Girl

Examples

• The girl refused; and for the first time, and to the astonishment of the majestic mistress of the school. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Old girl, says Mr. Bagnet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Firstly, because I say so; and secondly, because discretion and reserve are a girl's best wisdom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He entered the front room not without blushing; for he, like many, had felt the power of this girl's face and form. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The girl had a little parlour to sit in, away from the noise of the taproom, and a clean bedchamber at the top of the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I wonder what sort of a girl she is--whether good or naughty. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At one of the theatre doors, there was a little girl with a mother, looking for a way across the street through the mud. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A Greek girl, called Helena, who lives in the Island of Fantasy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Hadn't you better say she's mad enough to be an ugly girl and only a servant? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• You're my good girl. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• What a wrong, to cut off the girl from the family protection and inheritance only because she had chosen a man who was poor! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Monstrous nice girl, 'pon my honour, though, Osborne, he was good enough to add. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The girls were giggling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I wish to leave the poor girls some little independence, as well as a good name. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The girls indulged unrestrained in their grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It isn't a mere pleasure trip to me, girls, she said impressively, as she scraped her best palette. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I must either wrong my three dear girls or my venerable father, who is entirely dependent on me, in the Vale of Taunton; or some one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Really, girls, you are both to be blamed, said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She had seen only Mrs. Martin and the two girls. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I wish I'd stayed with all your girls so I could make fun of them to you. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The girls dressed me up for fun, and I rather like it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Editor: Omar