Recreations
[,rekri'eiʃnz]
Examples
- Monsieur has seen me reading them a hundred times, and knows I have not so many recreations as to undervalue those he provides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But it's a pity you should not have little recreations of that sort, Casaubon: the bow always strung--that kind of thing, you know--will not do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Life covers customs, institutions, beliefs, victories and defeats, recreations and occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As to their wanting recreations, ma'am,' said Bitzer, 'it's stuff and nonsense. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Modernized, it is now the scene of more peaceful recreations than the exhibition of a party of wild beasts with Christians for dinner. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No companions, no recreations, many cares I am afraid? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typed by Audrey