Recurred

Examples

• These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Such periods have recurred in history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But she recurred to Gerty's words and held fast to them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The rain depressed me; my old feelings recurred, and I was miserable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• At any rate, she always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems, and usually did her best to divert the conversation into another channel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The event of last night again recurred to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But if, for example, it should happen that two or three young women were found to be equally proper for the young man, the lot was then recurred to. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Again and again the idea recurred, that he loved another. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then this consideration recurred to chill her: What was the use of her exploit? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Softer expressions followed this, and then again recurred the tender sadness which had sat upon him during his drive along the highway that afternoon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The question again recurred, to be answered only with groans. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Mr. Edison does not remember that he ever recurred to this very interesting test. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

Checker: Patty