read here and there
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He opened his book at that group of short poems called Heimkehr, and read here and there, as fancy led him.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Her husband took it up again, and read here and there a passage from it.
From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean
We read here and there of ventures to Medara and to Surranam, and of certain consignments of "Geese and Hogges to ye New Found Land."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
Open at random, read here and there, forward and back, wholly according to inclination; follow the practice of Johnson and all good readers, of 'tearing the heart' out of it.
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor
Konrad searched for the bread he needed, turned over the leaves of the books, began to read here and there, but always put them down sadly.
From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter
