Proposes

Examples

• The grandson, however, being smitten by a sudden wish to see the house himself, proposes to join the party. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. George therefore soon proposes to walk singly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is true that the abbé mentions the idea, but he throws it out as a bare conjecture, and proposes no mode of ascertaining the truth of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Nothing is more admirable than the hesitation with which he proposes the solemn text, 'Until kings are philosophers,' etc. Plato. The Republic.
• For it is this that the Commission proposes to repress, and ultimately to annihilate. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And the criterion which he proposes is difference in the working of the faculties. Plato. The Republic.
• Lord Berwick proposes taking a fine house at Brighton for Sophia and Julia, and sending down his plate, man-cook, &c. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The new effort proposes to fit creeds and institutions to the wants of men, to satisfy their impulses as fully and beneficially as possible. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Matters being brought to this so far satisfactory pass, and time being on the wane, Mrs. Bagnet proposes a departure. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He proposes to call at about quarter past six to-morrow evening, if Dr. Trevelyan will make it convenient to be at home. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Business obliges him to leave Frizinghall for London to-day, and he proposes coming on here, either this evening or to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The author takes his last leave of the reader; proposes his manner of living for the future; gives good advice, and concludes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He proposes to frank me down and back again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Brooke proposes that I should stay in this neighborhood. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It proposes to enrich both the people and the sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I have served with Admiral Porter, and know that you can rely on his judgment and his nerve to undertake what he proposes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Schilling proposes use of Electricity to blow up mines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The author proposes some improvements, which are honourably received. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• That what he proposes be practicable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• For so man proposes, which it is most true And time will wait for none, nor for us too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have to tell you, then, that Miss Verinder proposes going to stay with her aunt, Mrs. Ablewhite, of Frizinghall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But nothing must be staked upon them, so let us turn at once to the constructive suggestions: The Commission proposes that the county establish a Permanent Committee on Child Protection. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Man proposes and God disposes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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