Calmly

Examples

• Amelia took the news very palely and calmly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He spoke calmly, but I could see that he was deeply moved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It's very likely, Mas'r, said Tom, calmly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Now for the hitch in Jane's character, he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It seems, said Estella, very calmly, that there are sentiments, fancies,--I don't know how to call them,--which I am not able to comprehend. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He spoke calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach, and she revived a little. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• No, Lady Dedlock, he very calmly replies. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Lady Dedlock calmly finishes the sentence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Now, I looked on the evening star, as softly and calmly it hung pendulous in the orange hues of sunset. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But the great image contemplated the dead ages as calmly as ever, unconscious of the small insect that was fretting at its jaw. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I forced back the contemptible tears that were no relief to ME, and that only distressed HER, and reasoned and pleaded as calmly as I could. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My feelings have not changed, father, said Mary, calmly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Who thought, as George walked calmly up and down the deck of the steamer, with his shy companion at his side, of all that was burning in his bosom? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly-- It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Now, Lammle,' said Fascination Fledgeby, calmly feeling for his whisker, 'it won't do. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You may be quite at ease,' said Mr. Gradgrind, calmly; he worked out the whole matter like a sum: 'you may be quite at ease, Jupe, on that score. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• You are quite in the right, replied Elinor calmly. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Hermione seemed so calmly and sanely candid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Eliza surveyed her parent calmly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was in his usual morning dress, and his face (which Mr. Lorry could distinctly see), though still very pale, was calmly studious and attentive. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This September afternoon is pleasant, observed Louis Moore, as, not at all discomposed, he calmly cast the crumbs on to the grass. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am at present of a different opinion,' calmly replied Mr. Winkle, senior. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Nothing, said Rebecca, calmly, unless you will transmit to him my grateful farewell. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You unguarded Englishwomen walk calmly amidst red-hot ploughshares and escape burning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But the dead-and-gone Dedlocks take it very calmly and have never been known to object. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I did mean you, child, replied her mistress calmly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Don't be angry, Pilar, Fernando said calmly and cheerfully. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• After a moment's thought, Miss Crawford calmly replied, As far as I am concerned, I can have no objection to anything that you all think eligible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• What is it that sometimes speaks in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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