“I think,” said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, “that Dr. Mortimer is a successful, elderly medical man, well-esteemed since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation.”
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Dr. Mortimer turned the manuscript to the light and read in a high, cracking voice the following curious, old-world narrative:
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
With long bounds the huge black creature was leaping down the track, following hard upon the footsteps of our friend.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to efface from our minds the grim and grey impression which had been left upon both of us by our first experience of Baskerville Hall.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Before breakfast on the morning following my adventure I went down the corridor and examined the room in which Barrymore had been on the night before.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and, following the direction of his eager eyes, I saw that a hansom cab with a man inside which had halted on the other side of the street was now proceeding slowly onward again.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
We may waste time in following the wrong one, but sooner or later we must come upon the right.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
“There is no object in our following them,” said Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
MORE TO FOLLOW
Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— being next in order or time
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Macmillan
— after something happens, or as a result of something that happens
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Other Word Forms
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followed
followings
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Usage
8 uses of ‘following’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle