Reasoned

Examples

• The more Adrian reasoned upon this scheme, the more feasible it appeared. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Here was a problem the like of which he had never encountered, and he felt rather than reasoned that he must meet it as a man and not as an ape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They reasoned, they appealed, they implored; on his mercy they cast themselves, into his hands they confidingly thrust their interests. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Skimpole gently reasoned with him as he made a little drawing of his head on the fly-leaf of a book. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I forced back the contemptible tears that were no relief to ME, and that only distressed HER, and reasoned and pleaded as calmly as I could. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It's so unsportsmanlike,' reasoned Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She mustn't stop here, Becky reasoned with herself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was a well-reasoned discussion on the relati on of the issue of paper currency to rate of interest, land values, manuf actures, population, and wages. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Meg reasoned, pleaded, and commanded, all in vain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But it is no favour asking him to take his money, Sam,' reasoned Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Through the beaming smile with which he regarded me as he reasoned thus, there now broke forth a look of disinterested benevolence quite astonishing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He still reasoned with her, but in vain. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• His reasoned-out resistances seemed for the moment so much less important than the question as to when Lily would receive his note! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I reasoned with him, and pointed out his mistake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Margaret's whole soul rose up against him while he reasoned in this way--as if commerce were everything and humanity nothing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This matter is growing alarming,' reasoned Mr. Pickwick with himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I tried vainly to soothe her and reason with her--she was past being soothed, and past being reasoned with. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I believe other people, in a similar situation, would have reasoned as I did. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Thus I assume General Taylor reasoned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He strove to rebuild on reasoned foundations the sense of social obligation and responsibility which had in the earlier days of Athens rested upon faith in the existence of the gods. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He did think it or he never would have said it, reasoned the girl, but it cannot be true--oh, I know it is not true! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• So mused, and thus reasoned I, till I was interrupted by Frederick Lamb's loud knock at my door. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They had talked, and they had been silent; he had reasoned, she had ridiculed; and they had parted at last with mutual vexation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I cannot, I reasoned with myself, I cannot, I fear, become what the world calls a steady, prudent, virtuous woman. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If he should never touch her again, she reasoned, she would never feel attracted toward him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He reasoned that the advantages thus obtained would be fourfold: a minimum of machinery and parts; greater compactness; a saving of power; and greater economy in mining. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was an alliance which he could not have relinquished without pain; and thus he reasoned. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She is not to be reasoned with--she can only be pitied. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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