Inferiors

Examples

• I am not ignorant that old Mr. Ablewhite has the reputation generally (especially among his inferiors) of being a remarkably good-natured man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They hated their inferiors' humility or gratitude or awkwardness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She had so many half inferiors, whom she tolerated with perfect good-humour. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I ventured to say, My lady, we must all remember not to be hasty in our judgments on our inferiors--especially when they come from foreign parts. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A man of property owes a duty to other men of property, and must look sharp after his inferiors. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You find it easy to speak comfortably to your inferiors; you are too haughty, too ambitious, too jealous to be civil to those above you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Then they moved off, as if they had been dismissed like inferiors. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Shall the daughter of the noble, though prodigal Zaimi, appear a beggar before her compeers or inferiors--superiors she had none. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Checker: Millicent