Reminding
[ri'maindɪŋ]
Examples
- Why, what a cod's head and shoulders I am, said Mr. Jarndyce, to require reminding of it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And reminding you that she and her sister had differed, had gone their several ways? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have always kept it by me, to remind me: though I wanted no reminding. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Was he reminding you then? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Much obliged to you for reminding me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As he met the fugitives he ordered them to turn back, reminding them that they were going the wrong way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thank you for reminding me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let me begin by reminding you that we found our way hither in the search after justice and injustice. Plato. The Republic.
- Even the pale stag seemed to have reminding glances and to mean mutely, Yes, we know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pardon me for reminding you, that your opinion also rests on a mere assumption as well. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I took the liberty of reminding you of a little omission into which you had fallen--insensibly and naturally fallen. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The whole road has been reminding me of my namesake Whittington, said Richard, and that waggon is the finishing touch. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Here was the Master Franklin I remembered, coming out again in the good old way at the prospect of a ride, and reminding me of the good old times! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She refused with a smile, reminding him that for the present his sister had promised to be patient. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If Mr. Copperfield wishes to know anything from me, I take the liberty of reminding Mr. Copperfield that he can put a question to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No, upon no account in the world, Mr. Weston; I am much obliged to you for reminding me. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It might seem like reminding her of her having cast herself away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You will excuse me for reminding you, Sir Percival, that if the servants go to-morrow they must have a month's wages in lieu of a month's warning. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Napier called her a coquette, and a false deceiver, reminding her of her promise to allow him to see her home. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Cyril