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Along

adverb

With a forward motion. Synonym: on. "The horse trotted along at a steady pace" , "The circus traveled on to the next city" , "Move along" , "March on"

In accompaniment or as a companion. "I brought my camera along" , "Working along with his father"

To a more advanced state. "Well along in their research" , "Hurrying their education along" , "Getting along in years"

In addition (usually followed by 'with'). "Along with the package came a bill" , "Consider the advantages along with the disadvantages"

In line with a length or direction (often followed by 'by' or 'beside'). "Ran along beside me" , "Cottages along by the river"

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"Along" Quotes from Famous Books

... mediaeval maidens myself, nor for allegorical serpents, nor for bloodless men with hollow cheeks, supposed to represent soldierly valor; if I were an artist, I would rather show people the beauty of a common brick wall when the red winter sunset shines along it. But perhaps that is only my ignorance, and I may learn better before Mr. Lemuel has ...

— Macleod of Dare • William Black

... on the log, drew from his pocket an old pamphlet, and spreading it before her, ran a pencil along the line of a list of schedule prices for common drug roots and herbs. Because he understood, his eyes were very bright, and his voice a trifle crisp. A latent anger springing in his breast was a good curb for his emotions. ...

— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

... eighteen centuries as a predicate for the strides of human civilization in the nineteenth. As he minimizes the effect of one century and then another, you note how few centuries, in his judgment, play any part in the onward march, and you are discouraged as to what one man can do to help along any movement that shall really be world-wide ...

— Ethics in Service • William Howard Taft

... Her staring eyes grew large and wild; her hand shook as she stretched it out, feeling for the banister; she staggered as she caught at it, and held herself up. The silence was still unbroken. Something in me, stronger than myself, drew my steps along the hall nearer and nearer to the stair, till I could see the face which had struck that murderous ...

— The Legacy of Cain • Wilkie Collins

... Israel, out of a land of idolaters?" God replied: "Thou desirest Me to forgive them. Well, then, I shall do so, now fetch Me hither tables on which I may write the words that were written on the first. But to reward thee for offering up thy life for their sake, I shall in the future send thee along with Elijah, that both of you together may prepare Israel for the final ...

— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME III BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG

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