Sonia sat down, looked about her—at Lebeziatnikov, at the notes lying on the table and then again at Pyotr Petrovitch and her eyes remained riveted on him.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

My eyes remained riveted on the stain, and my mind took me back at a leap from present to past.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

render vertical &c. adj.; set up, stick up, raise up, cock up; erect, rear, raise on its legs.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

nothing money but when it is in the bank Reduced the Dutch settlement of New Netherlands to English rule Rejoiced over head and ears in this good newes Removing goods from one burned house to another Reparation for what we had embezzled Requisite I be prepared against the man’s friendship Resolve to have the doing of it himself, or else to hinder it
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Seen at a little distance, as from Yonge Street for example, the square central tower of the University, with the cone-capped turret at its north-east angle, rising above a pleasant horizon of trees, and outlined against an afternoon sky, is something thoroughly English, recalling Rugby or Warwick.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

He opened the letter, and his eyes remained riveted on the very first line as if he were too astonished to proceed any further.
— from The Day of Wrath by Mór Jókai

end poetry block end rend rend=';' Oh! mark the eye averted now, And list to that scornful word, And see the cherished broken vow⁠— E’en this hath the mandate heard. ’Tis written, then, on all things here, On smiles, on tears, on joy, on wo, On that we prize, on that we fear,⁠— All teach alike that we must go.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 6, December 1849 by Various

As El Rey rose on his hind feet, whirling, that unwavering muzzle whirled also, to keep in line.
— from Tharon of Lost Valley by Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe

Earnest representations regarding our vegetableless conditions inspired his interest, and the promise of good prices awakened his cupidity; and as a result of the agreement of these motives it was not long before our table greatly improved.
— from True Tales of the Weird: a record of personal experiences of the supernatural by Sidney Dickinson

I asked him if he had ever really recognized one; and he retorted that if he hadn’t he didn’t wish to make a beginning in his own family.
— from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeannette Duncan

Just as Euclid rode roughshod over the growing intellects of boys and girls, so may instruments ride roughshod over their growing perceptions by interfering with natural and healthy intuitions, and making them the subject of laborious measurement.
— from The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

Hodder sat down, and the banker resumed his perusal of the document, his eye running rapidly over the pages, pausing once in a while to scratch out a word or to make a note on the margin.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Here, too, were the barracks, and the martial tread of the exercising regiments rang out clearly in the September air.
— from Rabbi and Priest: A Story by Milton Goldsmith

Legal system: based on Spanish and Anglo-American law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (since 20 January 2001); note - president is both chief of state and head of government head of government: President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (since 20 January 2001); note - president is both chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with consent of Commission of Appointments elections: president and vice president (Manuel "Noli" DE CASTRO) elected on separate tickets by popular vote for a single six-year term; election last held 10 May 2004 (next to be held in May 2010) election results: results of the election - Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO elected president; percent of vote - Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO 40%, Fernando POE 37%, three others 23% Legislative branch: bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the Senate or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years; members elected at large by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (212 members representing districts plus 24 sectoral party-list members; members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note - the Constitution prohibits the House of Representatives from having more than 250 members) elections: Senate - last held 10 May 2004 (next to be held 14 May 2007); House of Representatives - elections last held 10 May 2004 (next to be held 14 May 2007) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - Lakas 30%, LP 13%, KNP 13%, independents 17%, others 27%; seats by party - Lakas 7, LP 3, KNP (coalition) 3, independents 4, others 6; note - there are 23 rather than 24 sitting senators because one senator was elected vice president; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Lakas 93, NPC 53, LP 34, LDP 11, others 20; party-listers 24 (2004)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency