She bowed to me and pulled up the blinds.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Mupúnga (mapúnga) ang pagginháwa ug malabian ug káun, You will experience difficulty in breathing if you overeat.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

When Christian princes, so called, lay aside their foolish and unchristian wars and quarrels, and send a body of fit persons to travel over the east, and bring us faithful accounts of all ancient monuments, and procure us copies of all ancient records, at present lost among us, we may hope for full satisfaction in such inquiries; but hardly before.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Mutaligsuy ang pálu ug usa ka tumuy ra ang sipilyáhan, The mast will come out long and tapering if only one end is planed.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

and “What can an official, still more a peasant, understand in such an affair?”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Musihag ang papil ug duhígan ug asíti, Paper becomes translucent if oil is smeared on it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

She had to wash the cups every morning, and polish up the old-fashioned spoons, the fat silver teapot, and the glasses, till they shone.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The travelling Freemasons were a society existing in the middle ages, and consisting of learned men and prelates, under whom were operative masons.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Musiyap ang pisù ug walà dihà ang mungáan,
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

‘On what points, mother?’ asked I. ‘On household matters, and all the little niceties of cookery, and such things, that every lady ought to be familiar with, whether she be required to make a practical use of her knowledge or not.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

At night these mats are placed upon the floor, each beneath the hook on which it hangs during the day; and the ward is made to thus answer the purposes both of a day room and a sleeping 46 apartment.
— from In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble

Miss Mancel was dressed with care, but of a very different [Pg 97] sort from what is usually aimed at; all her endeavours had been to conceal her youth and beauty as much as possible under great gravity of dress, and to give her all the disadvantages consistent with neatness and cleanliness.
— from A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Sarah Scott

William Brewster (1925) thus charmingly describes the habits of this bird in the wet and soft ground at Lake Umbagog: Here they trot to and fro, almost as actively and ceaselessly as so many ants, picking up the inconspicuous worms or larvae from the surface of the ground and seeking them beneath it by thrusting down their sensitive bills quite to the nostrils, after the manner of boring snipe, but less quickly, vigorously, and persistently.
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation; Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

He finished his task in less than half an hour more, working like a demented man at piling up the dirty mattresses, into a vast heap, and setting light to the damp straw.
— from The Bondman: A New Saga by Caine, Hall, Sir

Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
— from How to Master the Spoken Word Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public Speaking by Edwin Gordon Lawrence

THIRLWALL says: "On the whole, though we cannot approve of the steps by which Pisistratus mounted to power, we must own that he made a princely use of it; and may believe that, though under his dynasty Athens could never have risen to the greatness she afterward attained, she was indebted to his rule for a season of repose, during which she gained much of that strength which she finally unfolded."
— from Mosaics of Grecian History by Robert Pierpont Wilson

About the middle of January, my cousin Edward brought me a parcel, under the name of Grafton.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney

This he brought into use, and at the same time tried to keep the little black box sheltered as much as possible under his coat.
— from The Outdoor Chums After Big Game; Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness by Quincy Allen

He went to the mantelpiece and picked up a cheap, cracked letter case, which Sophia opened.
— from The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett