Dislike

Examples

• The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• They had told her that her aunt Shaw was coming; but she had not expressed either surprise or pleasure, or dislike to the idea. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• His dislike of mankind, of the mass of mankind, amounted almost to an illness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I know how much you dislike him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You must know I have a vast dislike to puppiesquite a horror of them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A thorough, determined dislike of me--a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But I don't think you dislike me--and you can't possibly think I want to marry you. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You can have no idea how I disliked him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Minerva was obliged to yield, and, of course, disliked her from that day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Well, that is generous, said Mr. Farebrother, compelling himself to approve of the man whom he disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Others, who expected to make no great figure, disliked this kind of moral lantern turned on them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Martin, I say, disliked Sunday, because the morning service was long, and the sermon usually little to his taste. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Meyers won on nearly every race but disliked to give tips because it brought down the prices. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She dislikes him particularly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am not responsible for her likes and dislikes, retorted Justinian coldly, although he heard this remark with much inward satisfaction. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? Plato. The Republic.
• But how can I open the door to her, when she dislikes me--wishes to see not me, but her son? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I supposed that Mr. Casaubon was here, and I know he dislikes interruption at this hour. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Peace, my worthy guests, said Cedric; my hospitality must not be bounded by your dislikes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Two are better than one, and nobody dislikes Mr. Yorke--at least, poor people do not dislike him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You have no just reason for disliking me; therefore keep the expression of your aversion to yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She had a small flower-garden, for which she had rather an affection; but beyond this no other like or disliking. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But I feel this, Helen; I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She often tried to provoke Darcy into disliking her guest, by talking of their supposed marriage, and planning his happiness in such an alliance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I don't mean that it's of any consequence, said Sir James, disliking that Mrs. Cadwallader should understand too much. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And though she hung back, disliking the condition, yet she knew she would go on. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And in return for an acknowledgment, which must give me some pain, you cannot deny me the privilege of disliking him as much as ever. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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