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Definition of Surged
1. surge [v] - See also: surge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surged
Literary usage of Surged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Our column swayed and surged irresolutely — three batteries, the divisional
ammunition reserve, the baggage, and a section of the hospital and bearer corps. ..."
2. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"... and Determined Front Assaults—Brigadiers Helm killed and Adams wounded—The
Union Commands lay behind Defences—Hood's Brigades surged through the Forest ..."
3. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1895)
"... and Determined Front Assaults—Brigadiers Helm killed and Adams wounded—The
Union Commands lay behind Defences—Hood's Brigades surged through the Forest ..."
4. Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1895)
"... THE crowd in the depot surged into the streets, and melted'into and became an
addition to the world of people there. The pavements were moving' masses ..."
5. Dorothy Q: Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... all torn and gory— shall I tell the fearful story, How they surged above the
breastwork, as a sea breaks over a deck ; How, driven, yet scarce defeated, ..."
6. Victory!: Celebrated by Thirty-eight American Poets by William Stanley Braithwaite (1919)
"... Glaenzer T the rumor of truce a glory of joy broke loose, A jubilant frenzy
that made the earth tremble, That surged to the stars, snuffing out Mars. ..."
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