Penetrating

Examples

• It was more a feeling of duty--a feeling that some good might come from my penetrating to this place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• On any other, if you like, for I don't set up to be a penetrating character, and am well aware of my own deficiencies. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He held up two of his horrid fingers and gave me another of his unpleasantly penetrating looks. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There is something brave in your spirit, as well as penetrating in your eye; but allow me to assure you that you partially misinterpret my emotions. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A mean desire not to have Madame Olenska seen at the Beauforts' door vanished as he felt the penetrating warmth of her hand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He was unmasked, and his bright penetrating eyes seemed earnestly fixed, I could not discover on what. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It is beyond all dispute the achievement of one of the most penetrating intelligences the world has ever known. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. Garth laid her work on her knee, and fixed her penetrating eyes anxiously on her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One of his earlier works and his latest are bold and penetrating discussions of the possible betterment of social relations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I began to fear the expression of his eyes, so penetrating, so very bright. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The most penetrating definition of philosophy which can be given is, then, that it is the theory of education in its most general phases. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is more penetrating, in my opinion, to ask of a creed whether it served than whether it was true. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The bullet had been fired at him from the front, and had remained in his body, after penetrating the heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Large quantities of shoes were made at reduced prices, but complaints were made as to the nails penetrating into the shoe and hurting the feet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There were a number of letters, bills, and notebooks, which Holmes turned over and examined with quick, nervous fingers and darting, penetrating eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am serious, Miss Woodhouse, whatever your penetrating eyes may fancyI am sick of Englandand would leave it to-morrow, if I could. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A body of men penetrating it might easily be ambushed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Shirley had already fixed on her a penetrating eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But the propaganda continues and the philosophy spreads, penetrating reform groups, social workers, historians, and sociologists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But had she been going, what an opportunity would have been afforded her of seeing the man whose influence was penetrating her like summer sun! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She did not know how it had come there, but she felt no great surprise at the fact, only a gentle penetrating thrill of warmth and pleasure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To this house I came just ere dark on an evening marked by the characteristics of sad sky, cold gale, and continued small penetrating rain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Shell burst about eight feet to rear of plate after penetrating the same. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The bright orb slowly rose from behind its cupolas and towers, and shed its penetrating light upon the glassy waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Lily laid aside her brush and turned a penetrating glance upon her friend. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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