Injunction

Examples

• My injunction is, Keep it quiet, and let it seem to blow over. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It had been left in his charge in the morning, with a strict injunction that it should not be delivered until night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was addressed to myself; and laid an injunction on me, in a few affectionate words, never to refer to the subject of that evening. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Think of me to-morrow, my dear Emma, about four o'clock, was Mrs. Weston's parting injunction; spoken with some anxiety, and meant only for her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• An injunction of secresy had been among Mr. Weston's parting words. Jane Austen. Emma.
• At such times his father's last injunction suggested itself to me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• These words, in plain English, conveyed an injunction to ring the bell. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The sentence in which that repudiation was expressed was Washington's injunction to avoid entangling alliances. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Lily smiled faintly at the injunction to take her tea strong. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Caroline did not need the injunction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Morse applied for an injunction, and on appeal the Federal Supreme Court decided in his favor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is a matter of record that chattel slavery in this country was deduced from Biblical injunction, that the universities furnished brains for its defense. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The attitude of the courts is well represented in the opinion of Judge Colt, rendered in a motion for injunction against the Beacon Vacuum Pump and Electrical Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The injunction was granted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Under the spell of it men try to stop drunkenness by closing the saloons; when poolrooms shock them they call a policeman; if Haywood becomes annoying, they procure an injunction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• With these injunctions, he pushed the rattling door with his shoulder, and entered the house, followed by his companion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Volumnia tremblingly protests that she will observe his injunctions to the letter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And so, with injunctions to Miss Sharp to be ready at five in the morning, he bade her good night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• To this woman he gave Moore in charge, with the sternest injunctions respecting the responsibility laid on her shoulders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She is tenderhearted on the subject of her pupil; yet she reproaches you sometimes for obeying your uncle's injunctions too literally. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In the morning I obeyed Holmes's injunctions to the letter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She carried out every one of my injunctions to the letter, and certainly without her cooperation you would not have that paper in your coat-pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It, too, will not be stopped by hard names or injunctions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He obeyed her injunctions, and passed a year in exile in Cumberland. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• From her father's example and injunctions, Rebecca had learnt to bear herself courteously towards all who approached her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Having superadded many injunctions to be sure and not take cold, the old lady at length permitted him to depart. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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