Suitors
[su:təz]
Examples
- Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, it was said that in former years they had been rival suitors of the same lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- However, had they been married, they would no doubt by their severity as husbands have made up for their softness as suitors; and so will you, I fear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There's no now for us suitors. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had none of the humble reverence which seemed to subdue most of her suitors; he saw her more as she really was than the rest did. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Oliver is ever surrounded by suitors and flatterers: in less than a month, my image will be effaced from her heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Other suitors will come, therefore, if Dr. Bretton is refused. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Duties of the same kind upon law proceedings fall upon the suitors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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