Mentioning

Examples

• But his spirits were soon rising again, and with laughing eyes, after mentioning the expected return of the Campbells, he named the name of Dixon. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It is scarcely worth mentioning; but, is it yet? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It would not be worth mentioning for its own sake, but I was wakeful and rather low-spirited. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The questions and answers went swimmingly, and ended in nothing worth mentioning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Your criticisms thereon appear to be just, and I imagine you may have misapprehended my intention in mentioning it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Nothing worth mentioning, replied Camilla. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Well, Tony, that as I was mentioning is what they're up to. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My reason for mentioning this incident will appear further on. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Young ladies sometimes,' Rokesmith hinted, 'choose without mentioning their choice to their fathers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It really is not worth mentioning, because things at home would have taken pretty much the same turn any way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And no more was said, Thomasin being glad enough of a reason for not mentioning Clym's visit to her that evening, and his story. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Anything is worth mentioning in such a case as this. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I cannot have the objection to your mentioning it to Mr. Jorkins, Copperfield, if you think it worth while. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He told me it was to be a great secret; and, therefore, I should not think of mentioning it to any body but you, but he said you knew it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We know that he was fond of his parishioners the Garths, and had thought Mary worth mentioning to Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It is scarcely worth mentioning, only it's as well to do as other people do. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I took one of these opportunities of mentioning my doubts of Mr. Skimpole as a good adviser for Richard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But she purposely abstained from mentioning Mrs. Waule's more special insinuation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mentioning Colonel Onslow reminds me of something that passed at the beginning of this session in the house between him and Mr. Grenville. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Then he wistfully asks, with his hand on his brother's, Would you mind mentioning that, brother, to your wife and family? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You recollect my mentioning Sarah, as the one that has something the matter with her spine? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I am not ignorant how much I have been censured for mentioning this last particular. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Just as I was mentioning these last particulars, Mr. Dawson came out from the bedroom. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You were mentioning May. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But that is hardly worth mentioning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Yes, indeed, cried Mrs. Bennet, offended by his manner of mentioning a country neighbourhood. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We plowed along bravely for a week or more, and without any conflict of jurisdiction among the captains worth mentioning. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Boots and Brewer immediately perceive that it is immensely worth mentioning, and become politely clamorous. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Thus far then we are pretty well agreed that the imitator has no knowledge worth mentioning of what he imitates. Plato. The Republic.
• There was an art in their contrivance of those places that seems worth mentioning. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

Typist: Maura