Superiors

Examples

• At this, the charity-boy looked monstrous fierce; and said that Oliver would want one before long, if he cut jokes with his superiors in that way. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The inferior ranks of people must, in that country, suffer patiently the usage which their superiors think proper to give them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The young of the brutes are immeasurably his superiors. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They are all three paid for their work according to the contract which they may happen to make with their respective superiors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• You are only answerable to yourself, but I have to answer to my superiors. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was told that it was his duty to recant if his superiors required it of him, whether he was convinced or not. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As an operator he had no superiors and very few equals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But surely, Thrasymachus, the arts are the superiors and rulers of their own subjects? Plato. The Republic.
• Never mind,' retorted Mr. Bolter; 'and don't yer take liberties with yer superiors, little boy, or yer'll find yerself in the wrong shop. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• All of the motor carriages illustrated are of American make, and for lightness, grace, and efficiency they have no superiors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I would never wish to speak ill of my superiors in rank, but I think she was a little selfish. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was descended from a good family in France, where he had lived for many years in affluence, respected by his superiors, and beloved by his equals. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He was not subordinate to his superiors. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Shall the daughter of the noble, though prodigal Zaimi, appear a beggar before her compeers or inferiors--superiors she had none. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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