Affected

Examples

• At this moment, Legree sauntered up to the door of the shed, looked in, with a dogged air of affected carelessness, and turned away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Indeed Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You affected to help the police--I saw you! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Thus the quantity of good clinker obtainable was unfavorably affected. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These words, which conveyed to Elinor a direct avowal of his love for her sister, affected her very much. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• In many factories where phosphorus is used without great care workmen have been greatly affected thereby. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A rent certain in money is not in the least affected by them, either in its rate or in its value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I was too deeply affected by his noble conduct to speak. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• So far she had not affected his resolution but he would much prefer not to die. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In a few minutes Jo bounced in, laid herself on the sofa, and affected to read. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The next day, being of course deeply affected with Fred Lamb's absence, I went to call on Julia, _pour me distraire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Yes; at least I have heard Sam's account of the matter,' said Mr. Pickwick, with affected carelessness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The profits of stock seem to be very little affected by the easiness or difficulty of learning the trade in which it is employed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To be so near him--though he was silent, though he did not touch so much as her scarf-fringe or the white hem of her dress--affected her like a spell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Pickwick was affected; the two men looked so very miserable. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He cried in an anguish of delight and gratitude: if anybody gave you and me a thousand a year, or saved our lives, we could not be so affected. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Elinor, affected by his relation, and still more by his distress, could not speak. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This harshness to one like me, who had been hitherto so spoiled and indulged, affected me with the deepest melancholy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nothing should be neglected which might be affected by such an issue. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You don't think your breathing is affected, my dear boy? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I never saw her thus affected; for she was not given to the melting mood. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This sometimes happened, and I had on occasions to give orders direct to the troops affected. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And was affected with a cough in her throat. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I had no idea that you would be so affected. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• His dreams of the past night, mingled with Cassy's prudential suggestions, considerably affected his mind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mary's powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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