Sentence example with the word 'bated'

bated

abated, consumed, dampened, deflated, dull, flat, lowered, reduced, shorter, smothered, subdued

Definition adj. diminished or moderated

Last update: August 11, 2015


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The words forced themselves out of her mouth and she gazed up at him with bated breath.   [Please select]

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It was truly a trying moment, and Marion, at the window, looked on with bated breath.   [Please select]

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John, after a pause, during which Jack waited with bated breath for what might follow.   [Please select]

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"The apostle told me with bated breath that the young man with the ring is Mr."   [Please select]

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Harry watched with bated breath and a feeling of alarm.   [Please select]

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The men, listening with bated breath, now turned their curious eyes upon the colonel.   [Please select]

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With bated breath he hastened back to the sheep-house.   [Please select]

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The arrival of Wilkinson in New Orleans was awaited by friends and foes, with bated breath.   [Please select]

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Afterward a whole populace was to recall this strange, depressing second of utter stillness; to the end of time that sudden pall was spoken of with bated breath and in awe.   [Please select]

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To my bated questions he replied at length, when he had got his breath, that Captain Clapsaddle had come to town but the day before, and was even then in the coffee-room at his dinner.   [Please select]

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