Noticing
['notɪs]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Notice
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Examples
- I had always rather a noticing way--not a quick way, oh, no! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One of his clerks noticing his interest asked what he would give for the bees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She said hurriedly, I am so glad, and then bent over her writing to hinder any one from noticing her face. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Without noticing either of us he went up to the stove and kicked it over. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Elizabeth disdained the appearance of noticing this civil reflection, but its meaning did not escape, nor was it likely to conciliate her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I have thought so, often,' said the dismal man, without noticing the action. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But,' he added, noticing Oliver's look of surprise, 'I suppose you don't know what a beak is, my flash com-pan-i-on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- My troubled mind had prevented me from noticing it before. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He pursued his theme, however, without noticing my deprecation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My lady surprised herself, and noticing Mr. Franklin's surprise, spoke to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- However, my resolution is taken as to noticing Jane Fairfax. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Compeyson laughed, looked at me again very noticing, giv me five shillings, and appointed me for next night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In this case one of the angles at the back of the box is not apparent, but the colored stripes prevent the spectator from noticing the fact. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Edmund could not help noticing their apparently deep tranquillity. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Tell me about the three Indians you have had at the house to-day, says Mr. Franklin, without noticing my question. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Noticing him at his distance, she turns an inquiring look on the other Mercury who has brought her home. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I felt it before noticing the impertinence directed at my mother. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Laura would have left the room without noticing him, but I stopped her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And as usual, I could not help noticing how superior the copies were to the original, that is, to my inexperienced eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My friends are not much in the way of this sort of thing yet, Martin,' said Wardle, noticing the look. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Defarge took his receipt without noticing the exclamation, and withdrew, with his two fellow-patriots. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Without noticing either of us, Mr. Luker slowly made his way to the door--now in the thickest, now in the thinnest part of the crowd. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I thought you went down the slope, he said, without noticing her face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is not worth your noticing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Occasionally he was so very restless that I could not help noticing it, coming and going, and wandering here and there and everywhere in the grounds. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Besides,' continued Mr. Weller, not noticing the interruption, 'that's a wery different thing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Compeyson, he looks at me very noticing, and I look at him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Cedric went on with his story without noticing this interjectional observation of his friend. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She started, noticing something on her right hand, between the tree trunks. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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