Postponed

Examples

• Thus we went on till the ship (whose departure, too, had been several times postponed) was on the point of sailing. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But her confession would have to be postponed; and the chill of the delay settled heavily on her fagged spirit. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Not before, so it can be repaired if the attack is postponed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Everything postponed to that imaginary time! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was impossible to obtain order and so the meeting was postponed until the next day. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Then it's NOT postponed? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The case is off--postponed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I postponed this attempt for some months longer; for the importance attached to its success inspired me with a dread lest I should fail. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Suffice it to observe, that the difference is best postponed to some other occasion when Mrs Boffin does not honour us with her company. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Wordsworth at times postponed the description of a scene that appealed to his poetic fancy with the express purpose of blurring the outlines, but enhancing the personal factor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He postponed looking at Mr Blandois again until this accidental inequality was removed by their having entered the late Mr Clennam's room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The Senate was overcrowded with bills, and Morse’s was continually postponed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He had before offered me money, which I had postponed taking. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• While these affairs were in abeyance, our visit to Mr. Boythorn's was postponed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Busy with other inventions, he postponed developing the idea of a talking machine; and meantime other brains were at work on the problem. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• What is to guarantee that the attack is not postponed? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They had postponed their breakfast on my account, and we sat down to table together. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It's very important and pressing business, which can't be postponed on any account. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then I think it is necessary,' said the doctor; 'at all events, I am quite sure that you would deeply regret not having done so, if you postponed it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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