Sentence examples for commence reading from inspiring English sources

I was expecting a tirade, but all she said was, "You may commence reading, Jeremy".

Most vices and addictions take and take from us until nothing but a dry and dissipated hulk is left; a real novel, by contrast, lifts us up the moment we commence reading it, and then drops us back to Earth not in the same spot we were in when we left, but miles away in the same armchair with a fresh perspective on everything we see, hear, touch, smell and taste.

But consumers who actually open a magazine at the front and commence reading are becoming an increasingly rarefied demographic group.

She commenced reading "The Storks," which concerned how it came to pass that storks delivered babies to families.

Everything being adjusted, the Rev Mr Cotton commenced reading part of the funeral service; and at 14 minutes past eight the drop fell, and they closed their earthly career.

Since our experiments commenced, reads per lane on the Illumina GAII increased from 12 million to 35 40 million reads.

I opened the latest issue of The New Yorker, which I'd grabbed from the mailbox on my way to the car, and commenced to reading about the goings on at Davos.

This seems like a good idea, until you commence to read these profiles — they're too pat, and lack edges that can't be tidied up with a few clichés about seeking a better life.

He commenced to read a proclamation, but before he finished doing so was shot dead.

He or she collects all the slips, mixing the real first sentence with the fakes, and commences to read each one aloud.

"Made the first actual study for inaugural by commencing to read those of my predecessors," Garfield wrote in his diary on December 20 , 1880 when he still had plenty of time.