Conference

Examples

• Fanny, cried Tom Bertram, from the other table, where the conference was eagerly carrying on, and the conversation incessant, we want your services. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Out of the question, sir,' remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; 'it's a cruelty to animals, sir, to ask 'em to do it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The Paris of the Conference, says Dr. Dillon, ceased to be the capital of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Lorry readily engaged for that, and the conference was ended. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Moore should have been at hand, whereas he was quite at the other extremity of the room, deep in conference with Christopher Sykes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This revived the others; and Miss Tomkins having been brought to, and brought down, the conference began. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• So ended our conference, which I was very glad to bring to a close. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• These were the practical ends they sought at the Hague Conference. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was plain enough that she was posed by the same difficulty which had posed Mr. Franklin and me in our conference at the Shivering Sand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The conference was a long one. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At last Mr. Guppy came back, looking something the worse for the conference. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Their brief conference took place in the hall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They were a full half-hour in conference. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I wish to have a private conference with you two, said he, when he had surveyed me at his leisure. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden The famous name of Merdle became, every day, more famous in the land. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The Stryver clerk, who never assisted at these conferences, had gone home, and the Stryver principal opened the door. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• At the beginning of every campaign the newspapers tell about secret conferences in which the candidate and his managers decide upon the line of attack. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If he called at the rectory, it was only to hold conferences with the rector in his study. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You will kindly excuse an invalid, I said--but long conferences of any kind invariably upset me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• These Hague Conferences did nothing to dispel the idea that international life is necessarily competitive. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is as if the convention adopted the Decalogue, while these secret conferences decided which of the Commandments was to be made the issue. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• These conferences are decisive. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It has been the privilege of the writers to be present at some of these conferences, not only as participants, but in some cases as lookers-on while awaiting their turn. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His conferences with his confessor I might guess; the part duty and religion were made to play in the persuasions used, I might conjecture. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Well, Mr. Moore (so these conferences always ended), take care of yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You hear it in the loud, clear, but more restrained tones of Congresses and Conferences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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