Dignified

Examples

• You will excuse my landlord, said the old lady with a dignified air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Nor a drop,' said Mr. Bumble, waving his right hand in a dignified, but placid manner. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• This boyish notion won no converts, and at the age of eighteen he went on a lecture tour on chemistry, under the dignified title of Dr. Coult. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Mr. Bumble made no reply; but in a slow and dignified manner, put his arm round the matron's waist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It has been dignified and liberal. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I have heard, sir,' returned Mrs Wilfer, with a dignified bend of her head, 'of such being the case. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ideas, as we have seen, whether they be humble guesses or dignified theories, are anticipations of possible solutions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I tell you I will do no such thing, asseverated the prince, with the dignified positiveness of his own imperial master. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I hate compliments, said Helena in a dignified way, trying to release her hand from his warm grasp. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool, and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father's boots in the most touching manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He became additionally solemn, and dignified, and confidential. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Their personal bearing, he says further, is quieter and more dignified than that of the townsmen of Turkestan and Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such a program means the dignified utilization of the whole nature of man. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She had lapsed into an easy and dignified calm, far removed from the intensity of life in her words of solicitude for Clym's safety. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Miss Keeldar, in speaking to Mr. Moore, took a tone at once animated and dignified, confidential and self-respecting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I merely meant you to be properly dignified and composed, and you made yourself a perfect stock and stone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A dignified shiver pervaded Mrs Wilfer's shoulders and gloves, as who should say, 'An Enigma! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was with him, of so simple, yet so dignified a nature. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A dignified person named James may be greeted with: Hully Gee! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Joseph Sedley then led a life of dignified otiosity such as became a person of his eminence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A horse cannot look dignified in this position. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He has a fine dignified manner, which suits the head of such a house, and keeps everybody in their place. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• My Lords and Gentlemen and Honourable Boards, it really was as composed as our own faces, and almost as dignified. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His manners, she thought, were very dignified; the set of his iron-gray hair and his deep eye-sockets made him resemble the portrait of Locke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have lost that which adorned and dignified my life; that which linked me to other men. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Because rationality itself is a wilful exercise one hears Hymns to Reason and sees it personified as an extremely dignified goddess. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• How often has she taunted me with lack of dignified reserve and needful caution! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And I had also noticed that his shabby trappings but illy comported with his dignified and noble bearing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• As Dowler progressed in his explanation, Mr. Winkle's countenance grew more and more dignified. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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