Repeats
[ri'pi:ts]
Examples
- Half after nine, sir, repeats Mr. Snagsby. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sir Leicester pauses, stares, repeats in a killing voice, The young man of the name of Guppy? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You may bring the letters, she repeats in the same tone, if you--please. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well, wait till he repeats his offer. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Jo, repeats Allan, looking at him with attention, Jo! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I will prove you, repeats mademoiselle in her former whisper. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- By this system each assembler, or operator, performs one operation only, and repeats this operation on every unit passing through the department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Jarndyce in a troubled voice repeats, Miss Summerson? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That friend,' Veneering repeats with greater firmness, 'is our dear good Twemlow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Since then she has been, as I began by saying, hovering, hovering, sir--Mr. Snagsby repeats the word with pathetic emphasis--in the court. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Veneering repeats that his heart's desire and his soul's thirst are, that Podsnap shall rally round him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Snagsby repeats with severity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn repeats. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This he repeats again and again; e. Plato. The Republic.
- First, whether I have any of Captain Hawdon's writing, sir, repeats Mr. George. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was my true son, repeats the old gentleman, folding his bread and butter on his knee, a good accountant, and died fifteen years ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You said about ten, Tony repeats. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But imitation throws no light upon why they so act; it repeats the fact as an explanation of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such things may be, repeats Mr. Guppy, or they may not be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Raising her head, she looks contemptuously in his face, and repeats, 'You tell me! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The ironmaster repeats her expression with a little emphasis. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In proof, he repeats, and more eagerly, what he said at Portsmouth about our conveying you home, and I join him in it with all my soul. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- To this hour, when I have the nightmare, it repeats the rush and saltness of briny waves in my throat, and their icy pressure on my lungs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As the distance decreases the echo repeats fewer syllables till it becomes monosyllabic. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nineteen, repeats my Lady thoughtfully. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And again, repeats mademoiselle, cataleptic with determination. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Bucket stops and deliberately repeats, Ought to have been her husband, not a doubt about it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn stops for an instant and repeats with some little emphasis grafted upon his usual monotony, Real flesh and blood, Miss Dedlock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To Mr. Jarndyce, Jo repeats in substance what he said in the morning, without any material variation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now, mademoiselle, repeats Mr. Bucket, making no demonstration except with the finger, you sit down upon that sofy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Nicholas