Doubtless

Examples

• He was ushered into the dining-room, where, doubtless, he speedily helped his rector to empty the decanters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I will communicate with your sister too; but doubtless she is already with Robert? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And its Adam, doubtless? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There doubtless was good cause for objection to the smoky, unpleasant smelling light then produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He will probably come to the Bank--to beg, doubtless. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• No door-bell had rung; Rosine--acting doubtless by orders--had anticipated such réveillée. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Every lady must doubtless be incommoded by having to do with that proverbially unaccommodating animal, the mule. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Doubtless, my dear, said Mr. Casaubon, with a slight bow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Many present began, doubtless, to wonder for what Monsieur waited; as well they might. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• We will see seals in Suderoe, and, doubtless, mermaids in Stromoe. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Doubtless fugitives from the Tartars to the east also contributed to the Cossack mixture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Doubtless, said Mr. Bulstrode, with the usual steady look of his light-gray eyes; though that might reduce my power of assisting you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You suspect I have many enemies, then, Caroline, said Mr. Moore, and doubtless you know me to be destitute of friends? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If it proved that Wildeve was innocently there he would doubtless openly mention it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Doubtless he was with Miss Hale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The Cunninghams joined us, as you doubtless remember, outside the kitchen door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Doubtless the scheme may have been used, in unjustifiable ways, as a means of retarding our emancipation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Well might he, doubtless knowing himself, withhold all pledge. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The victim of her witcheries can only name the fatal scroll, the spell inscribed on which is, doubtless, the cause of his silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Doubtless; but if you are curious to know about us both, come to the ?gean with me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The pickerel doubtless attributed to the roach all this shaking, the rebuff which he had received. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Doubtless we shall find more soon, and what was inside them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have known most of the warriors of Barsoom in my time; doubtless I knew him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Doubtless they knew crosses, disappointments, difficulties; but these were well borne. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They should be acceptable as Abel's offering; and doubtless would be, if the object deserved them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Doubtless, or will be soon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These pillars are small, and doubtless the edifices they adorned were distinguished more for elegance than grandeur. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• During that time he had been living with his youthful memory of her; but she had doubtless had other and more tangible companionship. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But doubtless they were as ferocious and cruel as other men he had seen. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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