Fearfully

Examples

• She reproached herself, coloured, and looked fearfully towards her father and mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Of course, everybody got fearfully drunk--but in an interesting way, not like that filthy London crowd. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her half-brother had now ample means again, but what with debts and what with new madness wasted them most fearfully again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Unless she could break out, she must die most fearfully, walled up in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• You exaggerate fearfully, she said in a faint, weary voice; but I cannot enter into my defence--it is not worth doing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She turned fearfully pale, and leaned back against the wall, looking at her husband in dead silence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When it came to Christian's turn he took the box with a trembling hand, shook it fearfully, and threw a pair-royal. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Ursula, aren't you FEARFULLY tired? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• My energy of will was gone--my strength was exhausted--the turmoil of my thoughts was fearfully and suddenly stilled, now I knew that he was dead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The disclosure was made, and the storm raged fearfully. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They looked fearfully about them, without moving, but could see nothing more. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• All was shrivelled and dried up, except these lights; her voice too was fearfully changed, as she spoke to me at intervals. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She talked to me so strangely--she looked so fearfully ill--she left me so suddenly! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Gabriel looked fearfully round--nothing was to be seen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• These perverse movements arrested my attention, they struck me as of a character fearfully familiar. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She ventured out; the platform was all alight, but still quite deserted; she went to the end, and looked over, somewhat fearfully. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He bowed as I drew aside to let him pass--his face was fearfully pale--and he held fast by the banisters as he descended the stairs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ah, but I don't know, replies Jo, shaking his head fearfully, as he DON'T hear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But you mustn't sit here too long--it's fearfully damp. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And here, crowing fearfully, with his eyes starting out of his head, appeared to be contending with every mortal disease incidental to poultry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Hardly less disturbed than the tempestuous world of waters was the assembly of human beings, that from the cliff fearfully watched its ravings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Jane shuddered and looked fearfully up at the giant figure beside her, for she knew that he meant the great anthropoid he had killed in her defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But these jests did not tell materially on the afternoon, or his suspense; and, sooth to say, they both lagged fearfully. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They are, Mr. Lorry whispered the words, glancing fearfully round at the locked room, murdering the prisoners. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Then, in a cold, but gentle voice, as if to remind her sister to be tractable: 'But isn't it a FEARFULLY sudden decision, Ursula? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When this appeared improbable for that night, I undressed, and went to bed; and, there, I began to wonder fearfully what would be done to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The water was so fearfully cold that they were obliged to stop singing and scamper out again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But weren't you fearfully tempted? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is fearfully hot in Civita Vecchia. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She slightly showed me her arm, and it was fearfully thin indeed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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