Hemmed

(imp. & p. p.) of Hem

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• Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Every stitch Daisy's patient little fingers had put into the handkerchiefs she hemmed was better than embroidery to Mrs. March. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• By the 4th of June Johnston found that he was being hemmed in so rapidly that he drew off and Allatoona was left in our possession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed, said Beth. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Behold us now in our frail tenement, hemmed in by hungry, roaring waves, buffeted by winds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We are hemmed into a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We are hemmed in by flames in front and flood behind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I should so like to have all my cambric frilling double-hemmed. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She feels caught, hemmed in; she dreads her unexpected presence may annoy him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But, hemmed in, as I am, between Mr. Franklin Blake's cheque on one side and my own sacred regard for truth on the other, what am I to do? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The Countess hemmed and hesitated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He hemmed the beasts into valleys and enclosures where he could be sure to find them again. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He hemmed--he fidgeted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I suppose, to be sure, if anybody had asked him, plump and fair, whether they had human immortal souls, he might have hemmed and hawed, and said yes. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mr. Brocklehurst hemmed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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