Associates

Examples

• One of Plato's associates, working under his direct ion, investigated the curves produced by cutting cones of different kinds in a certain plane. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Did he catch sight of himself, therefore much despised by his late political associates? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And so he bids him and his companions depart, just as any other father might drive out of the house a riotous son and his undesirable associates. Plato. The Republic.
• Judy the twin is worthy company for these associates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The names of yet other associates occur from time to time in this narrative--Edison men who have been very proud of their close relationship to the inventor and his work at old Menlo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He is, of course, handsomely paid, and he associates almost on a footing of equality with the highest society. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then comes unpopularity; some of his old associates have the courage to oppose him. Plato. The Republic.
• Well, my dear sir, knowing the vindictive character of his old associates, he was trying to hide his own identity from everybody as long as he could. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The local authorities gave James and his associates some encouragement, but those members of Parliament he approached were more or less opposed to his plans. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• That she is a gentleman's daughter, is indubitable to me; that she associates with gentlemen's daughters, no one, I apprehend, will deny. Jane Austen. Emma.
• One man is concerned in a multitude of diverse groups, in which his associates may be quite different. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But as the old man--and before he was thirty years old he was affectionately so called by his laboratory associates--he is a normal, fun-loving, typical American. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is here that directors' meetings are sometimes held, and also where weighty matters are often discussed by Edison at conference with his closer associates. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The misfortune of your birth ought to make you particularly careful as to your associates. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They draw him to his old associates, and holding secret intercourse with them, breed and multiply in him. Plato. The Republic.
• I don't like your associates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When such a fit is on him the word is quickly passed around, and but few of his associates find it necessary to consult with him at the time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Moore, one of my associates, went to Japan and got what we wanted there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Although I was not in the habit of counting Drummle as one of my intimate associates, I answered, Yes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Upton, who was early employed by Mr. Edison as his mathematician, furnishes a pleasant, vivid picture of his chief associates engaged on the memorable work at Menlo Park. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The spending of three and four arduous nights a week in these trenches by Mr. Edison and his associates suggests the rigor of the later European warfare. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• If he wanted personally to send a communication to anybody, if it was one of his close associates, it would probably be a pencil memorandum signed 'Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His associates will plot vengeance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He would gladly have everyone free, said one of his early associates, provided that everyone was prepared to do freely exactly what he wished. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Alexander Graham Bell, the distinguished inventor of the telephone, with his associates, Messrs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It associates her with those other young ladies that I know of. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is what the persons with whom an individual associates do and say. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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