Following preconcerted plans. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a preconcert reception for sponsors. From Dictionary.com.
The drivers understood him as if this had been preconcerted. From Wordnik.com. [The American Baron] Reference
This was the preconcerted signal for the drawing of the water. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Then, as if by a preconcerted signal, the throats are all atune. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
At these words, which were the preconcerted signal for action, the. From Wordnik.com. [Flatland: a romance of many dimensions] Reference
Afrikanerdom, defying Great Britain in preconcerted aggression and revolt. From Wordnik.com. [Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked] Reference
The servants, exasperated, preconcerted a scheme to be rid of the nuisance. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
Even the selling-price of the goods sent to Mexico was a preconcerted matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
By these preconcerted recriminations, they escaped all suspicion of collusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom] Reference
They had a preconcerted signal at which the prisoner instantly ceased to speak. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
A preconcerted, forward, and artful flight, it must undoubtedly appear to them. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
As it was, however, the victory by preconcerted arrangement was announced to the. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44).] Reference
Then, according to a preconcerted signal, he held aloft a lighted torch, whereupon the. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
There are no preconcerted movements, no combinations with centers, wings, and reserves. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
At the end of that time they paused, as if by preconcerted arrangement, in front of a small. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
It was part of a preconcerted scheme to insure the surprise and destruction of the garrison. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Games : an historical research] Reference
The soldiers rushing in at a preconcerted signal, the hall was cleared, and the doors locked (1653). From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
At this preconcerted signal, the pavilion, hitherto purposely concealed, blazed in a flood of light. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
“Dover,” that was so uncalled for, and gave me a faint but terrible sense of something preconcerted?. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
These signs were of no consequence in themselves, but they served to demonstrate the preconcerted nature of. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
By a preconcerted arrangement, the fire from our batteries and forts kept up at fifteen-minute intervals only. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
He wanted very particularly to know why they should have died in this unanimous and apparently preconcerted way. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
Without the slenderest hope of holding the city against the invaders, the Spaniards preconcerted a human sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The combined evidence of these men, which had come out without any preconcerted arrangement, was proof to his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Wortle's school] Reference
Not a word was uttered, and the young men were intently listening, as if expecting to hear some preconcerted signal. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
At the preconcerted signal the troops on the other side of the Montmorenci avanced across the river in perfect order. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Admiral Willis and his officers having obeyed the preconcerted signal, the whole party started on their land enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
Then our young men, according to a preconcerted plan, wheeled round from file to line, dismounted and stood it attention. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air] Reference
At different points, by preconcerted signals, the native regiments arose against their English officers and put them to death. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
This mode of announcement was probably preconcerted with Brigham Young, who was undoubtedly aware of the facts on the preceding day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference
At this, which was the preconcerted signal, I made a great effort, moved the large stone, and came forth with the boy into the temple. From Wordnik.com. [Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes] Reference
As Louis Blanc ceased speaking, M. Flocon entered the salon, and, as if by some preconcerted arrangement, at once sought his political friends. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
Just as we had set it correctly, we heard a high-pitched whistle, which was the preconcerted signal among the raiders to use if any danger was nigh. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
He now kneeled down, and after a short prayer gave the preconcerted signal that he was ready; this was the throwing of a handkerchief upon the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
At midnight, according to a preconcerted plan, all the maidens of the village met on the outskirts of the place and formed in picturesque procession. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
These were placed on opposite sides of the auditorium and were instructed to raise the shout at a preconcerted signal and keep it up as long as desired. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
At nine o'clock Peden threw open his doors, the small luminaries which led a dim existence in his effulgence following suit, all according to their preconcerted plan. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
He said that if I assented to this arrangement, he would require all of his people except the objectionable man to run to the right of his line at a preconcerted signal. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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