Doggedly

Examples

• So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Vy no, Sir, I do _not_,' replied Mr. Weller doggedly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But he was too doggedly persistent to mind any mishap. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It may be that he pursues her doggedly and steadily, with no touch of compunction, remorse, or pity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I don't sell dead niggers, said Legree, doggedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Nothing; only I choose to have another room, said Cassy, doggedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He sat doggedly down in his chair, and began sullenly sipping his tumbler of punch. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite is expected here to-day, she said doggedly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I will do, Defarge doggedly rejoined, nothing for you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I have no objection to mention the friend by name,' he said, doggedly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The visitor, clearly anything but reliant on this assurance, doggedly muttered 'Alfred David. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Eustacia was doggedly silent. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Thirty zecchins of my own property, answered Gurth, doggedly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Perhaps a mere task was the best means--something to which she must go doggedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The boy looked doggedly at the river. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You shall put it plain if you want it answered,' thought the Rogue, doggedly; 'I ain't a-going a wolunteering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He just doggedly pursued his way, leaning a little forward as he walked, and wearing his hat on the back of his head, as his Irish manner was. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You needn't trouble yourself to talk any longer, said he, doggedly; I know my own business, sir. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They had a peculiar way of doggedly slinking round the corner, as if they were eternally going to the pawnbroker's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She turned her ear to his lips, but he remained doggedly silent. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But you shall not disgrace me,' doggedly pursued the boy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Well, have it your own way, he said, doggedly, to Cassy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When I says I will, I means I will,' replied Mr. Gamfield doggedly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The lion also had quickened his gait, and was doggedly maintaining an unvarying distance behind them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It is a woman whom I dislike very much, said the Major, doggedly, and whom you have no cause to love. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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