Sentence examples for gathering up the from inspiring English sources

A frequent excuse for not talking about inheritance is the complexities of gathering up the documents.

Aliabadi rushed around the ship, gathering up the few life jackets that hadn't been looted.

He was crawling on his hands and knees gathering up the mess as Mr. Mutchnick rushed by, oblivious.

Daytime means gathering up the guests and heading to her 78-foot Turkish gullet, a teak and mahogany boat decorated with white terry cloth cushions, baskets filled with more pestemels and enameled plates that sailors used to use.

The next morning, as I was gathering up the used tissues, ant-filled raisin boxes, and slimy Saran Wrap scattered across the yard, I decided that I didn't have time to let my kids help out around the house.

The last person to die before the stroke of midnight will become Death's livery driver, responsible for gathering up the souls of the deceased and carting them away in his ghostly carriage.

This was followed almost immediately be a severe setback to the plan for gathering up all the universities under the domination of the Lateran.

"So when you see me gathering up all the candy at the tables here," he says, "that's what the four of us eat while they sing.

She did not tell Deborah that a few weeks after Pranab Kaku's wedding, while I was at a Girl Scout meeting and my father was at work, she had gone through the house, gathering up all the safety pins that lurked in drawers and tins, and adding them to the few fastened to her bracelets.

At one point, he admits he even snapped — gathering up all the kids' devices and placing them in a pile on the bed.

The next night, the villagers say, Uzbek soldiers led by Mr. Hashim swept through, gathering up all the guns.