Reckless

Examples

• He gave a reckless shrug. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But being soured, Mr Wegg, and driven to reckless madness and desperation, I suppose it's Yes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am not reckless enough to try to pronounce it when I am awake, but I make a stagger at it in my dreams, and get up with the lockjaw in the morning. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Please don't say such reckless things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The appetite for admiration and small capacity for self-controul which I inherited from my father, nursed by adversity, made me daring and reckless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• That's the trouble--it was too easy for you--you got reckless--thought you could turn me inside out, and chuck me in the gutter like an empty purse. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Then the more reckless of the crowds threw all sense of fairness to the winds, and broke into Mr. Miller’s house, seized the machine, and carried it off with them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• How dared he pull at a bell-rope in that reckless fashion? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You are in your most reckless mood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He could not forget Gudrun's lifted, offered, cleaving, reckless, yet withal mocking weight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I don't care what becomes of me, and Laurie got up with a reckless laugh that grated on his grandfather's ear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Even twelve thousand a year will not stand such reckless use of money. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• This unexpected absence of the only local resident whom Eustacia knew considerably damaged her scheme for an afternoon of reckless gaiety. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Outside, somebody was singing, in a manly, reckless handsome voice: 'Mach mir auf, mach mir auf, du Stolze, Mach mir ein Feuer von Holze. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He was obstinate, but not firm; benevolent in his first movements; harsh and reckless when provoked. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Reckless indeed! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Within, was the peace as of innocence, reckless blindless, deluding joy, hope, whose still anchor rested on placid but unconstant water. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This fact warned Archer to go warily; but the insinuations about Beaufort made him reckless. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Don't tempt me, Godfrey, she said; I am wretched enough and reckless enough as it is. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Disappointment made me reckless. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His reckless courage and comprehensive genius brought him into notice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We grew bold and reckless; and once, in a sudden burst of courage, I even threw a stone at a dog. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I was perfectly frantic,--a reckless witness under the torture,--and would have told them anything. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They must have considered I was very careful and timid at first, and that gradually I grew very bold and reckless. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You be beautiful, my Gerald, and reckless. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• How wild and reckless he had been! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What he had attained by his own independent thought rendered him ultimately more careful rather than more reckless. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Few Moors can ever build up their fortunes again in one short lifetime after so reckless an outlay. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They supply an engine with safety-valves, which would answer the purpose if kept in proper condition; but they do not make effectual provision against careless management and reckless misconduct. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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