Sufficed

Examples

• Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The interruption was not unseasonable: sufficient for the day is always the evil; for this hour, its good sufficed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But few words sufficed to tell Laura and Marian how my desperate venture had ended, and what the next event in our lives was likely to be. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The very first interchange of slight observations sufficed to give each an idea of what the other was. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A few years ago it had sufficed her: she had taken her daily meed of pleasure without caring who provided it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He was a quick and powerful reasoner; and a moment's reflection sufficed to remind him of the impotency of his rage. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Little things recall us to earth; the clock struck in the hall; that sufficed; I turned from moon and stars, opened a side- door, and went in. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• There was still land for every one who desired to cultivate a patch--and a little patch sufficed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ten minutes sufficed for the completion of his toilet, and at the expiration of that time he was by the old gentleman's side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A few seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for he sprang to his feet again and put his glass in his pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A while since that sufficed to keep her handsome and cheery, and there she sits now a poor, little, pale, puling chit enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The force of gravity and the centrifugal force sufficed to maintain in its orbit each successive planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We lived so simply and quietly that the income which I was now steadily earning sufficed for all our wants. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A moment sufficed to convince her that something extraordinary had happened. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I wish I could have spoken with calm and dignity, or I wish my sense had sufficed to make me hold my tongue; that traitor tongue trippedfaltered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Hitherto her intermittent impulses of resistance had sufficed to maintain her self-respect. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My strength sufficed for but short answers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Some dozen or so of expert strokes sufficed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After IV, the Fourteen Points embark upon the consideration of particular cases, for which one general statement should have sufficed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yet surely a simple statement in the Koran should have sufficed without this excessively practical demonstration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In no case, probably, has time sufficed for the utmost possible amount of development. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• When it was necessary to let anything out, he opened it a little way, held it open just as long as sufficed for the purpose, and locked it again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She smiled dreamily upon the possibility; but he perceived that to dream of it sufficed her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I had what he wanted, steadiness and facility, and though my earnings were but small, they sufficed for our necessities. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A small taper on the edge of the table shed a feeble light which sufficed to show me that he was fully dressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• As for me, I scrutinized your face once, and it sufficed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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