Example Sentences

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Here are pieces of rails along which the wheels of locomotives have slidden; the granules have yielded and become plates; they exfoliate or come off in leaves.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

“Like causes have produced like effects; and each island is little but the peak of a volcano, down whose shoulders lava and ash have slidden toward the sea.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

Ages ago a glacier must have slidden down there, and left its mark on the huge boulders which lay scattered everywhere around.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela

Like causes have produced like effects; and each island is little but the peak of a volcano, down whose shoulders lava and ash have slidden toward the sea. 

From At Last by Kingsley, Charles