Expressions

Examples

• How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Perhaps you will consider whether there are any other strong expressions that you would like to bestow upon me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Many of his expressions were still fresh in her memory. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I withdraw my expressions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• These are his own expressions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Habits as Expressions of Growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I can remember some expressions which might justly make you hate me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• She uses some odd expressions, but is as cordial and full of heart as sanity itself can be--more so than it often is. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• To her he soon turned, repeating much of what he had already said, with only a softened air and stronger expressions of regret. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I should ask Mrs. Gradgrind's pardon for strong expressions, but that she knows very well I am not a refined character. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Sir,' returned the lady, 'this is indeed not the first time that you have honoured me with similar expressions of your good opinion. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• My mind was still running on some of the expressions used. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Don't use such dreadful expressions, replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr Fledgeby appeared to be on the verge of some mutinous expressions, when his hand happened to touch his nose. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I sound the depths of my heart, and try in vain to draw thence the expressions that can typify my love for these remnants of my race. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If lust will seek an expression, are all expressions of it necessarily evil? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Yet, if you will, smile at the warmth of my expressions, while I find every day new causes for repeating them. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You were on the staircase, and didn't distinctly hear; but you will not swear that Pickwick did not make use of the expressions I have quoted? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• All particular expressions are evil and must be constantly repressed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Entangled with the love of gaiety, organized as commerce, it is literally impossible to follow the myriad expressions it assumes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The members pleaded to the information, that expressions in parliament ought only to be examined and punished there. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You know the weak side of her character, and may imagine the sentiments and expressions which were torturing me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Colonel Palmer readily joined Lord Robert in his unequivocal expressions of approbation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Snagsby, as a timid man, is accustomed to cough with a variety of expressions, and so to save words. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• With these expressions of condolence, the fat gentleman shook hands with both ladies, and drawing up a chair, inquired how they found themselves. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Upon my honour; upon my soul, to give you expressions out of Lord Ponsonby's last letter, I do not, and never shall quite forget you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Don't commit yourself to expressions of sympathy which you may afterwards wish to recall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Editor: Mervin