Inferred

Examples

• It is not to be inferred, however, from some of the preceding statements that the boy was of an exclusively studious bent of mind. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He now inferred that she had asked her uncle to invite Will to the Grange; and she felt it impossible at that moment to enter into any explanation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I rather inferred that, sir,' replied John Rokesmith, 'from the scale on which your new establishment is to be maintained. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She did not tell me what you suspect--she is not the person to proclaim such things; but yet I inferred something from parts of her discourse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The isochronism of the vibrations of the pendulum inferred from this observation was not published or put to practical application in clocks for nearly sixty years afterward. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This preparation for bonds, and the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Pumblechook winked assent; from which I at once inferred that he had never seen Miss Havisham, for she was nothing of the kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Hence, I inferred, arose the legend of the Banshee. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• That, I suppose, is to be inferred. Plato. The Republic.
• She inferred that the guest had not yet come; and after lingering ten or fifteen minutes she turned again towards home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The idea in my mind when I wrote to him, and the nature of my inquiries will be easily inferred from his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Doctor Beard, who was present, inferred from the way the leg contracted that it moved on both opening and closing the circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is not to be inferred, however, that the modern stock ticker has anything to do with the making or losing of fortunes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I inferred, from its being so miserable a marriage, that it was probably an unequal one in point of years. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I inferred that they felt a good deal as I did, but were unwilling to commit themselves while we had our own troubles upon our hands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• What was to be inferred? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Certainly, replied he, surprized, I do not absolutely know it; but it may be inferred. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I say to my great relief, because I inferred that Laura must, for some unknown reason, have returned before me by this roundabout way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As easily might the tone of a delicate musical instrument be inferred from its case, as the tone of Mr. Tulkinghorn from his case. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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