Induced

Examples

• People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And had I had an idea of it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I am induced by what you said just now, said I, to hope that you have succeeded in your endeavour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• After he had worked for three years at Willington he was induced to take the position of brakesman of the engine at the West Moor Colliery at Killingworth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then, what induced you to take charge of such a little doll as that? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• My aunt conceived a great attachment for her, by which she was induced to give her an education superior to that which she had at first intended. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She was in better spirits, and Miss Halcombe hoped she might be induced to take a little walking exercise while the afternoon sun lasted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• By some means his brother sold one of his machines to Mr. William Thomas, a corset maker of London, and Howe was induced to go there to make stays, and his machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The interest he took in the matter now, induced him to open the sealed instructions which had been deposited with the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Sir William Henry Preece, by using an induced current, had telegraphed several miles without a connecting wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Nothing should have induced ME to touch it! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I told her the reasons which induced me to think of hastening my departure, exactly as I have told them here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was this statement that induced me to insert in the terms that he was to draw rations for his men from his own supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He induced the Convention to decree that France believed in a Supreme Being, and in that comforting doctrine, the immortality of the soul. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The success of this experiment induced Mr. Miller to have a larger boat built, expressly adapted for the introduction of a steam engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• All descriptions of food were no longer equally distasteful; she could be induced, sometimes, to indicate a preference. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It induced me to hope that Miss Havisham meant us for one another. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable law-givers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I was amused at this, and induced to increase my attention to Charlotte. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I wonder'--(half to his daughter), 'if Mr. Thornton might not be induced to do such a thing? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Something came into my head which induced me to run after him, as he was going down to the Jolly Bargemen, where he had left a hired carriage. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He induced the Sultan to commence the reorganization of the Turkish Army upon German lines and under German officers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• So long as the coil is in motion, it is cut by a varying number of lines of force, and current is induced in the coil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I was induced to do this because I did not believe Thomas could possibly be got off before spring. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Consequently, there are induced lack of interest in the novel, aversion to progress, and dread of the uncertain and the unknown. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And even could it have been found, how were the ladies on whose approval she depended to be induced to give her their patronage? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Had he known how the case really stood, he would hardly have been induced by any persuasion to cross his former rival's threshold. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For a moment she thought that she could stem the torrent, and that Raymond could be induced to hear reason from her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Typist: Nathaniel