Injuries
['ɪndʒəri]
Definition
(pl. ) of Injury
Checker: Valerie
Examples
- A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You have other injuries, madam! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Brotherhood through sorrow, sorrow for common sufferings and for irreparable mutual injuries, is spreading and increasing throughout the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He will feel highly honoured, and thus you may repay a part of the obligation I owe him, and compensate for the injuries fortune has done him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Don't add new injuries to the long, long list of injuries you have done me! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They talked of taking London, conquering England--calling to mind the long detail of injuries which had for many years been forgotten. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But Mr. Gladstone was no patient mechanic set upon easing and righting the clumsy injuries of those stupid adjustments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He is sinking under injuries received at the hands of a villain who attacked him in the dark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Man, you shall repent of the injuries you inflict. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It corresponds with the injuries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- When he had dried his eyes and heaved a sob over his injuries, he began moving towards the door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The injuries and hardships suffered by the men who used it, rather than by the enemy, rendered its name significant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But Mr. Luker made HIS injuries public, and my injuries, as the necessary consequence, have been proclaimed in their turn. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She was quick in feeling the little injuries to Isabella, which Isabella never felt herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He did not retain it, but laid it gently down, took a candle, looked more closely at the injuries on the head, and at the pupils of the eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A world of independent sovereign nations means, therefore, a world of perpetual injuries, a world of states constantly preparing for or waging war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Might not the nature of the injuries reveal something to my medical instincts? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Avoid extremes: forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I saw no one near my father when I returned, and I have no idea how he came by his injuries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We may be mortified by our own faults and follies; but never feel any anger or hatred except from the injuries of others. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I have no such injuries to resent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Not being so magnanimous as Mr Boffin, I feel his injuries more than he does himself, and feel more capable of opposing his injurers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He shall find that I can feel my injuries; he shall learn to dread my revenge! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But as I was not in a condition to resent injuries, so upon mature thoughts I began to doubt whether I was injured or no. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- From infancy to senility the fingerprints of an individual change only in size, except as injuries alter the loops and whorls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Valerie