Informed

Examples

• In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He had invented, he informed us, a new mixture to moisten paint with, which he described as a vehicle. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• By means of signals they could be informed where to direct their shots. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The author, being informed of a design to accuse him of high-treason, makes his escape to Blefuscu. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• On this point I have informed you by telegraph. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mrs. Clements punctually informed Lady Glyde of her place of abode. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr Barretti was informed, that the weekly packet-boat from Lisbon brings, one week with another, more than ?50,000 in gold to England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My lady informed him that he might continue his statement. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Thus, by this simple and beautiful process, the party is informed that his mother is dead, and he weeps. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But did you say 'told' or 'informed'? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I might, perhaps, wish to be informed why, with so little _endeavour_ at civility, I am thus rejected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• On being informed of the old man's flight, his fury was unbounded. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When I returned to Perdita, I found that she had already been informed of the success of my undertaking. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In those terms I was informed of what my personal concern was with the matter of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At Bolton he was informed of our victory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The girl's state was, to my thinking, downright alarming--and my mistress ought to be informed of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It has done well enough, they informed their friends, for Mr Lammle when a bachelor, but it would not do now. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Julia informed me in the evening that Meyler had sat with her for more than two hours, hoping to see me, and had gone away much disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The other, from Mr. Jeffco, informed me that his master's son had left England already. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But on the other hand, as Emma wants to see her better informed, it will be an inducement to her to read more herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If we get through this business without rousing his suspicions, I shall be better informed, no doubt. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His lordship informed me that he had a good bed in his dressing-room. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A proposal which, as you correctly informed me at the time, he had the becoming taste and perception, observes Sir Leicester, to decline. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was not informed by the dispatch that my chief had been ordered to a different field and did not know whether to move my headquarters or not. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Brooke has been fully informed of Mr. Farebrother's character and position. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In conclusion, I informed him that he might expect me at Brighton without fail, in three days from the date of my letter. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In London, it is needless to say, they had their organisation at their disposal to keep them informed of events. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One morning I was informed that she wished to see me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was the first person whom she informed of her situation; and I found her anxious to go over her Will again with me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Edited by Adela