Rallied

Examples

• Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Then with a grand effort she rallied from the shock, and a supreme astonishment and indignation chased every other expression from her features. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In this manner a good deal of capital and the energies of many prominent men in politics and business had been rallied distinctively to the support of arc lighting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For a few hours, the mother rallied on seeing her son. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I quailed momentarily--then I rallied. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Presently he rallied and said eagerly-- Look here, then. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mocking her own desires, she rallied her guests on their early departure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Her scattered guard rallied at her cry and rushed for us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• When I rallied, which I soon did, he walked gently with me up the path to the porch. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had been struck by paralysis, and had never rallied after the shock. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Our troops fell back with heavy loss and in much confusion, but were finally rallied between Middletown and Newtown. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The dear Colonel rallied his spirits tolerably till just at last; but Darcy seemed to feel it most acutely, more, I think, than last year. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• My lady rallied a little after having opened her heart to me--being, naturally, a woman of a high courage, as I have already told you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Here I fell twice; but as often I rose and rallied my faculties. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The young men now out of homes and out of employment might have rallied under his standard and protracted the war yet another year. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mrs. Gardiner then rallied her niece on Wickham's desertion, and complimented her on bearing it so well. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I drew myself up against the wall opposite the entrance; I collected my forces, I rallied my courage, I would not fall a tame prey. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But all the men, like good fellows as they were, rallied round their comrade's pretty wife, and paid her their court with soldierly gallantry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But beyond this neither of the ladies rallied. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When he saw Rebecca alone, he rallied her about his father's attachment in his graceful way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He rallied a little under the Podgers' pills which I administered to him; but alas! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His voice was at length heard, and obeyed; the crowd fell back; the chiefs alone rallied round him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Editor: Nita