Piqued

Examples

• Beautifully finished furniture in quartered oak has always excited the pleasure, and piqued the curiosity of the uninformed as to how this result is obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Also he was piqued that he had been what he called such a stupid lout as to ask that intervention from Mr. Farebrother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He found a pleasure in setting up Blandois as the type of elegance, and making him a satire upon others who piqued themselves on personal graces. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At any rate, Betteredge seemed to be piqued by something in the reply which I had just made to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was a little surprised--perhaps a little piqued also--by these last words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mary was wondering at Fred's piqued tone, when Mr. Farebrother came in and had to hear the news about the engagement under Mr. Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Why, Livius, I thought you piqued yourself on being at all times remarkably well appointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There are a great many celebrated people writing in the 'Keepsake,' at all events, he said, in a tone at once piqued and timid. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She picked up a twig of the catkin, piqued by Birkin's attention to it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Perhaps he confided it to my hands for you, perhaps it was locked and my curiosity was piqued, perhaps I suppressed it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was rather piqued by the simplicity of Gerald's demeanour this evening. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Well then, sir, have the goodness to gratify my curiosity, which is much piqued on one point. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Then she was piqued, and turned away; but he recalled her attention in two minutes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And Gudrun, piqued, left him alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Gerald was piqued because he had left without giving the Pussum money. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I am seventeen (a little piqued). Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Pride, observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, is a very common failing, I believe. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He walked away, piqued for the first time. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He piqued her, attracted her, and annoyed her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then her interest was piqued. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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