Dismissed

Examples

• I replied, Never mind the guard, and they were dismissed and went back to their tents. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Fanny's last meal in her father's house was in character with her first: she was dismissed from it as hospitably as she had been welcomed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Only two or three evolutions had been gone through when he dismissed the battalion, and, turning to go to his own quarters, dropped dead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I therefore myself dismissed the contractor and made a new contract with a native, at more than double the original price. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I declare to you, on the faith of a gentleman, that I have long dismissed it from my mind. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I dismissed the business on the spot, and laid the whole case before him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Before the next examination he was dismissed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had struck root in Joe's establishment, by reason of my sister's sudden fancy for him, or I should have tried to get him dismissed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The congregation was dismissed with the notice that there would be no evening service. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She dismissed the messenger to his own devices, and rode away to her old home. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Therefore I have long dismissed it, and I neither forget nor wish to forget. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I dismissed the guests therefore; and they went thoughtful, more than sad, to await the events in store for them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The carpet seemed continuous and firmly nailed, so I dismissed the idea of a trap-door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• So, they were driven there, and Bella dismissed the chariot; sending a pencilled note by it to Mrs Boffin, that she was with her father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That done, Bitzer was dismissed to town with instructions to recommend Tom to come home by the mail-train. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Then Miss Mills benignantly dismissed me, saying, 'Go back to Dora! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I dismissed the fly a mile distant from the park, and getting my directions from the driver, proceeded by myself to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Dashwood could think of no other question, and Thomas and the tablecloth, now alike needless, were soon afterwards dismissed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The domestics were dismissed at her pleasure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then I arranged my desk, and put everything away, and was so composed and cheerful that I thought I had quite dismissed this unexpected incident. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He dismissed her, and she glided out of the room. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• This imperceptibly helped to render habitual the impression within him, that he had done with, and dismissed that part of life. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The report, in this case, presented no feature of the slightest intereSt. Mr. Luker had gone back to his own house, and had there dismissed his guard. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He would never have dismissed his two policemen, if he had run the risk of keeping the Diamond in his own house again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Count examined the address of my letter before he dismissed the agent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Here we dismissed our cab, and made our way up the drive together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I told him my opinion of his declaration and his conduct, and dismissed him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My guardian delicately dismissed this remark without making any verbal answer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Tartar was dismissed; Peter Augustus was soothed--for Shirley had looks and tones that might soothe a very bull. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And this insolent peasant,--he too, I warrant me, is to be dismissed scatheless? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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