Babies
['bebɪz,brɛθ]
Definition
(pl. ) of Baby
Checked by Gwen
Examples
- Then, if she was going to Meg's he always had something for the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Why, Mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He has patted the babies on the head,' said Mr. Perker, trembling with anxiety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Look out for the babies! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I often feel as if I needed teaching more than ever since these babies look to me for everything. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I came to take these babies down to my room for an hour, he said, going to them again, and let them play about. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, you owe something to John as well as to the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They are babies compared to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My children, my babies, my little dolls, you are all afraid of him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If he proposed a little amusement at home, No, it would disturb the babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As I often say to Mother, they were babies then. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Busy making babies. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She had got a baby--oh, there were a pair of babies when she gave birth to this child sitting here, that Friday night! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There are sixteen starving babies from one to six years old in the party, and their legs are no larger than broom handles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Your parents, my dear, have no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No, but I can't do it now, with two babies to tend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I found her crying over the babies the other day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But so few of the soldiers had babies in the hospitals. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Teddy certainly had done it that time, for the babies were 'Daisy' and 'Demi' to the end of the chapter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And do you live alone here with these babies, Charley? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The big-headed babies were equally obliging in lending their grotesque aid to the general effect. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They were male and female; babies, young boys and young girls; young married people, and some who had passed a shade beyond the prime of life. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Well, I mean about babies and those things, explained Celia. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Scalded or Pasteurized milk saves the lives of scores of babies, because the germs of summer complaint which lurk in poor milk are killed and rendered harmless in the process of scalding. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She is a capital nurse, and you may trust the precious babies to her while you do more housework. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And do you always lock the babies up when you go out? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Peasant women kept the unfashionable babies close, and brought them up, and charming grandmammas of sixty dressed and supped as at twenty. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Take good care of him for me, Beth, and tell me all about the babies, and give heaps of love to everyone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Who knows what babies will turn to? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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