Dictating
[dɪk'tet]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dictate
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Examples
- She was by that time perseveringly dictating to Caddy, and Caddy was fast relapsing into the inky condition in which we had found her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am still so weak that I have to write, as you see, by dictating. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Jellyby sat there all day drinking strong coffee, dictating, and holding Borrioboolan interviews by appointment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fancy a man dictating in this manner the time when he would sell and when he would not sell. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- If you remember,' said Carton, dictating, 'the words that passed between us, long ago, you will readily comprehend this when you see it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He sees me dictating at this moment, with my handkerchief to my eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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