Meant

Examples

• Yet it was a hard time for sensitive, high-spirited Jo, who meant so well and had apparently done so ill. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He had always meant to do something, and Amy's advice was quite unnecessary. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But I had once meant better than that, and I am come back to my old intention. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I never meant, my dear Wegg--' Mr Boffin was beginning, when Silas stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This attitude is what is practically meant by will. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Puzzle as I would, I could make nothing at all of what it meant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As they passed the different mile-stones, Oliver wondered, more and more, where his companion meant to take him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And I fully meant it, and I fully mean it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It meant the apprehension of material which should ballast and check the exercise of reasoning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• How could it be expected to undertake it when the undertaking meant its own destruction? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She meant 'facinating', but as Grace didn't know the exact meaning of either word, fastidious sounded well and made a good impression. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I, however, want you to write to our mutual friend, Mr Carriston, and enclose a note of mine meant for the eyes of Eunice alone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Well, obviously it could not have been meant for the son. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I had not meant this at all; I had meant that he should speak to Richard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It appeared to ascend them, not very promptly or spontaneously, yet with a display of stride and clatter meant to be insulting. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Have I not been what I have meant to be since--I brought the answer to your letter, guardian? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If you meant to reason with such a poor little thing as I am, you ought to have told me so, you cruel boy! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I meant no harm, young man,' observed Mr. Bumble, majestically. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Who would use money and position better than he meant to use them? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ye meant well. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I knew this meant, in our local dialect, like two young thrushes, and received it as a compliment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She believed it would be wiser for her to say and know at once, all that she meant to say and know. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This letter could not be meant for me, to whom his lordship was only presented yesterday. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Tell me first, I said, how the Indian in the armoury met his death, and what those last words meant, when he pointed to the dagger in your hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Miss Stepney, in the beginning, had not meant to bring up this point; but Mrs. Peniston had only her own incredulity to blame. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The next thing he demanded was one of the hollow iron pillars; by which he meant my pocket pistols. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Of course, I knew you never meant to sell any of our people,--least of all, to such a fellow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Typed by Lloyd