And one thing led to another until, by easy stages, they had arrived at the point where she was saying that she didn't know if he was aware of it, but if he didn't knock off starchy foods and do exercises every morning, he would be getting as fat as a pig, and he was talking about this modern habit of girls putting make-up on their faces, of which he had always disapproved.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

They could hold up their heads and straighten the backs which had been bowed so long by the weight of the collar; they could stretch their limbs and rejoice--if such women could ever rejoice again at aught!--that they might raise their arms unencumbered by either steel or iron shackles.
— from Servants of Sin: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

I think just about that time an ugly black eyelid shut down over the moon.
— from Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Stewart was firm and calm: the Frenchman, despite his efforts to appear undismayed, betrayed evident signs of perturbation.
— from The History of Duelling. Vol. 1 (of 2) by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

On the last, I stated the heads of the arguments used by each speaker.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Of course there is overlap in the areas utilized by each species; a few individuals of P. maniculatus may be found in what appears to be P. truei habitat, and vice versa .
— from Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas