Word Finder - started

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To begin, commence, initiate.

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To begin an activity.

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The rain started at 9:00.

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To have its origin (at), begin.

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The blue line starts one foot away from the wall.

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To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.

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To break away, to come loose.

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To put into play.

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To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.

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to start a water cask

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To start one's periods (menstruation).

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Have you started yet?

She started to cry.

Carmen started to laugh.

The soldiers started firing without orders.

He started and opened his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Carmen started down the stairs.

Some soldiers started running away in a group.

In the spring of 1893 a club was started in Tuscumbia, of which Mrs. Keller was president, to establish a public library.

She followed him out the door and watched as he hopped into the truck and started the engine.

After grace, they all started passing food.

The old count's troyka, with Dimmler and his party, started forward, squeaking on its runners as though freezing to the snow, its deep-toned bell clanging.

Lisa started to get up but Howard motioned her to sit still while he answered the door.

He had started the clinic shortly after they were married, so his dream was barely being realized.

Now the "war stories" are about how Mark Zuckerberg was nineteen when he started Facebook, Bill Gates was nineteen when he started Microsoft, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin were in their early twenties when they started Google.

I took her plate away and started to take her out of the room.

She started to put the pillow down and caught the movement in the mirror from the corner of her eye.

He started the engine and she clamped her arms around him, clinging to him as he spun the tires in a spray of pebbles and rocks.

The count started and dropped the snuffbox.

Her lower lip pushed out and then she started to cry.

Dulce stopped the attack as suddenly as she started it.

She started crying and holding her arms up to Carmen.

But then, she had started it by shoving the pillow under her blouse.

Quint dropped into the seat and started the engine.

She started to turn.

He started walking over to the car.

I've lived in Atlanta since I started college.

Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.

The hare they had started was a strong and swift one.

That's just how she started and just how she came up smiling timidly when all this happened before," thought Natasha, "and in just the same way I thought there was something lacking in her."

Leaving her thoughts behind, she started up the hill to meet Alex.

He reached her and turned, walking beside her as they started back up the hill to the house.

The plants she had started in the house in March thrived.

Finally she put the knife down and started putting the sliced meat in a plastic container.

Then she started gaining weight.

She started the coffee and picked up an empty pop bottle from the counter to discard in the trash.

She started to fidget.

She started to the table then stopped, unable to dismiss the feeling of the man's arms around her or what she'd felt when they touched.

She started down the hall.

His voice had calmed, and he started past her.

He stood, weaved on his feet, and started to fall.

I started but grew tired.

I grabbed this when everyone started panicking.

She started after him, senses scattered.

It started as a geezer bike for retirees in Florida and Arizona.

Oh yes, he started that last night.

Finally he started to write.

She started past him.

He started to leave, and she stood.

Jade.s heart started to soar.

Fury flooded him, and he started toward Jade.

She neared the edge and started to panic again.