Dressed

Examples

• He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She was dressed in blue, with woollen yellow stockings, like the Bluecoat boys. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• How was she dressed? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was early in April in the year '83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why should a man scrape himself to that extent, before he could consider himself full dressed? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Just let him be sent to the calaboose a few times, and thoroughly dressed down! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Being dressed, I went down; not travel-worn and exhausted, but tidy and refreshed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The girls dressed me up for fun, and I rather like it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They showed her to me in parties, splendidly dressed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I could not stand your countenance dressed up in woe and paleness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• From 10 to 15 minutes only are required to convert the living animal into dressed pork. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I can tell what people are like, and how they are dressed, better than Rose can. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home but after being fully dressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Suddenly the door opened again: Ursula, dressed in hat and furs, with a small valise in her hand: 'Good-bye! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In the morning I was dressed and gone before it was light. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I dressed, went downstairs, had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She is dressed in blue, with blue flowers in her hair--forget-me-nots--as if SHE had any need to wear forget-me-nots. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Don't you see I am dressed for the purpose? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was dressed all in decent black, with a white cravat round his neck. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Although she is dressed very neatly, her clothes show a sad want of taste in colour and pattern. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So I dressed up as Mrs. Malaprop, and sailed in with a mask on. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She often wore white herself, and she always dressed her little daughter in white. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We are expected to be pretty and well-dressed till we drop--and if we can't keep it up alone, we have to go into partnership. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But it must be nice to go dressed as yo' do. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She ascended to her bedroom and dressed herself with scrupulous care. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She made him no answer, lying before him on her bed, still half-dressed, much as he had seen her lying on the floor of his room last night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I rose: I was dressed; for I had taken off nothing but my shoes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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