Such is the suspicious nature of the village mind that the moment she discovered her loss her thought at once reverted to Abner Simpson.
Whether it were a question of fact, of spelling, or of date, of going swimming or fishing, of choosing a book in the Sunday-school library or a stick of candy at the village store, he had no sooner determined on one plan of action than his wish fondly reverted to the opposite one.
In a second he had reverted to the deplorable Titus of three hours ago.
That second evening passed as sweetly as the first—more sweetly indeed: we enjoyed a smoother interchange of thought; old troubles were not reverted to, acquaintance was better cemented; I felt happier, easier, more at home.
" Meanwhile, Herbert constant to his favorite science, Natural History, reverted to the kangaroos, saying,— "Besides, we had to deal just now with the species which is most difficult to catch.
" Not seeing his way to any pertinent answer, Mr Glegg reverted to his porridge.
Thorpe's ideas then all reverted to the merits of his own equipage, and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along, and the ease which his paces, as well as the excellence of the springs, gave the motion of the carriage.
"It's almost as though, without sleep, the brain had reverted back to more primitive patterns of activity.
With one eye on the increasing threat of a Greek default and the country's potential exit from the euro, investors' attention reverted to their favourite subject — the likely launch of a rate rise cycle by the Federal Reserve for the first time since the financial crisis.
A study by her colleague Matthew Walker, director of the university's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, found that "without sleep, the brain had reverted back to more primitive patterns of activity," he said in a news release, "in that it was unable to put emotional experiences into context and produce controlled, appropriate responses.
