Mentioned

Examples

• Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Buthe added, you surely have not known me as an old acquaintance all this time, and never mentioned it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Joe mentioned it now, and the strange man called him by it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• To have mentioned it to my housekeeper would have been at once to put it out of the question. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You had mentioned Geneva as the name of your native town; and towards this place I resolved to proceed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She thought about him the very first moment on waking; and his was the very last name mentioned in her prayers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Even then, I would have avoided the room where they all were, but for its being the neat-tiled kitchen I have mentioned more than once. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You have a reason, Walter, for wishing her to know of her husband's death besides the reason you have just mentioned? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I heard it mentioned by some Cumberland people a few days since. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His name was mentioned among us no more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Many of these are quite large, and at least one-third of them require one additional helper, thus adding, say, 33,000 employees to the number already mentioned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The small mound I have mentioned a while ago was once occupied by the Phenician city of Laish. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Not on the condition I mentioned. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This tax, therefore, so far offends against the first of the four maxims above mentioned. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When you have to compete with the rich and influential, it will probably be mentioned to you,' said Miss Lavvy, 'in good time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What was the meaning of May's blush when the Countess Olenska had been mentioned? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Hence it is always mentioned in the old records, as the Gentle and Joyous Passage of Arms of Ashby. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Its first rise in my mind appears in the above-mentioned little paper, accidentally preserved, viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• At first my face was so strange to me that I think I should have put my hands before it and started back but for the encouragement I have mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's name was never mentioned by either family. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I must confess,' says the mild little gentleman, coming to his answer by degrees, 'that I felt some compunctions when Mr Fledgeby mentioned it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was but a short time thereafter that he solved the knotty problem by an invention mentioned in a previous chapter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then I mentioned Peepy's coming to stay with me, and then Pa began to cry again and said the children were Indians. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In less than an hour, I mentioned that the air of the river had given me an appetite, and Sophia, of course, had never been so hungry in all her life! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It must be mentioned. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I have forgotten to mention--at least I have not mentioned--that Mr. Woodcourt was the same dark young surgeon whom we had met at Mr. Badger's. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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