Strengthened

Examples

• Miss Bates's powerful, argumentative mind might have strengthened yours. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And the rays were hastening in in thin lines of light, to return to the strengthened moon, that shook upon the water in triumphant reassumption. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The change in her, strengthened the cherub's interest in number four, and he said quietly: 'May not be so, my dear? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And it is impossible to tell when the habit thus strengthened may have a direct and perceptible influence on our association with others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Then, as usual, she felt ashamed of her selfish thoughts and prayed inwardly to be strengthened to do her duty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. Moore haunted his mill, his mill-yard, his dye-house, and his warehouse till the sickly dawn strengthened into day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sacred moments, when heart talked to heart in the silence of the night, turning affliction to a blessing, which chastened grief and strengthened love. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The Miss Steeles removed to Harley Street, and all that reached Elinor of their influence there, strengthened her expectation of the event. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• His primitive tillage strengthened his sense of the seasons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Deep affliction has but strengthened and refined them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The sound given out in the this way is faint and weak, but can be strengthened by means of a trumpet attached to the phonograph. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The enemy would have strengthened his position and been reinforced by more men than Banks could have brought. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Lily could not eat; but the tea strengthened her to rise and dress under her maid's searching gaze. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• An accident in the Leith glass works strengthened the probability of his conjecture and encouraged him to experiment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This belief strengthened daily. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She went out of the world strengthened by such words and comfort as he could give her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Emma was directly sure that he knew how to make himself agreeable; the conviction was strengthened by what followed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This mound was strengthened by intrenchments at its base and summit, and rendered a direct attack impracticable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They were strengthened into certainty when I beheld the Aged enter at a side door, escorting a lady. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• During the night I strengthened Sheridan by sending him Humphreys's corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They must be strengthened, Albert, replied Mont-Fitchet, they must be strengthened. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And also he strengthened his phalanx by giving the rear men longer spears than had been used hitherto, and so deepening its mass. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This double contempt is likewise strengthened by the two relations of kindred and contiguity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This idea was strengthened shortly afterward when the Western Union raised the monthly rental of the stock tickers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The frame is further strengthened and the balloons stayed by a network of aluminium wire, and the entire frame covered with a soft ramie fibre. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Emma was gratified, to observe such a proof in her of strengthened character, and refrained from any allusion that might endanger its maintenance. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Unrestrained faith in Nature as both a model and a working power was strengthened by the advances of natural science. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In the case of an thrax the virus could be weakened by keeping it at a certain temperature, while it could be strengthened by passage through a succession of guinea-pigs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Lee's army had to be strengthened to enable it to maintain its position, no matter what territory was wrested from the South in another quarter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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