Equals

Examples

• But are we men's equals, or are we not? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Under the old regime all workers in a craft were approximately equals in their knowledge and outlook. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The law of reflection always holds, however, no matter what the reflecting surface is,--the angle of reflection always equals the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In a short time a white metallic image is obtained, which, when relieved by a background of black velvet or black varnish, equals in delicacy of finish the most beautiful Daguerreotypes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But his children preferred the company of their own equals in wealth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Observation and experiment have taught us that light is always reflected in such a way that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Waldman, to have gained a disciple; and if your application equals your ability, I have no doubt of your success. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• These and other kindred characteristics are proper to democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing equality to equals and unequals alike. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As an operator he had no superiors and very few equals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They could not place reliance on them, but turned with tenfold dependence to the succour and advice of their equals. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It rejected the power of the king to control the personal property and liberty of every sort of citizen--save with the consent of that man's equals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Other sections of the United States have of late years proved prolific sources of gold, especially Colorado, which now surpasses California in yield, and Alaska, which equals it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We owe to him the definition of a line as length without breadth, and the formulation of the axiom, Equals subtracted from equals leave equals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• To violate this combination is everywhere a most unpopular action, and a sort of reproach to a master among his neighbours and equals. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Did you ever see their equals? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Such is democracy;--a pleasing, lawless, various sort of government, distributing equality to equals and unequals alike. Plato. The Republic.
• He was descended from a good family in France, where he had lived for many years in affluence, respected by his superiors, and beloved by his equals. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• They are too proud to marry their equals, and women of quality disdain to marry them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Tell me: will he be more likely to struggle and hold out against his sorrow when he is seen by his equals, or when he is alone? Plato. The Republic.
• Among those who are at all his equals in consequence, he is a very different man from what he is to the less prosperous. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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