TURNING in Classic Quotes

1  Directly his back was turned they were at it again.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

2  Every animal was motionless as though turned to stone.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

3  But Buck turned about and started slowly on the back track.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call

4  His eyes turned blood-shot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I. Into the Primitive

5  A hundred yards ahead the path turned and sloped steeply into the main street.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail

6  At a certain time each morning the cooks turned out, fires were built, and breakfast was eaten.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

7  Charles turned his back and drew the lashings down as well as he could, which was not in the least well.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail

8  The rabbit sped down the river, turned off into a small creek, up the frozen bed of which it held steadily.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

9  Canned goods were turned out that made men laugh, for canned goods on the Long Trail is a thing to dream about.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail

10  At the mouth of the Tahkeena, one night after supper, Dub turned up a snowshoe rabbit, blundered it, and missed.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast

11  They swung out on the trail with remarkable lack of exertion, turned their heads uneasily, and stopped in surprise.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

12  The crackling turned into a snapping, the sled pivoting and the runners slipping and grating several inches to the side.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man

13  Buck held on till he was on a line straight above Thornton; then he turned, and with the speed of an express train headed down upon him.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man

14  Then three or four western bad men aspired to clean out the town, were riddled like pepper-boxes for their pains, and public interest turned to other idols.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership

15  When he heard Thornton's command repeated, he partly reared out of the water, throwing his head high, as though for a last look, then turned obediently toward the bank.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man

16  So terrible was his appearance that Spitz was forced to forego disciplining him; but to cover his own discomfiture he turned upon the inoffensive and wailing Billee and drove him to the confines of the camp.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang

17  When he saw Pike, one of the new dogs, a clever malingerer and thief, slyly steal a slice of bacon when Perrault's back was turned, he duplicated the performance the following day, getting away with the whole chunk.

The Call of the Wild By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang