Singling
[siŋɡlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Single
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Examples
- The process of singling into individuality resulted into the great polarisation of sex. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Well, at any rate, I'll carry this, and this, and this, said Miss Ophelia, singling out three boxes and a small carpet-bag. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Vy didn't you say so before,' said Sam, with great indignation, singling out the boots in question from the heap before him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If his object in singling out Drummle were to bring him out still more, it perfectly succeeded. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She was very wrong in singling me out as she did; I can safely say that every advance to intimacy began on her side. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Nobody but a child would have thought of singling YOU two out for parties in the affair! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Rather we are the singling away into purity and clear being, of things that were mixed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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