Word Finder - landed

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To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

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The plane is about to land.

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To alight, to descend from a vehicle.

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To come into rest.

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To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.

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To bring to land.

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It can be tricky to land a helicopter.

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To acquire; to secure.

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To deliver.

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In possession of land.

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landed gentry

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Consisting of land, especially with a single owner.

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a landed estate

She landed hard on a cold floor.

The rocket had exploded as it landed on the floor, leaving a gaping hole.

Deidre almost cringed at the thought of leaving the chamber after her first venture out that landed her not only in trouble but also in Darkyn's bed.

She hit the wall hard and landed on the ground, unconscious.

He landed outside the main city, in the center of which sat the royal family's residence.

He landed next to her and was still.

She tripped over a stair and landed hard.

At one point, Fate had told him a story about how he tricked the goddess into a series of agreements that landed her out of a job.

She landed on her knees, horrified yet knowing something was very wrong.

She'd killed herself and Gabriel and landed … here.

Helpless until the trees finished flinging them around, Katie struggled to grab the branches, so she didn't end up like Deidre.  Finally, a branch wrapped around her and pulled her through the canopy, dumping her at the edge of the jungle.  Toby landed with a grunt beside her, and she lay still to catch her breath, still hoping Deidre reappeared.

Jule's memory was wiped out and Xander exiled, until a year ago, when he landed in the human realm.

Katie pulled up the sleeve of her soaked sweater and nicked her arm.  She set down the knife and squeezed out a few drops of blood, watching as they landed on the roots.

He first landed at Marseilles, where he received an enthusiastic welcome from the people, but the prince-president refused to allow him to cross France.

In 1503 a French navigator named Binot Paulmyer, sieur de Gonneville, was blown out of his course, and landed on a large island, which was claimed to be the great southern land of tradition, although Flinders and other authorities are inclined to think that it must have been Madagascar.

When the prisoners were landed a fortnight later Sir George Hill recognized Tone in the French adjutant-general's uniform.

Henry landed at Milford Haven among his Welsh allies and defeated Richard at the battle of Bosworth (August 22, 1485).

As the minister of an ambitious and magnificent king, Colbert was under the hard necessity of sacrificing everything to the wars in Flanders and the pomp of Versailles a gulf which swallowed up all the countrys wealth;and, amid a society which might be supposed submissively docile to the wishes of Louis XIV., he had to retain the most absurd financial laws, making the burden of taxation weigh heaviest on those who had no other resources than their labor, whilst landed property escaped free of charge.

A few weeks later a French force under Prince Napoleon landed in Tuscany to threaten Austria's flank, but in the meanwhile the emperor Napoleon made peace with Austria and agreed to the restoration of Leopold and other Italian princes.

He landed, with his wife, at Corunna on the 28th of April 1506, accompanied by a body of German mercenaries.

Park landed at the Gambia, and struck the Niger near Segu (a town some distance above Sansandig) on the 10th of July 1796, where he beheld it "glittering in the morning sun as broad as the Thames at Westminster and flowing slowly to.

An American expedition landed near Santiago, and the Spanish garrison surrendered after a fortnights show of resistance.

But the circumstances of the 17th century were not those of the 5th; and Jansen landed his followers in an inextricable confusion.

General Lafayette first landed on American soil at Georgetown on the 24th of April 1 777.

The family has, since the 14th century, belonged to the landed gentry, and many members had held high office in the kingdom of Prussia.

With his staff he reached England June 9 1917, and four days later landed in France to prepare for the coming of the American troops.

Having crossed Oceanus and landed on the island, Heracles slew Orthrus together with Eurytion, who in vain strove to defend him, and drove off the cattle.

Abercromby landed from its transports in the face of a strenuous opposition from a French force entrenched on the beach.

In 1802 the " Cumberland," a small schooner, landed at King's Island in Bass Strait, and in 1803 Lieutenant Bowen was sent by Governor King of New South Wales to form a settlement on the south coast of Van Diemen's Land.

He had aboard his two ships, the " Lady Nelson " of 60 tons and the whaler " Albion " of 3 06 tons, three officials, a lance-corporal and seven privates of the New South Wales Corps, six free men and twenty-five convicts, together with an adequate supply of live stock, and landed at Risdon, near Hobart, where he was joined shortly afterwards by fifteen soldiers and forty-two convicts.

At that date the population was 40,172, a large proportion being convicts, for in four years 15,000 prisoners had been landed.

The Crimean War broke out shortly afterwards, and Gordon was ordered on active service, and landed at Balaklava on the 1st of January 1855.

You landed yourself in it.

She struggled to mount behind one of the guards shielding her, when an attacker's blow landed solidly against his horse's flank.

Finally, he landed a sharp blow to his horse's rump and made the beast dart in the direction he wanted.

She landed on her backside and stared at him, a familiar fury within the teal depths of her eyes.

She gasped, pain ripping through her as a kick landed in her stomach.

Panicked in the darkness, he bounded to his feet, tripped, and landed hard on his face.

The demon rushed to heal the gouging wound in her leg from the sharp stone she'd landed on.

The end of a rope was tossed down and landed at her feet.

Sirian staggered through the forest, agony tearing through him as he tripped and landed hard.

Lately she had been wondering if she could have landed such a job without his help.

Calling at Talamone to embark arms and money, he reached Marsala on the 11th of May, and landed under the protection of the British vessels "Intrepid" and "Argus."

The story of Talos, the Cretan man of brass, who heated himself red-hot and clasped strangers in his embrace as soon as they landed on the island, is probably of similar origin.

When Hastings landed at Calcutta in October 1750 the affairs of the East India Company were at a low ebb.

In the debate abolishing the court of wards he spoke, like most landed proprietors, in favour of laying the burden on the excise instead of on the land, and on the question of the restoration of the bishops carried in the interests of the court an adjournment of the debate for three months.

Frederick landed in Calabria, where he seized several towns, encouraged revolt in Naples, negotiated with the Ghibellines of Tuscany and Lombardy, and assisted the house of Colonna against Pope Bonif ace.

Charles's sons Robert and Philip landed in Sicily, but after capturing Catania were defeated by Frederick, Philip being taken prisoner (1299), while several Calabrian towns were captured by the Sicilians.

In January 1535 he entered the river Plate, where he followed the northern shore to the island of San Gabriel, and then crossing over he landed by a little stream, still called Riachuelo.

On the 17th of June 1806 General William Beresford landed with a body of Effects of troo s from a British fleet under the command of Sir p Home Popham, and obtained possession of Buenos Aires.