He died and made no sign.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon
It appears from several circumstances, that he was sensible of his approaching dissolution, and made no secret of it.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
At the time I am describing, he was hanging about without a job, calling himself a carrier and a huntsman, and his wife had disappeared and made no sign.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Dángan ang mipúril (nagpúril) sa mga tanum, The pest wiped out the plants.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
MEPHISTOPHELES Such a demand alarms me not: Such treasures have I, and can show them.
— from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
At last this odious offspring whom thou seest, Thine own begotten, breaking violent way, Tore through my entrails, that, with fear and pain Distorted, all my nether shape thus grew Transformed: but he my inbred enemy Forth issued, brandishing his fatal dart, Made to destroy.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton
Then he stayed away for three whole days, and made no sign, a proceeding which caused everybody to look sober, and Jo to become pensive, at first, and then—alas for romance—very cross.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
They travel under the palanquin faster than the Bengal bearers do, and make no stop until they reach the end of their journey.
— from The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 by George Finlayson
As may be imagined, great is the dismay if the anxious face of the inquirer gradually perceives the nut, instead of making the hoped-for pop, die and make no sign.
— from Domestic folk-lore by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer
"That the experiment shall be tried on the human brain, as more developed and more nearly sympathizing with the wishes of the consulter."
— from Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas
Yet he is a bold dog, and may not speak.
— from The Infidel; or, the Fall of Mexico. Vol. I. by Robert Montgomery Bird
And thus it befell that the Secretary lost himself valiantly a second time that day, and meeting not so much as a ploughboy to put him right, he lumbered on stubbornly, trusting to good-fortune.
— from Mad Barbara by Warwick Deeping
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