Wears

Examples

• The pa'son wears a suit of clothes under his surplice! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She's plenty of tin; she wears a front; and she scolds the servants from morning till night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Is sure he is at the head of a lodge, and wears short aprons, and is made a perfect idol of with candlesticks and trowels. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The historian is obliged to speculate about the contents of the head that wears a crown as best he can. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• How the time wears, I know not; until I am recalled by my child-wife's old companion. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Time wears--away with thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The offender's sorrow brings but small relief To him who wears the strong offence's cross. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She is too busy to waste time in adjusting an ordinary telephone to her ear, and so wears one of special design all the time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Then this house does not belong to that tall lady who wears a watch, and who said we were to have some bread and cheese? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• What an appalling beau-costume he wears! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The gondolier is a picturesque rascal for all he wears no satin harness, no plumed bonnet, no silken tights. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I wonder, thought I, what sort of a nightcap the Prince of Wales wears? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• And he wears it, too, round his neck, I can tell you! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And never wears your club-button? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• No friend of Helium's princess wears that metal, she replied, and yet the voice! Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The day changes as it wears itself away and becomes dark and drizzly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If they imitate they should imitate, not any meanness or baseness, but the good only; for the mask which the actor wears is apt to become his face. Plato. The Republic.
• I wonder if she wears a round hat or a bonnet in the afternoon, Janey speculated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But Lily wears a great many smart gowns-- I like her to be well-dressed--it's only suitable! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• This old man wears a hat, a thumbed and napless and yet an obdurate hat, which has never adapted itself to the shape of his poor head. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The air is cold and the time wears late. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sarkoja wears it, John Carter, she answered. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Besides, it will not much signify what one wears this summer, after the ----shire have left Meryton, and they are going in a fortnight. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Everything wears off in this world; and even the comforting effect of ROBINSON CRUSOE wore off, after Penelope left me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• No matter then what one wears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Master, this vest all stained with wine; of course, a gentleman in Master's standing never wears a vest like this. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Does he feel the chaste charm Nature wears to-night? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Athens wore his face for a time as one wears a mask, and then became restless and desired to put him aside. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you knew the harassing anxiety that gnaws and wears me when I am wandering in those places--where are those endless places, Mortimer? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Typed by Ellie