Misgiving

Examples

• I should like to be, said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When she had disappeared Charley, with misgiving in his eyes, slowly came from the stable door, and going to another point in the bank he looked over. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was troubled with no misgiving that it was young in me to respond to her emotions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Legree, though he talked so stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sir Leicester has a misgiving that there may be a hidden Wat Tylerish meaning in this expression, and fumes a little. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But she was tortured with fear, with misgiving. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I am sure there is a future state; I believe God is good; I can resign my immortal part to Him without any misgiving. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I remained, for a moment afterwards, standing alone in the hall, with my heart beating fast and my mind misgiving me sadly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The child surveyed his vermilion figure up and down with much misgiving and finally said, Yes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He shook his head with fatal misgiving. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• For, I had a strange and strong misgiving that I had been lying there a long time--a day and a night,--two days and nights,--more. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Eminently respectable, sir, adds Mr. Snagsby with a misgiving that he has not improved the matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I hope not,' said the eminently practical; 'I confess, however, that the misgiving _has_ crossed me on my way home. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Misgiving, regret, fear, resolution, ran their swift course of expression in Eustacia's dark eyes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. Pickwick, however, felt neither depression nor misgiving. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She was audaciously prejudiced in my favour, and quite unable to understand why I should have any misgivings, or be low-spirited about it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But today she forgot, she was at her ease, entirely forgetting to have misgivings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And here again, I had great misgivings. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Before quite leaving her he threw upon her face a wistful glance, as if he had misgivings on the generosity of forsaking her thus. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Now on the score of his application, Rawdon had not many misgivings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And she had misgivings and fears which she dared not acknowledge to herself, though she was always secretly brooding over them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Clayton noticed that she did not return his familiar salutation, but he felt no misgivings on that score. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She might have some misgivings about the friends whom she should meet at Ostend, and who might be likely to tell ugly stories--but bah! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Vague misgivings about her future as a deserted wife were at an end. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As we advanced, I began to feel misgivings that my companion lost confidence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Gutenberg had misgivings as to the wisdom of increasing his confidants, but he finally decided to trust them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• No, he never had suspicions; all those dumb doubts and surly misgivings which had been gathering on his mind were mere idle jealousies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Sad misgivings about what the end would be weighed upon my mind, but still distrusting myself, I told her that I would do as she wished. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And yet his misgivings were not so dark as, imagined by the light of this later time, they would appear. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Typist: Rowland