Easier
['iːzɪə] or ['iziə]
Examples
- It would have been an easier task a week ago, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It's easier when you have it said and there is never any point in referring to a son of a bitch by some foreign term. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yo'll ca' me traitor and that—yo I mean t' say,' addressing Slackbridge, 'but 'tis easier to ca' than mak' out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Shorter and easier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So far as my experience with General Halleck went it was very much easier for him to refuse a favor than to grant one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Somehow, it would make me easier, I fancy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If Mammy felt the interest in me she ought to, she'd wake easier,--of course, she would. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I think that killing a man with an automatic weapon makes it easier. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the serrated type will lash easier and more securely. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But you needn't be afraid, Dick; it's easier to get out than get in, and when the yacht arrives we'll not have much difficulty in getting on board. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The marches were short, to make concentration easier in case of attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His work is not always easier, but it is much cleanlier. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I am joining the Duchess tomorrow, she explained, and it seemed easier for me to remain on shore for the night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is certainly-easier for the consumer to pay five shillings a-year for every hundred ounces of plate, near one per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There is, now and then, a modest young man; and I think it would be easier for you to act that character. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is far easier to treat life as if it were dead, men as if they were dolls. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In marriage, the certainty, She will never love me much, is easier to bear than the fear, I shall love her no more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What we call the 'just possible' is sometimes true and the thing we find it easier to believe is grossly false. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Would it not be easier to teach English since you are English? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As Gautama's own experiences had shown, it is easier to flee from this world than from self. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What is easier, you know? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You shall have it out of me on easier terms than that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The easier course plainly, was to renew the bill with a friend's signature. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He did not feel easier when he found her looking cheerful with the three ladies in the drawing-room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was easier to try for your sakes than for my own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I say, _drink_ brandy; drink all you can, and it'll make things come easier. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- History can be all things to all men: nothing is easier than to summon the Terror, the Commune, lynchings in the Southern States, as witnesses to the excesses and hysterias of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When one nigger's dead, I buy another; and I find it comes cheaper and easier, every way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She wished to be able to decline it; but the tears, which a variety of feelings created, made it easier to swallow than to speak. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It is easier to see from the beach than from above, where everything looks flat. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Penelope