Referred

Examples

• The rest referred to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was his hidden treachery to which I referred. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was referred to as a curiosity in the _Philosophical Transactions_ in 1747. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There is a stage of criticism in which all works, whether of nature or of art, are referred to design. Plato. The Republic.
• At this juncture a large part of the correspondence referred very naturally to electric lighting, embodying requests for all kinds of information, catalogues, prices, terms, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The supplies referred to in these instructions are exclusive of those required for your own command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She referred to the walk with a strange emphasis. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The Raymond referred to, I understood to be the gentleman present, and him I understood to be Mr. Camilla. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The question may have been, in the course of official business, referred to the Circumlocution Department for its consideration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The piece of ordnance referred to, was mounted in a separate fortress, constructed of lattice-work. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Sir Percival never once referred, all through the evening, to the lawyer's visit. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On the political question, I referred simply to intellectual bias. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This broke up the review, and the question was referred to Washington for final decision. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As usual, there was no answer in the looking-glass when she got home and referred these questions to it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I found on inquiry that the name of John Owen, attached to the entry, referred to the man who had been employed to drive the fly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Some chemical and other processes for reducing ores have been referred to in the Chapter on Metallurgy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He was evidently relieved at finding any excuse for delaying the business formality in the library, to which his own words had referred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It would be ungenerous to affect not to know that your self-denial is to be referred to your consideration for her father. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• We have further referred to this wonderful discovery in the Chapter on Chemistry. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He then referred to a memorandum. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The models of that period are referred to as camel backs by reason of the location and shape of the gasoline tank on the rear mud guard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On board of the packet-ship just now referred to, sir, and on the same occasion. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In his description of this stove at that time Franklin also referred to the iron box stoves used by the Dutch, the iron plates extending from the hearths and sides, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the case referred to the effect was very satisfactory. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He referred him to me for assistance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I assure you, said I, that I was deeply touched by her sympathy and pleasure at the time I have referred to. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It remains to disentangle them from the context in which they have been referred to, and discuss explicitly their nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Then I referred to Adrian, her loved brother, and to her surviving child. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No one referred to it, and this tacit avoidance of the subject kept it in the immediate foreground of consciousness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Editor: Omar