Answering

Examples

• No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I listened to the patient's breathing, and avoided answering. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When Miss Brooke was at the tea-table, Sir James came to sit down by her, not having felt her mode of answering him at all offensive. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He felt like answering: I was, till I saw you again; but instead he stood up abruptly and glanced about him at the untidy sweltering park. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And then he catched hold of us, and kep on a talking to her, and answering of her, till I half believed I see her myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Was answering an advertisement about typewriting and came to the wrong number--very pleasant, genteel young woman, sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• We don't know,' said Mr. Tupman, answering this mute appeal aloud. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I hesitated a little before answering. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You will have the goodness to place my delay in answering to the account of indisposition and business, and excuse it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It might be all a lie, he acknowledged; but so many fine ladies were going to the devil nowadays that way, that there was no answering for anybody. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• On his answering in the affirmative, Then bring me another pint of this same wine, drawer, and come and wake me at ten. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She caught the meaning of my words, and the cruelty of her answering smile horrified me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She called again and listened; still no answering sound. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As the words sprang out he was prepared for an answering flare of anger; and he would have welcomed it as fuel for his own. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• After answering in those terms he paused, and looked at her as if he was waiting to hear more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Richard, answering what he saw in Ada's compassionate eyes, took the opportunity of laying some money, softly and unobserved, on the chimney-piece. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I felt the answering pang in my own heart--the pang that told me I must lose her soon, and love her the more unchangeably for the loss. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Only answering with a shrug, the man filled the footless glass, and Riderhood emptied it: looking amazedly from his daughter to his visitor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She would deceive you, under any circumstances, as little as might be; but she had a trick of answering in this provisional form. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Answering Demand for Greater Speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Something within me, faintly answering to the storm without, tossed up the depths of my memory and made a tumult in them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Answering for my daughter, I said, Mr. Franklin is on the terrace, miss. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She turned away without answering and got quickly into the carriage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Yes, said Carton, pausing again, and answering over his shoulder. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Yes, said Holmes, answering the look rather than the words. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She wished that he would go, as he had once spoken of doing, instead of sitting there, answering with curt sentences all the remarks she made. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She said some one had reported that a stranger answering to the description of her daughter had been seen in our neighbourhood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Answering her compassionate gaze with a smile, I said--I will trust you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• All things considered, I had better decline answering that question, Lady Dedlock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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