Foreseen

Examples

• As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And the natural consequence is, as anybody but a baby might have foreseen, that he prowls and wanders. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This foresight and this survey with reference to what is foreseen constitute mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There was a reproach in the touch so addressed to him that she had not foreseen, or she would have withheld her hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The foreboders of evil exclaimed immediately that they had foreseen something of the kind; and observed it was a pity so much expense had been incurred for nothing! Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Luckily I had foreseen the risk I was taking---- So that you really didn't care----? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The effect is there distinguishable and separable from the cause, and coued not be foreseen without the experience of their constant conjunction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• For a moment he looked disturbed--I might have foreseen this, he said, what strife will now ensue! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It now occurred to him, that the laudanum had taken some effect on you, which had not been foreseen by the doctor, any more than by himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When fairly remote results of a definite character are foreseen and enlist persistent effort for their accomplishment, play passes into work. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Interest measures--or rather is--the depth of the grip which the foreseen end has upon one, moving one to act for its realization. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Anticipating an easier victory than she had foreseen, she named an exorbitant sum. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She interested him more than he had foreseen. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• A wild destiny for that mother to have foreseen! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But who could have foreseen such an attention as this? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• This state of things had been foreseen and provided for. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Action with a purpose is deliberate; it involves a consciously foreseen end and a mental weighing of considerations pro and eon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• She had not foreseen anything of this, and her feelings could seldom withstand the melancholy influence of the word last. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• One has to do with the foresight of results, the other with the depth of hold the foreseen outcome has upon the person. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• So far it was all as she had foreseen; but on entering the house she beheld what no foresight had taught her to expect. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He had always foreseen that she would not disappoint him; and he had been right. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Who could have foreseen such a terrible catastrophe? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But we had foreseen, all along, that this would only last until I was quite myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Ends are then foreseen, but they do not lay deep hold of a person. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• How could it be foreseen! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The result of my errand at Torquay was exactly what I had foreseen. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He could not but admit to himself that he might not have made this journey, if he could have foreseen the events of a few days. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They are, as foreseen, means of guiding the development of a situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He instantly gave me these particulars in writing; he had foreseen and prepared all things. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was quite certain that he had foreseen his fate, and that it had caused him the utmost horror. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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