Engaging

Examples

• The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ferdinand Barnacle was there, and in his most engaging state. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There is little evidence of the primitive Aryans engaging in religious dances. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Captain Fitz-Marshall is a man of very engaging manners, and, I dare say, has many enemies. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Among his treasures was a copy of Fresenius’s Qualitative Analysis, engaging reading for a boy only twelve years old. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• As engaging the emotions and the imagination, they have the qualities which give the fine arts their quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He had a lively touch-and-go way with him, very pleasant and engaging, I admit; but nothing to compare with his free-and-easy manners of other times. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and sitting-room at the Crown Inn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I had been upon the ground and knew it did not admit of his engaging all the men he had. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Already in the thirteenth century we have seen Pope Gregory IX and the Emperor Frederick II engaging in a violent public controversy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If he were to be very alert in engaging Jane Fairfax now, it might augur something. Jane Austen. Emma.
• What was the use of my trying to look wise when she was so pretty, and so engaging, and so fond of him! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It had cog wheels engaging teeth on the side of the rail. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Serve me right for engaging a man with such a face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Is your profession really so engaging and interesting as to absorb your whole attention? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He has been in Parliament some time, you know,' returned the engaging young Barnacle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It chanced, however, that his wife expressed a dislike to the engaging Blandois, and that the balance of feeling in the hotel was against him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A certain flabbiness of fiber prevents the contemplated object from gripping him and engaging him in action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The function of this material in engaging activity and carrying it on consistently and continuously is its interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He's engaging the enemy. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Yet her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one, was not without her husband's latent smile. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She is the prettiest and most engaging little fairy in the world. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In speaking of her attractions, I would not exaggerate language; but, indeed, they seemed to me very real and engaging. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Rebecca found no difficulty in engaging Briggs in a long, intimate, and delightful conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He is a truly excellent young man, and we could not refuse to listen to him, but I will not consent to Meg's engaging herself so young. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I thought all this very pretty and engaging, and Steerforth seemed to think so too, as we looked after them fading away in the light of a young moon. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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