Earnestly

Examples

• When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He thought of Miss Ophelia's letter to his Kentucky friends, and would pray earnestly that God would send him deliverance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I admit that I do press it, and I must beg you to forgive me if I do so, very earnestly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This being evidently the central point of the entertainment, Aunt Chloe began now to bustle about earnestly in the supper department. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I am as sure of that, Wemmick, as you can be, and I thank you most earnestly for all your interest and friendship. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He came up to me in the hall, took both my hands, pressed them earnestly, and opened his mouth twice. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Dorothea set earnestly to work, bending close to her map, and uttering the names in an audible, subdued tone, which often got into a chime. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I now affectionately advise, I now most earnestly entreat, you two to part as you came here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His mother drew near, and looked so earnestly into his eyes, that he at once divined that something unusual was the matter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He waited a moment, watching me earnestly--watching till he had evidently guessed what was passing in my mind before he resumed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Nothing, ma'am; nothing whatever, ma'am,' said Mr. Pickwick earnestly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I am so delighted that you have come, she said earnestly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• These things sink into my heart, Tom, said Eva,--they sink into my heart, she repeated, earnestly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When Tom ceased to speak, St. Clare reached out and took his hand, looking earnestly at him, but saying nothing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The little parlour-maid came out, with the key in her hand; and looking earnestly at me as she unlocked the gate, said: 'I beg your pardon, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Seeks earnestly to know whether Podsnap 'will rally round him? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She only said earnestly, recurring to his last word-- I am sure no safeguard was ever needed against you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• D'Arnot looked long and earnestly at his companion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In case this should be so, or in case you should entertain much thought of me in what you are doing, I most earnestly entreat and beg you to desist. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Come here again, she said earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Eva's clear blue eye looked earnestly from one to the other. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They shook hands earnestly, and my guardian said some words of comfort to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I used to rise in the night, look round for her, beseech her earnestly to return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But as to you, Paulina, speak, for I earnestly wish to hear you. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I earnestly entreat you to take me away. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If, continued Smith earnestly; if you had but ha' let me ha knode, you see; but, in this way, you hurt my credit in the City. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Edmunds gradually raised himself to his knees, and looked more and more earnestly on the old man's face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Emma said it would be awkward; Mrs. Weston was in distress about the supper; and Mr. Woodhouse opposed it earnestly, on the score of health. Jane Austen. Emma.

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