Alter

Examples

• They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. Plato. The Republic.
• But this did not alter Mrs. Blenkinsop's opinion of Miss Sharp. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She supposed she had a right to alter at her ease. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not to press you to alter your determination,' pursued the young man, 'but to hear you repeat it, if you would. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She felt as if the spring would not pass without bringing a crisis, an event, a something to alter her present composed and tranquil state. Jane Austen. Emma.
• No class will abolish itself, materially alter its way of living, or drastically reconstruct itself, albeit no class is indisposed to co-operate in the unlimited socialization of any other class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• His manner appeared to have altered strangely in the interval since I had last seen him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I passed to the altered days when I was so blest as to find friends in all around me, and to be beloved. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her perpetual study was to relieve us from labour and to spread ease and even elegance over our altered mode of life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And his behaviour, so strikingly altered--what could it mean? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Under these circumstances my first impression altered to a certain extent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• There are so many other things in the world that want altering--I like to take these things as they are. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Calypso sighing for Ulysses, observed Crispin, without altering his position; though I dare say it is only the wind moaning through the ropes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• More than any other generalization it illuminates the currents of our national life and explains the altering tasks of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The nature of things has stamped upon corn a real value, which cannot be altered by merely altering its money price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• By altering the rate, on the contrary, the proportion between those two values is necessarily altered. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Pray do not speak of altering anything. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes, and he--yes, it was Snagsby, said Mr. Weevle, altering the construction of his sentence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• What happens in the course of action neither confirms, refutes, nor alters it. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• One does not blush to show modesty or embarrassment to others, but because the capillary circulation alters in response to stimuli. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Well, that rather alters the case, because I had no idea that they thought so, and I should not have liked to disappoint or inconvenience them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The strength of the blow depends on the hardness of the metal, and when one part is harder than another the workman alters his blows accordingly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But the withdrawal alters the stimuli operating, and tends to make them more consonant with the needs of the organism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• By fire and plough and axe man alters his world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It alters the whole of life for me. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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