"What's that cry?" asked Oblonsky, drawing Levin's attention to a
prolonged cry, as though a colt were whinnying in a high voice, in play.
And if he could expect to
prolong his honors by his good conduct, he might hesitate to sacrifice his appetite for them to his appetite for gain.
"You must know that when I was in Berlin I frequently used to hear the Berliners repeat, and repellently
prolong, a certain phrase--namely, 'Ja wohl!'; and, happening to meet this couple in the carriage-drive, I found, for some reason or another, that this phrase suddenly recurred to my memory, and exercised a rousing effect upon my spirits.
He had, in fact, ridden quite at random for over an hour, taking any turning that came to hand in order to
prolong companionship with her, and giving far more attention to Tess's moonlit person than to any wayside object.
Our little voyages of discovery were often
prolonged by the successive objects that presented themselves.
Having, by repeated and
prolonged assaults, at length completely gorged himself, he would wrap himself up and lie with the torpor of an anaconda; slowly digesting his way on to the next repast.
Then the business of "getting the anchor" and securing it afterwards is unduly
prolonged, and made a weariness to the chief mate.
Just as
prolonged and stubborn is the struggle now proceeding between the old and the new conception of history, and theology in the same way stands on guard for the old view, and accuses the new view of subverting revelation.
I did this, as I must have felt then, at some personal risk of a supernatural kind, for my studies were apt to be
prolonged into the night after the rest of the family had gone to bed, and a certain ghost, which I had every reason to fear, might very well have visited the small room given me to write in.
The old man, despite his great strength and normal activity, was somewhat tired by his long journey of the day before, and the
prolonged and exciting interview which followed it.
From one subject to another the chat with the officer was prolonged. He was an intelligent gentleman, and suffered himself to be led on by the charm of Aramis's wit and Porthos's cordial bonhomie .
The crowd collected under the window uttered a prolonged roar of anger and terror.
Patrick Grayfur, Esq., caused his friends great anxiety recently by a prolonged absence from home.
Newton Craig of Markdale returned home recently after a somewhat prolonged visit in foreign parts.
To me it was one
prolonged divine event, and, with such daily intercourse with Nicolete, I never dreamed of craving for any other excitement.
