Explanations

Examples

• Still the explanations were made in German. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For other explanations of the passage see Introduction. Plato. The Republic.
• But I come to ask explanations. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I always wished I could have understood Siemens's explanations of the points of those stories. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There appeared to be only two explanations of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Bart shrank from it slightly, and then flung herself into precipitate explanations. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The names Graham Bretton and Home de Bassompierre gave rise to questions and explanations. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His explanations were simple. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It suddenly struck her that it might be from Lady Catherine; and she anticipated with dismay all the consequent explanations. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I must wait for my master to give explanations; and so must she. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• That is the case as it appears to the police, and improbable as it is, all other explanations are more improbable still. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He said-- But I waited for none of the landlord's explanations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Caroline forgot, again and again, the explanations which were given to her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs. Joe, who always took explanations upon herself, said, snappishly, Escaped. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• All preliminary explanations being now cleared out of the way, I come at last to the real knot of the case--to the twenty thousand pounds. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I managed to say that I would work the apparatus, and Mr. Adams would make the explanations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That involves explanations not very hard to be guessed at, not very well timed here, and not very creditable to myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Without entering into further explanations, I may repeat that the idol is down. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Various explanations, scientific and other, of the phenomenon have been advanced. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I have no desire to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the moment of action to enter into long and complex explanations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This is not the place for explanations. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I have devised seven separate explanations, each of which would cover the facts as far as we know them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But Mrs. Dashwood could find explanations whenever she wanted them, which at least satisfied herself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Fanny's explanations and remarks were a most important addition to every essay, or every chapter of history. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She was to go without explanations or farewells, and to go at once. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have no right to ask you for any explanations. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Two passages seem to require more particular explanations. Plato. The Republic.
• Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I also agree that such delicate explanations as this difficulty involves are not explanations which can be properly disposed of by writing only. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Higgs looked exceedingly grave as he came into the outer rooms, and very hard in Mr. Chopper's face; but there were not any explanations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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