Regaining
[ri:'geɪnɪŋ]
Examples
- I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Simply, the discovery of Oliver's parentage, and regaining for him the inheritance of which, if this story be true, he has been fraudulently deprived. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was comfort also in Tom, who gradually regained his health, without regaining the thoughtlessness and selfishness of his previous habits. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- On regaining the plaza I had my third glimpse of the captive girl. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There is no other possible way of regaining these letters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Having turned to the right on leaving the road, I now turned to the left, on the chance of regaining the line from which I had wandered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Pansy