Changing

Examples

• He knew that Mrs. Reggie didn't object to her visitors' suddenly changing their minds, and that there was always a room to spare in her elastic house. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• If I had not been what you make me out to be,' he struck in, skilfully changing the form of words, 'would you still have hated me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The moon also was nearer and brighter in those days and had a changing face. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But Mr Boffin is being spoilt by prosperity, and is changing every day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The woman of Pablo could feel her rage changing to sorrow and to a feeling of the thwarting of all hope and promise. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I--I--rather think,' said Mr. Winkle, changing colour--'I rather think they're going to fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They had worked with their gliders several years, and had made new calculations of the changing angles and currents of air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But its use had been growing; it was providing a fluid medium for trade and enterprise, and changing economic conditions profoundly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The water which flows on the earth is constantly changing its form; the heat of the sun causes it to evaporate, or to become vapor, and to mingle with the atmosphere. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Colonel Rawlins showed me the letter, but I did not see any reason for changing my plans. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was a curious example of establishing standard practice while changing with kaleidoscopic rapidity all the elements involved. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Darcy made no answer, and seemed desirous of changing the subject. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Now human nature and the changing social forces it generates are the very material which fit least well into most little schemes of things. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A brake was provided for in the specification, as were also variable gears for changing speed, and an automatic blower for the fire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Hunger was changing them from human beasts to wild beasts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It was the quick-changing warmth and venality and brilliant warm utterance he loved in his friend. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This changing focus in politics is a tendency at work all through our lives. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Also we still have the Brigades although their role is changing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Again, not a few animals, after arriving at maturity, go on changing in character during nearly their whole lives. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• You say the suit is changing me; John Jarndyce says it changes, has changed, and will change everybody who has any share in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• And then changing his tone again to one of gentle gallantry, and addressing Fanny, he said, You were Mr. Rushworth's best friend. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• During all these years from 1831 to 1844 Mr. McCormick was diligently at work changing, testing and experimenting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Yet in the light of it government becomes alert to a process of continual creation, an unceasing invention of forms to meet constantly changing needs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Miss Bennet had not been able to hear of his coming without changing colour. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We are never interested in changing the whole environment; there is much that we take for granted and accept just as it already is. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Mr. Guppy has been biting his thumb-nail during this dialogue, generally changing the thumb when he has changed the cross leg. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Ginevra (rising, and changing my tone), come, we will have an end of this. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is due to rapid evaporation, which in changing the water from a liquid to a gaseous form, abstracts heat from the hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• After some experimenting and changing they got the power that Edison wanted, and he ordered six more engines like the first. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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