My
[maɪ]
Definition
(a.) Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine. See Mine.
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Examples
- Perhaps you had better go after my friends at once, because the weather is warm, and I can not 'keep' long. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then you don't ask my advice,' says Podsnap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- O, my good Lord! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But thy rest agen to-morrow's work, my dear. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Pray Heaven that I am going away from, have compassion on my uncle! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I wish to express my gratitude also to Miss Florence Bonnet for aid in the correction of the manuscript. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The boy's eyes had lighted with pleasure as I spoke, and I saw him glance from his rusty trappings to the magnificence of my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My, it might be a description of Watson! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Take me with you, I said, just to gratify my curiosity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I enjoyed my customary siesta. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- God bless my soul! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Upon my soul it is uncommon good! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Listlessness to everything, but brooding sorrow, was the night that fell on my undisciplined heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You will have my sketches, some time or other, to look ator my tour to reador my poem. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He took my chin in his large hand and turned up my face to have a look at me by the light of the candle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He could not tell me that; he saw me, and over my shoulder he saw the man. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We take the liberty of coming, my young companion and I, madam,' said Riah, 'on behalf of Lizzie Hexam. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have my sort of life apart from yours. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I can't very well do it myself; because my back's so bad, and my legs are so queer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No, I've done my lessons for the day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You will be my messenger? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To my inexperience we at first appeared on the eve of a civil war; each party was violent, acrimonious, and unyielding. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I can't allow people in my way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is curious that my mother, too, ran away from her family, but not for the sake of her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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