Initials
[i'niʃəls]
Examples
- As to the note, it is important also, or at least the initials are, so I congratulate you again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Somewhat later, the handle became pointed, and was engraved with bright, cut ornaments and a cartouch at the end in which were engraved the initials of the owner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His initials were inside it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was no record or legend of any prisoner with those initials, and many fruitless guesses were made what the name could have been. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Curious circumstance about those initials, sir,' said Mr. Magnus. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The writing was signed with Anne Catherick's initials. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Within the lid of the box, I carefully graved with my scissors' point certain initials. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here, signed with her initials, is the very note which was no doubt quietly slipped into her hand at the door and which lured her within their reach. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- These were the initials of my godmother's name--Lonisa Lucy Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I knew it by the names and the initials, and in it there was one little verse that seemed to call me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was obvious, then, that those initials had once been very familiar to you, and that you had afterwards wished to forget them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why, too, should he faint at an allusion to the half-effaced initials upon his arm, and die of fright when he had a letter from Fordingham? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She brought with her two uncompromising hard black boxes, with her initials on the lids in hard brass nails. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I added my initials, and protected the whole by enclosing it in a second sealed envelope, addressed to Pesca at his lodgings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Nancy