Louder

Examples

• At this moment the noise grew louder. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She might talk on; and if he wanted to say any thing himself, he would only talk louder, and drown her voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Repeat your words louder, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Regarded from this point of view Mr Pancks's puffings expressed injury and impatience, and each of his louder snorts became a demand for payment. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Often as not they disguise it under heroic phrases and still louder affirmation, just as most of us hide our cowardly submission to monotony under some word like duty, loyalty, conscience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If he could have known that he was an orphan, left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The day I mean, said Yeobright, his voice growing louder and harsher, was the day you shut the door against my mother and killed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then Churchill would take a peep at their feet, and laugh again louder than ever. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The droning sound swelled louder upon our ears until it became one long, deep wail of distress. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I say it can't be done,' repeated Sam in a louder key. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This William II meant to make a noise in the world, a louder noise than any other monarch had ever made. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At all which moral reflections, Master Bardell howled the louder. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When you said that, did you mean that it seemed to you to be louder than the second one? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet it will hardly bring her. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The noise behind grew louder. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I beg your parding, young man,' demanded Mrs. Raddle, in a louder and more imperative tone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Pray, sir, said the fat gentleman, speaking louder, may I be bold to ask which of they two foreigners might be the Russian Emperor? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I stopped: the sound ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder: for at first, though distinct, it was very low. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• So mich louder mun we shout out then, for so much slacker will t' Parliament-men be to set on to a tough job. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Nearer and nearer it approached, mounting louder and louder in volume. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As the whispers became louder, which they did from that time every minute, they became more threatening. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He whistled to call her off; she only barked the louder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And in a louder, steadier tone, he concluded with, He will soon be gone. Jane Austen. Emma.
• She was nearing us very fast, and the beating of her peddles grew louder and louder. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Two or three minutes passing without any reply, he gave another tap rather louder, and then another rather louder than that. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Now, in every fiber of his being, heredity spoke louder than training. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• While the rest of the company, in confused murmur, which grew louder and louder, gave voice to their many fears. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Do speak louder, marquis, I answered, provoked that he should be afraid of any woman but myself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Lily gave him a startled look: his voice was louder than usual, and the room was beginning to fill with people. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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