The Fox
accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel.
This answer deeply impressed the Lawyer, and having ascertained that the Burglar had
accumulated no money in his profession he threw up the case.
A smooth grassy slope, bounded, at the upper end, by venerable ruins half buried in ivy, at the lower, by a stream seen through arching trees--a dozen gaily-dressed people, seated in little groups here and there--some open hampers--the debris of a picnic--such were the Facts
accumulated by the Scientific Researcher.
Let the hurricane tear up its thousand huge fragments; yet what will that tell against the
accumulated labour of myriads of architects at work night and day, month after month?
A small closet contained his clothes and the books he had
accumulated and for which there was no room on the table or under the table.
And when that functionary appeared before him, he bade him without delay set about making a new leg, and directed the mates to see him supplied with all the studs and joists of jaw-ivory (Sperm Whale) which had thus far been
accumulated on the voyage, in order that a careful selection of the stoutest, clearest-grained stuff might be secured.
It is made up of
accumulated tradition, kept alive by individual pride, rendered exact by professional opinion, and, like the higher arts, it spurred on and sustained by discriminating praise.
Anna, left alone, spent the time till dinner in assisting at her son's dinner (he dined apart from his parents) and in putting her things in order, and in reading and answering the notes and letters which had
accumulated on her table.
"It has been in the family a very long while," returned Monte Cristo, "a sort of treasure expressly forbidden to be touched for a certain period of years, during which the
accumulated interest has doubled the capital.
At the door of the Uffizzi, in Florence, one is confronted by statues of a man and a woman, noseless, battered, black with
accumulated grime--they hardly suggest human beings-- yet these ridiculous creatures have been thoughtfully and conscientiously fig-leaved by this fastidious generation.
Since this was done, the
accumulated refuse collected from the periodical cleansings of the house, during a term of nearly three years--including, of course, the ashes from the fires kept burning, for the greater part of the year, in the library and the picture-gallery--have been poured upon the heap, and have buried the precious morsels of paper deeper and deeper, day by day.
At breakfast this morning I rashly congratulated myself (in my wife's hearing) on finding that a much smaller collection than usual of letters and cards had
accumulated in my absence.
accumulated - periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave"