Affecting

Examples

• The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• That's a pity, now, Josh, said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• With these affecting words, Mr. Weller looked steadfastly on his son, and turning slowly upon his heel, disappeared from his sight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• No, no, don't ask mine,' replied Mrs. Sowerberry, in an affecting manner: 'ask somebody else's. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And then, in her sweet simple way, George's mother made commentaries to the boy upon this affecting story. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She never would conceal anything seriously affecting her health from me: would she, eh, Margaret? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I suppressed my indignation; but I showed her that her intention was not lost upon me, and I repaid her annoyance by affecting humility. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Thy onions are affecting thy brain, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Hence every thing, that is new, is most affecting, and gives us either more pleasure or pain, than what, strictly speaking, naturally belongs to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My father, said the son, aside, to me with quite an affecting belief in him, is a celebrated character. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I then rejoined Mr. Wemmick, and affecting to consult my watch, and to be surprised by the information I had received, accepted his offer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It will be evident, therefore, that the operator at A may cause the relay at B to act without affecting his own relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Have it your own way,' rejoined the girl, affecting to laugh. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Put a coil of wire over the end of rod X and passed the ends of spool through galvanometer without affecting it in any way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At this affecting vision Mrs. Trenor's voice trembled with self-pity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Shirley, usually almost culpably indifferent to slight accidents affecting dress, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was of full weight, as Legree well perceived; but, affecting anger, he said, What, you lazy beast! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• New secrets of physiology may be revealed, deeply affecting human nature in its innermost recesses. Plato. The Republic.
• How was it affecting the mentality of the courts and kings that directed the formal affairs of mankind? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mary sighed again--the letter was so very affecting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Every line in his face deepened as he said it, and put in its affecting evidence of the suffering he had undergone. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• At this affecting appeal, Goodwin got up a little domestic tragedy of her own, and shed tears copiously. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I don't know what comes over me sometimes,' said she, affecting to busy herself in arranging her dress; 'it's this damp dirty room, I think. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You believe in the moon then, affecting the weather? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was quite an affecting sight, I used to think, to see him with the kite when it was up a great height in the air. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I know few things more affecting than that timorous debasement and self-humiliation of a woman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He-he-he,' tittered Mr. Magnus, affecting cheerfulness, and gasping with agitation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Affecting that air of playfulness, therefore, which is delightful in a woman one loves, she opened the letter directly, and read its contents. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• We have heard some from their own lips, of a very touching and affecting character. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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