The ashes being easily moved by a skilful hand, the spies took this as a hint to make off in good time.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

A plate condenser which can be easily made by any scout.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Certainly, at that moment, I should have been easily moved by a suppliant enemy.
— from Military Career of Napoleon the Great An Account of the Remarkable Campaigns of the "Man of Destiny"; Authentic Anecdotes of the Battlefield as Told by the Famous Marshals and Generals of the First Empire by Montgomery B. Gibbs

The horse artillery did what they could to keep the enemy back, but they became every moment bolder, and spread out, mending their sight and taking better aim.
— from Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

But even more beautiful Atalanta seemed to the heroes when she came amongst them in her hunting gear.
— from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

The Torpedo being then three pounds heavier than water, had a sufficient tendency to sink; and being so balanced, would, while under water, be easy moved by a slight pressure to either side.
— from Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions by Robert Fulton

I wish you, sir, not to show this letter nor communicate anything of its contents to any body except My Brothers and Sister, ENJOINING it on them to keep the whole A PROFOUND SECRET.
— from The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest by Holland Thompson

"Where in the world have you been?" exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey as she ran to the door to let them in.
— from The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out by Laura Lee Hope

He also deserves, that the scituation of the drum is such, that the operation may be easily made by a skilful person; and it being a very thin skin, he presumes it will not be very painful; and if so, the person who is to undergo the experiment will purchase his life upon very easy terms:
— from The Gentleman's Magazine, January 1731 Or, Trader's Monthly Intelligencer by Various

This change in a geometrical progression is characteristic of simple radio-active processes, and can be expressed mathematically by a simple exponential formula.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

A deer in the water can be easily managed, but, as seen by the following anecdote, there is considerable danger in venturing in after one.
— from The Heart of the Alleghanies; or, Western North Carolina by Wilbur Gleason Zeigler

Funnels of red paper, little squares of wood for cabins, paper or cardboard lifebuoys and anchors, a captain's bridge, etc., may be added (see Fig. 194).
— from Toy-Making in School and Home by M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) Polkinghorne