Attached

Examples

• Great importance has been attached to this variation in the inclination of the equator to the orbit by Dr. Croll in his book _Climate and Time_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No, it is not even attached to a wire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I am so much attached to you that I may confide in you, my dear, as a third party wholly disinterested, that he is fickleness itself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The telephone receiver was held on the head with a spring, the flexible connecting wire being attached to the lap board, thus leaving the operator with both hands free. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I dare say, returned Harriet, sighing again, I dare say she was very much attached to him. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Three were the oval Mill bomb type, serrated, heavy iron with a spring level held down in position by a cotter pin with pulling rig attached. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I attached no value to them. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• You--you--are not particularly attached to it, I dare say,' said Mr. Pickwick, trembling with anxiety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Surely at the spot where it is attached to the wire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mrs. Norris, however, as most attached to Maria, was really the greatest sufferer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Yet I am afraid the dreadful truth is, Herbert, that he is attached to me, strongly attached to me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• A cheap pump is then attached to the upper end of the drill pipe and serves to raise the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• At that period, I believe he could have attached himself to me very sincerely; more so than formerly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The method most commonly practiced in working with apple trees is called bud-grafting, and consists of transferring a plate of bark, with one or more buds attached, from one tree to another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• To her two brothers (for there was another Gérard Moore besides Robert) she was very much attached. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The truth is, he was attached to the lady's maid in question, and indignant that she should have been robbed of her perquisites. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There is a chain of my hair and a talisman attached to keep you from harm, so bend your head, my knight, and I will give it to you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Gerald wanted her to be attached to the household at Shortlands, he was using Winifred as his stalking-horse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Resting on the cylinder was a palladium-faced pen or spring, which was attached to a mica diaphragm in a resonator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I know you are attached to them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You are young and true, and I believe you are attached to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Such liberality argued in the father's eyes profound indifference--who tolerates all, he reasonedcan be attached to none. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• By a mechanical device, tape is drawn uniformly under the light marker _P_ attached to the armature. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This was effected by having the twenty-six letters painted on a board, and concealed from view by a number of small paper screens, which were attached to magnetic needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I became very much attached to him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• With the roadway and suspension chains attached, each tube weighs 1,100 tons. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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