Meditative

Examples

• I thought it best to hint, through the medium of a meditative look, that this might be occasioned by circumstances over which I had no control. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• His eyes are large, and grave, and gray; their expression is intent and meditative, rather searching than soft, rather thoughtful than genial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My meditative silence appeared to weigh upon the spirits of this worldling, and to force him, as it were, into talking to me against his own will. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was now on the edge of dark; candles were not yet brought in; both, as twilight deepened, grew meditative and silent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yeobright retired to the heap of recovered rope in a meditative mood. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That's odd, said Mr. Limp, a meditative shoemaker, with weak eyes and a piping voice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The banker's speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He plunged across the Promenade, leaving Selden to a meditative cigar. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Dorothea smiled, and Celia looked rather meditative. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The wooden Wegg looked at him with a meditative eye, and also with a softened air as descrying possibility of profit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Still,' said Bella, after this meditative pause, 'there remain two things that I cannot understand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Dorothea sat almost motionless in her meditative struggle, while the evening slowly deepened into night. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Which, you see, Pip, said Joe, pausing in his meditative raking of the fire, and looking at me, were a drawback on my learning. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Some meditative minutes passed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I do wonder if any of us will ever get our wishes, said Laurie, chewing grass like a meditative calf. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• That boy is young, but a thinker; his meditative eye shines on me strangely sometimes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There was also,' Mr Wegg went on, in a meditative manner, 'a errand connection, in which I was much respected. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As she spoke she untied her little velvet bonnet and tossing it away with her long cloak stood looking at him with meditative eyes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Re-entering the family-room in a meditative state, Miss Bella was received by the irrepressible Lavinia with: 'There, Bella! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The child also, observed Jacques Three, with a meditative enjoyment of his words, has golden hair and blue eyes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr. Dick had regularly assisted at our councils, with a meditative and sage demeanour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His look, at once struck and meditative, said, A strange phrase; what may it mean? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He thinks, said the landlord, a weakly meditative man with a pale eye, who seemed to rely greatly on his Jack,--he thinks they was, what they wasn't. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mr. Bulstrode paused and looked meditative. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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