer
The anger died in her eyes and she took his outstretched hand.Cited from The Victim, by Thomas Dixon
A sideways roll is also known as a log roll, barrel roll, or pencil roll.This can be started by lying down on the back and front with the body outstretched.The gymnast then rolls onto their side and does a complete rotation of the body, remaining parallel to the performing surface.…
As Velusumana raced ahead, he stirred up the dust, impeding the security chief's vision.Then he stopped and went back a little, to wait with outstretched sword.The security chief could not see Velusumana's sword because of the dust, and his head was cut off at the neck after chasing so recklessly.…
Washington repeatedly told the cast and crew "We're doing it for Antwone."Inspired by the story of a man who found hope and love through the help of an outstretched hand.In turn, the filmmakers sought to give back to the communities that supported them during the shoot.…
She advanced towards the bed, her hands outstretched -- he sought to bid her back.Cited from St. Cuthbert's, by Robert E. Knowles
For the first time he was able to return her gaze directly, and as she looked into the unflinching gray pupils, under the level brows, there was a momentary combat, then her own dropped.He sat for a space with his arm outstretched, holding her prisoner in the seat.…Cited from The Lighted Match, by Charles Neville Buck
