Patiently

Examples

• For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We learn to put our feelings back into ourselves, and to jog on with our duties as patiently as may be. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If she had succeeded in doing so, the intricate knot which I was slowly and patiently operating on might perhaps have been cut by circumstances. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The inferior ranks of people must, in that country, suffer patiently the usage which their superiors think proper to give them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I worked early and late, patiently and hard. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It's for Mr. Archer to say, darling; he has waited patiently while you were dressing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I waited, therefore, as patiently as I could, until the servant came in to clear the table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I posted it, and had nothing to do then, but wait, as patiently as I could, for the reply. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• While he was doing this Stephenson was patiently building new locomotives, and trying to induce the mine-owners along the Tyne to replace their horse-cars with his engines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Patiently and steadily the geologists gather fresh evidence and reason out completer conclusions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Long ages ago man had learned to make fire by patiently rubbing two sticks together, or by twirling a round one between his hands with its point resting upon a flat piece of wood. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Ezra Jennings listened patiently, even anxiously, until I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Patiently to earn a spare bare living, and quietly to die, untouched by workhouse hands--this was her highest sublunary hope. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No, Graham: I should never have patiently endured brutality. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• These he attacked vigorously and disposed of patiently one by one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You have seen my papers, Comrade, and I have explained my mission, Andreu Nin told him patiently. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They were to be humoured, borne with very patiently: a courteous though sedate manner impressed them; a very rare flash of raillery did good. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He is industrious, patiently adaptable to rank and file, equable and moderate in capacity and requirement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I'm waiting till they get up at another house--a lodging-house--not here, the woman patiently returns. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Why, wait patiently, my dear, until he thinks better of it,' replied Mr. Pickwick cheerfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Evil report, with time and chance to help it, travels patiently, and travels far. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He heard it patiently and feelingly, but I saw that on the two subjects he had reserved it was at present hopeless to make any representation to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• See how patiently and methodically he goes to work. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I wait here most patiently for your answer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She had not yet listened patiently to his heartbeats, but only felt that her own was beating violently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It struck eleven, and he made believe to compose himself patiently. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She waited him there; quietly and patiently waited for his time to move. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• We are sent into the world to endure the evils of it patiently, and not thus to fly into the face of our God. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There was no little fellow but had his jeer and joke at Dobbin; and he bore everything quite patiently, and was entirely dumb and miserable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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