Aiming

Examples

• Thus in aiming at the increase of his own private pleasurable states of consciousness, he contributes to the consciousness of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Aiming at the center of his chest, a little lower than the device, Robert Jordan fired. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I think the gentleman you mentioned must be the point she's aiming at, and yet I don't like his living down in her own part of the country neither. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I see very little good in people aiming out of their own sphere. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We have perhaps arrived at the stage of philosophy which enables us to understand what he is aiming at, better than he did himself. Plato. The Republic.
• Adults are naturally most conscious of directing the conduct of others when they are immediately aiming so to do. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Darius had already made plans for an expedition into Europe, aiming not at Greece, but to the northward of Greece, across the Bosphorus and Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In its long record of failure, in the comparative success of Tammany, those who are aiming at social changes can see a profound lesson; the impulses, cravings and wants of men must be employed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As a legislator, he affords a bright example of a genius soaring above corruption, and continually aiming at the happiness of his constituents. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The old man, in aiming a purposeless blow at Mr. Guppy, or at nothing, feebly swings himself round and comes with his face against the wall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He advanced towards Oliver, as if with the intention of aiming a blow at him, but fell violently on the ground: writhing and foaming, in a fit. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But the next year he was accused of aiming at royal power, and condemned to death. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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