Went off with springless steps. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a springless bed. ,His shoulders drooped and his walk had become springless. From Dictionary.com.
The springless cushions of the sofas of our friends. From Wordnik.com. [American Papyrus: 25 Poems] Reference
Fayville to drive them up in a springless, rickety wagon. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Was it the ducking yesterday, or only this dreadful springless buggy?. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
The carts, which ply for hire like cabs, are massive, springless tumbrils covered with a wain. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Perfection of cycle manufacture; no need now to ride springless cycles or depend on tires alone for comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
As much as I wanted to collapse on the springless mattress, there was no way I could sleep on these dirty sheets. From Wordnik.com. [Ms Longshot]
Riding over plowed ground in a springless cart would have been little worse than being jounced about in this automobile. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference
I helped to carry some of them from the train to the rough eight-wheeled springless arabas in which they were borne to hospital. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
I went with the long stride of their skirted feet, that slid springless and noiseless from end to end of the garden, and back again. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight in Italy] Reference
It was also most likely that the spring carriages of fifteen years later date should go much faster than the old springless vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 05, December 1, 1849] Reference
A couple of rude open flat cars with springless seats along the sides were all the accommodation we had as passengers from the summit of. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
He turned around on the level crossing, then headed uphill to the main road, the springless wheels bouncing and pounding on the washboard surface. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
What a promised haven of rest after travelling for days in springless carts, happily through some of the most beautiful and interesting parts of Finland. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
Riding a machine with this spring-post, as compared with one without it, is very much like riding in a spring carriage as compared with the ordinary springless cart. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5, February 3, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
But life went like a springless bogey, nevertheless. From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
Her head drooped; she turned limp and springless away. From Wordnik.com. [Ragged Lady — Complete] Reference
Nertchinsk, for the jolting of the springless vehicle was very trying. From Wordnik.com. [Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia] Reference
The horse-carts of the country are springless and not too comfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Bulgaria] Reference
And he was soon being rattled over the pavement in the springless lumber-wagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Expressman and the Detective] Reference
The girls laughed at each other with wet eyes, and went off with springless steps. From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
The springless frozen earth under Bert's feet felt strangely dead and heavy after the buoyant airship. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air] Reference
He made the journey to Polotzk beside his father, jogging along in the springless wagon on the rutty roads. From Wordnik.com. [The Promised Land] Reference
The ox-wagons, also springless, are quite comfortable, as the oxen move along smoothly and without jerking. From Wordnik.com. [Bulgaria] Reference
His rigid legs, however, never lost the stirrups, but came down regularly, accentuating her springless hops. From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
This last remark to the English driver who was coming up sedately with his landau at the tail of the springless cart. From Wordnik.com. [Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon] Reference
In the first place, the wounded had been suffering severely from the long forced marches and the jolting of the springless carts. From Wordnik.com. [Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders] Reference
As I looked behind, holding on to the sides of the springless cart to avoid being jostled into the road, I found myself shivering. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Mummer] Reference
By taking away what the phrenologists call combativeness, we could doubtless stop prize-fight, but we might have a springless society. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
I queried with a laugh, as we fetched up beside the most ancient horse in the Department, drooping between the shafts of a springless cart. From Wordnik.com. [The Belovéd Vagabond] Reference
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