Chose

Examples

• If the guests chose to partake of what was served, he saw no objection; but it was served for the maintenance of his rank. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Indeed Scott did not deem it important to hold anything beyond the Rio Grande, and authorized Taylor to fall back to that line if he chose. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We have gone whithersoever we chose, to-day, and have met with nothing but the kindest attentions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Those who chose to be idle, certainly might. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Here was an opportunity for carrying out his new system with effect, if he chose to improve it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He left it to Jenny's husband to say what he chose, and after a dogged silence the latter turned his shaggy head towards me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• More than once he asked the Major about--about Mrs. George Osborne--a theme on which the Major could be very eloquent when he chose. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. Bhaer left it all to her, so she chose a pretty gown for Tina, and then ordered out the shawls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Till you chose to turn her into a friend, her mind had no distaste for her own set, nor any ambition beyond it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mais--bien des choses, was the oracular answer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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