Feebly

Examples

• Her nature was represented to us, when we engaged her, as being feebly expressed in her name. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then, feebly leaning on her arms for an instant to steady herself, Margaret gathered herself up, and rose. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The candle was brought up again, feebly burning, and then some water was cast in. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I am surprised,' said Mr Sampson feebly, 'that Miss Bella condescends to cook. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In the commencement of his captivity Moore used feebly to resist Mrs. Horsfall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He started on the entrance of the stranger, and rose feebly to his feet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He hid his face in his burning hands, and feebly bemoaned his own weakness, and the cruelty of his persecutors. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The creature moaned feebly when I looked at it and called to it, but never stirred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• At this little expression of opinion, Mr. Jinks smiled again--rather more feebly than before--and edged himself, by degrees, back into his own corner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They _called_ him Oliver,' replied the woman, feebly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The extraordinary boy replied not a word; but he nodded once, and seemed, to the clerk's imagination, to snore feebly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The ovigerous frena of certain cirripedes, which have ceased to give attachment to the ova and are feebly developed, are nascent branchiae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Later on Mosul and Bagdad revived feebly as second-rate towns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mother, suggested Graham, feebly, I think you had better send for the doctor. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I tasted what they offered me: feebly at first, eagerly soon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The purblind day was feebly struggling with the fog when I opened my eyes to encounter those of a dirty-faced little spectre fixed upon me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The landlord scratched his head, looked at the ceiling, and at the stranger, and smiled feebly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Our conference was held in the state parlor, which was feebly lighted by one candle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Chillip could do nothing after this, but sit and look at her feebly, as she sat and looked at the fire, until he was called upstairs again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Machinery slackened; throbbing feebly like a fainting pulse; stopped. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I have put these considerations to you, my dear Sir, very feebly and imperfectly, but I ask you to think of them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Oliver clasped his hands, and sank feebly backward. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The old man, in aiming a purposeless blow at Mr. Guppy, or at nothing, feebly swings himself round and comes with his face against the wall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He employs two different mixtures, one a feebly explosive mixture, and the other a strongly explosive mixture, used to operate on the piston and thus prolong the explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At last Jane began, and though the first bars were feebly given, the powers of the instrument were gradually done full justice to. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The armature and the carbon-tipped poles of the electromagnet form part of the local circuit; and if the relay is actuated by a weak current the armature will be attracted but feebly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Marks, said Tom, feebly, is that you, Marks? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Feebly raising himself in the bed, with his head resting on his trembling arm, he looked anxiously around. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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