Hers
[hɜːz] or [hɝz]
Definition
(pron.) See the Note under Her, pron.
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Definition
pron. possessive of she.
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Examples
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now while she still slept he turned her head and put his lips to hers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Their situation was awkward enough; but _hers_ she thought was still worse. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Dear friend, she said, pressing the hand which held hers, how good, how kind you always have been to me! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That was a lucky stroke of hers about the child torn from her arms shrieking. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She stole a sudden glance at the face close to hers, and then she gave a little frightened gasp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She had risen, and he stood facing her with his eyes on hers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whether they turned into it on his movement or on hers matters little. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I gave him mine and Catherine got hers out of her handbag. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Let them rest in it, and let Bella rest in hers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As bad in their way as the indolent gipsy-giantess, the Cleopatra, in hers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Even this trouble, like the rest, she seemed to regard as if it were hers alone. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then she took Dora's arm in hers, and marched us into breakfast as if it were a soldier's funeral. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is my wife's, and what is hers is mine. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Hers absolutely? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hers was neither forced nor feigned. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She had hers very early, when I was too busy to go to her, and I am sure she will be glad of another now. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She could feel his breathing, and he, of course, could feel hers. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is mine--I am hers--this present life and passing world suffice to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Archer raised his eyebrows enquiringly at Nastasia, who raised hers in return with a fatalistic Gia! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- As the concentrated expression returned to his forehead, he seemed to become conscious that it was in hers too. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Shall I tell you what I consider those eyes of hers, that were here just now, to have always looked at, to get that expression? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He has made his protest, and Dame Durden has made hers, and there is nothing more to be said about it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She kneeled down beside it, passed her arm over his neck, and drew his face to hers. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She stretched out hers, as if she would have touched him; then checked herself, and remained still. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She would sit apart from us and watch him; she would weep for joy to think that he was hers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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