All 4 Uses of
ensuing
in
Bleak House
- Mr. Tulkinghorn retires into another chamber; bells ring, feet shuffle and patter, silence ensues.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- There ensues the carrying of Mr. Smallweed upstairs, which is done to perfection with the trooper's help.†
Chpt 25-27
- I could have no anticipation, and I had none, that something very startling to me at the moment, and ever memorable to me in what ensued from it, was to happen before this day was out.†
Chpt 43-45
- What was to ensue when we found her and what could compensate us for this loss of time were questions also that I could not possibly dismiss; my mind was quite tortured by long dwelling on such reflections when we stopped.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(ensuing) following (some event in time) -- and typically because of that event