Misgivings
[,mis'giviŋz]
Examples
- She was audaciously prejudiced in my favour, and quite unable to understand why I should have any misgivings, or be low-spirited about it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But today she forgot, she was at her ease, entirely forgetting to have misgivings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And here again, I had great misgivings. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Before quite leaving her he threw upon her face a wistful glance, as if he had misgivings on the generosity of forsaking her thus. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now on the score of his application, Rawdon had not many misgivings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And she had misgivings and fears which she dared not acknowledge to herself, though she was always secretly brooding over them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Clayton noticed that she did not return his familiar salutation, but he felt no misgivings on that score. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She might have some misgivings about the friends whom she should meet at Ostend, and who might be likely to tell ugly stories--but bah! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Vague misgivings about her future as a deserted wife were at an end. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As we advanced, I began to feel misgivings that my companion lost confidence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gutenberg had misgivings as to the wisdom of increasing his confidants, but he finally decided to trust them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No, he never had suspicions; all those dumb doubts and surly misgivings which had been gathering on his mind were mere idle jealousies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sad misgivings about what the end would be weighed upon my mind, but still distrusting myself, I told her that I would do as she wished. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And yet his misgivings were not so dark as, imagined by the light of this later time, they would appear. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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