Table in a sentence

In the middle of the hut a flat stone served the purpose of a table, and upon this stood a small cloth bundle—the same, no doubt, which I had seen through the telescope upon the shoulder of the boy.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

He laid an envelope upon the table, and we all bent over it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the company that he would that very night render his body and soul to the Powers of Evil if he might but overtake the wench.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

My first impression as I opened the door was that a fire had broken out, for the room was so filled with smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Our breakfast table was cleared early, and Holmes waited in his dressing-gown for the promised interview.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

But then I remembered the pile of papers and bills with which his study table was littered.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

From this point onward I will follow the course of events by transcribing my own letters to Mr. Sherlock Holmes which lie before me on the table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

They sat with their profiles towards me on either side of the round table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

This he opened and spread flat upon the table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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10 uses of ‘table’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

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