Received

Examples

• There his work was received with applause. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Lily received this with fresh appreciation; his nonsense was like the bubbling of her inner mood. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Wright, received the message. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Some short time after my sister Sophia's marriage she received from Lord Deerhurst, half a year of the annuity he had made her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He received the communication with perfect calmness, and acquiesced in its propriety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• My dear Miss Summerson, said Richard in a whisper, I have ten pounds that I received from Mr. Kenge. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I soon fell into some acquaintance, and was very hospitably received. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• How is Crude Rubber Received Here? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He signaled for fifteen minutes, and received no answer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She was sensible that you had never received any proper acknowledgment from herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This required no answer, and received none. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He made up to Mr. Franklin, who received him, I must own, haughtily enough. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A man that is ungrateful to his benefactor, in a manner affirms, that he never received any favours from him. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Arriving at Columbus on the 16th I reported by telegraph: Your dispatch from Cairo of the 3d directing me to report from Cairo was received at 11. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It contained these two sentences in Pesca's handwriting-- Your letter is received. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The forms of furnaces and means for lining and cooling the hearth and adjacent parts have received great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Simply, 'that he has received the letter, and will come. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And this may be received as a convincing argument for our preceding doctrine with regard to property and justice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. and Miss Gradgrind being then announced, he received the former with a shake of the hand, and the latter with a kiss. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He also visited Rome, where he was received with the greatest good-will by Pope Paul V and his cardinals, and where he met the leading scientists of the capital. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I knew this meant, in our local dialect, like two young thrushes, and received it as a compliment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• No person in any class in which you were an exhibitor received a like reward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Madame says it will make you sleep, chou-chou, said Goton, as she received back the emptied cup. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is the statement of missionaries, that, of all races of the earth, none have received the Gospel with such eager docility as the African. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I received my instructions and packed up for the journey the next day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Fairlie has received your letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Inputed by Elvira