Objected

Examples

• He was always to her a being apart, doing what she objected to. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It seemed at first as if it was only Lightwood that he objected to meet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And such particular people as the Tollers are, they might have objected because some of our friends are not theirs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It is the lady as formerly objected. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I meant,' exclaimed Wegg, testily, 'to the party as formerly objected? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I do not agree with you, objected Mr. Philander. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Burroughs objected strenuously, for he did not wish to market the machine until he was convinced that it was perfect, but he finally agreed to manufacture fifty machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nearly all the journals read by the masses objected from the first to the dictatorship of the group of Premiers, Mr. Wilson being excepted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Man has been a savage fighting animal through pretty much all his history, but while he tried to kill the other fellow, he objected to being killed himself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nobody objected to any part of the plan. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• We shall never give each other up; and you know that you have always objected to long courtships and late marriages. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But the first thing anybody would do if they took you prisoner would be to take your cigarette case, Robert Jordan had objected. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He manifestly objected to communicate with Mr Boffin's solicitor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The skippers might not like it, objected Dick anxiously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Much as I have objected to him in bygone days, I agree with you now, you may be sure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• An unpleasant odour would not be objected to; it is not objected to now in many continental hotels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Gladiators who objected to fight for any reason were driven on by whips and hot irons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It might be objected, he says, that Nature is sufficient unto itself; but universal laws of the action of matter serve the plan of the Supreme Wisdom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But it is not always slough, objected Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were going to put all three of us in one bath-tub, but we objected. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I'm as old as the hills, of course, and it ought not to make any difference; but if I'M old enough, you're not, she objected gaily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• As John Dawkins objected to their entering London before nightfall, it was nearly eleven o'clock when they reached the turnpike at Islington. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He looked at my shawl and objected to its lightness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The difference his presence made to her was not always a happy one: she felt that he often inwardly objected to her speech. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Have you objected? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs Podsnap by no means objected. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Be just, Chettam, said the easy, large-lipped Rector, who objected to all this unnecessary discomfort. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He objected to the parallelism with a twentieth-century crowd. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then it IS the lady as formerly objected? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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