Vouchsafed

Examples

• Eugene vouchsafed no answer; but made the proposal to Mortimer, 'I'll go with you, if you like? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The answer vouchsafed to Mademoiselle St Pierre from the estrade was given in the gesticulation of a hand from behind the pyramid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A few days after the famous presentation, another great and exceeding honour was vouchsafed to the virtuous Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As quickly as possible I gained my feet and backing against the wall I witnessed such a battle as it is vouchsafed few beings to see. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The gentle charm vouchsafed to flower and tree, bestowed on deer and dove, has not been denied to the human nursling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There ought, my dear, were it only to prove that this life is a mere state of probation, wherein neither rest nor recompense is to be vouchsafed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Martin looked disdain, but vouchsafed no further reply. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was a godsend; and I inwardly thanked the God who had vouchsafed it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• If I feel that the greatest blessings vouchsafed to us are not very valuable, how can I feel it to be any great hardship when they are taken away? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We shall know more about them all, in half an hour, from you, than Miss Fairfax would have vouchsafed in half a year. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The chance was not vouchsafed her; the looked-for juncture never came. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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