Influenced
[influənst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Influence
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Examples
- Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Without any force at all, I found myself led and influenced by another's will, unconsulted, unpersuadedquietly overruled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The action of others is always influenced by deciding what stimuli shall call out their actions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He found the English artisans of that time great guzzlers of beer, and influenced some of his co-workers to adopt his ow n more abstinent and hygienic habits of eating and drinking. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But in that he was influenced by passion, not by reason. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Archer was sure that Madame Olenska's decision had not been influenced by the change in her financial situation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But they all of them profoundly influenced men's subsequent thinking and their ideas about education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such a fact must tell against the theory that the man who breaks them is influenced by any general hatred of Napoleon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was very often influenced rightly by youoftener than I would own at the time. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The imposing stupendous bulk of this material has unconsciously influenced men's notions of the nature of knowledge itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By what, then, are you influenced? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How could my character fail to be influenced by them? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- However, though I am not influenced by manners and station, Loo Bounderby may be. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The arts had been much influenced and revivified by Indian and Central Asiatic influences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Isis figures, we feel, must have influenced the treatment of Kuan-yin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of course I should often be influenced by my feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It had appreciably influenced Wildeve, but it was influencing Eustacia far more. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And besides, again, most men are disappointed in life, somehow or other, and influenced by their disappointment. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She never crept into my heart or influenced its pulse; and for this good reason, no doubt, because I had not the secret of making her love me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The same reasons which influenced me then, will influence me now,' said Rose firmly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I am influenced--conquered; and the influence is sweeter than I can express; and the conquest I undergo has a witchery beyond any triumph I can win. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I suppose I am influenced by pure perverseness? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The principal considerations that influenced Edison in making this radical innovation may be briefly stated as follows: First. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It would show, I believe, how the whole quality of our most impromptu thinking is being influenced by human values. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I felt the blood rush into my cheeks, for I knew that it HAD influenced me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As these variations seem of no special use to the plants, they cannot have been influenced by natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But this solemn stranger influenced me otherwise than through my fears. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In such cases, evidence itself can hardly escape being influenced by the prestige of authority. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I know how he is likely to be influenced. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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