Remarked

Examples

• Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He touched his hat politely to the ladies, and remarked that he supposed they had never seen so many live Yankees before in their lives. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I fear your ladyship rested badly last night, I remarked, after waiting a little. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A very unworthy suspicion, remarked Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Reetch,' remarked the foreign gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
• I remarked that I was a little giddy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There's one thing, sir, remarked Dick, addressing Justinian,—there is one thing I'd like to say. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Helena, remarked Maurice, with mock solemnity, taking her hands, look at me carefully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Out of the question, sir,' remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; 'it's a cruelty to animals, sir, to ask 'em to do it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Your ladyship will pardon my freedom, I remarked, in conclusion, but it is said, 'by their fruits ye shall know them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands, remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Not long ago a prominent senator remarked that he didn't know much about the country, because he had spent the last few months in Washington. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You did it very nicely, Doctor, he remarked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, I have been using myself up rather too freely, he remarked, in answer to my look rather than to my words; I have been a little pressed of late. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I didn't know,' remarked Mr Fledgeby, trying a new part of his chair, 'but that Lammle might be reserved about his affairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Shark, remarked the captain pleasantly after a moment’s scrutiny. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He remarked that we must not disturb the housekeeper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• There is no evidence, as was remarked in the last chapter, of the existence of any law of necessary development. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The net is drawn pretty close round Fitzroy Simpson, he remarked, and I believe myself that he is our man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• When the scandal about her husband was disclosed they remarked of her--Ah, poor woman! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ponsonby remarked, What is odd? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You call at the Temple late,' he remarked, with a lumbering show of ease. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You see, remarked Caroline apologetically, his feelings are so often hurt it makes him morose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She looked well enough when I saw her last, I remarked. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The amount of organic change, as Pictet has remarked, is not the same in each successive so-called formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Lubbock has recently remarked, that several minute crustaceans offer excellent illustrations of this law. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Leah had been saying something I had not caught, and the charwoman remarked-- She gets good wages, I guess? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• That was the curious incident, remarked Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Psalms are not interesting, I remarked. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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