Recognizing

Examples

• This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I made a foolish pretence of not at first recognizing it, and then told her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But he who has the courage of existence will put it triumphantly, crying yea as Nietzsche did, and recognizing that all the passions of men are the motive powers of a fine life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She smiled, recognizing the heroism of the offer to the point of being frankly touched by it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• After that event Bode suggested that it was possible other astronomers had observed Uranus before, without recognizing it as a planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As she passed to the window, after tacitly but gracefully recognizing me, I could call her nothing in my own mind save 'stainless virgin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She stared at us with defiant eyes, and then, suddenly recognizing me, an expression of absolute astonishment came over her face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Marat, recognizing from within, cries, Admit her. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Are we not accustomed in daily life to recognizing that the reality differs very greatly from the ideas of it that we made before we acted? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In one of the sunburnt faces I had recognized Mr. Allan Woodcourt, and I had been afraid of his recognizing me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When the light of the hall lamp fell upon our midnight visitor, I had no difficulty in recognizing him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He fancies that some abstract principle justifies his course of action without recognizing that his principle needs justification. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• So you exulted at recognizing a fellow-slave in one so fair and imperial? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I had no difficulty in recognizing either Minnie or Minnie's children. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

Typist: Preston