Rewarded
[ri'wɔ:did]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Reward
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Examples
- I was rewarded for posting myself sentinel at the lake by the appearance--not of Anne Catherick herself, but of the person in charge of her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The key was in the lock, and a few moments of investigation and experimentation were rewarded with the successful opening of the receptacle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We continued our systematic survey of the edge of the sodden portion of the moor, and soon our perseverance was gloriously rewarded. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Those whom he can find, therefore, are very liberally rewarded. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Neither virtue nor vice is rewarded in every case! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The labourer is rich or poor, is well or ill rewarded, in proportion to the real, not to the nominal price of his labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bravest and best of children, I thank Heaven that you are rewarded! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This loom was personally inspected by Napoleon, who rewarded the inventor with honours and a pension. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- All the people who have been--ha--well behaved towards myself and my family, shall be rewarded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Chivery shall be rewarded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And is he to be rewarded with that sweet young woman? Jane Austen. Emma.
- The inventor was rewarded by the Emperor, recommended to the King of Spain, and in 1663 and 1664 his machines were made and sold at Madrid. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If you can give me the opportunity, you shall be rewarded for your trouble. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You rewarded me very much. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- France had suffered, and France had to be rewarded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As this confidence goes, work ceases, except in so far as it can be rewarded by payment in goods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Private enterprise will be the servant--a useful, valued, and well-rewarded servant--and no longer the robber master of the commonweal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Prithee, friend, do not keep your knowledge to yourself; we are a large party; and any benefit which you confer upon us will be amply rewarded. Plato. The Republic.
- For this service he was rewarded with thirty pieces of silver. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Young John shall be rewarded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her impatience for this second letter was as well rewarded as impatience generally is. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Just now I feel as if twenty years' hard study of law would be amply rewarded by one year of such an exquisite serene life as this--such skies! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- At last he was rewarded by the sounds of the regular breathing within which denotes sleep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But he said, I never thought of such a thing: my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity; and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She had a laborious piece of work, here, but it was richly rewarded. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You will do it for nothing and should not be rewarded. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Are you rewarded, now, for your years of trouble? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They performed towards him every little office of affection and duty with gentleness; and he rewarded them by his benevolent smiles. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- An inch or two further on, however, my patience was rewarded. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And now to be so rewarded! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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