Refined

Examples

• There was a brief interval, they heard a door close, then Maxim said, in his refined voice: 'That's all right. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Yorke, she rose, she grew tall, she expanded and refined almost to flame. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I like your nice manners and refined ways of speaking, when you don't try to be elegant. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I should ask Mrs. Gradgrind's pardon for strong expressions, but that she knows very well I am not a refined character. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Oh, if you are for high notions and double-refined sentiment, I've naught to say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A crude gift of nature, in the mountain side, it remained, however, a sodden mass until extracted, refined, and wrought into shape by the genius of man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Were the pride of ancestry, the patrician spirit, the gentle courtesies and refined pursuits, splendid attributes of rank, to be erased among us? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This we may confirm by a reflection, which to some will, perhaps, appear too subtile and refined. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Practically all the copper now produced, except that from Lake Superior, is refined electrolytically by substantially the method of Farmer’s patent (Pat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• All ladies are not so refined, replied Graham, laughing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Perhaps not, answered I; perhaps I may not be so refined when I like my man better. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The bulk of the crude chicle manufactured is shipped in blocks to Canada, where it is further evaporated and carefully refined prior to importation into the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are fine fellows--very fine fellows; with judgments matured by observation and reflection; and tastes refined by reading and study. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• If we embrace this principle, and condemn all refined reasoning, we run into the most manifest absurdities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Even the most refined statistics are nothing but an abstraction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• A truly refined mind will seem to be ignorant of the existence of anything that is not perfectly proper, placid, and pleasant. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Deep affliction has but strengthened and refined them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Are you educated and he ignorant, you high and he low, you refined and he coarse, you talented and he simple? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I shall never forget the refined and simple hospitality he showed to me that last day at Helstone. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Most of the sugar consumed in the United States is imported, much raw sugar being imported and refined here. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Woodrow Wilson's is an elegant and highly refined intellect, nicely balanced and capable of fine adjustment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Platonism is a very refined and beautiful expression of our natural instincts, it embodies conscience and utters our inmost hopes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Well, Polly, you must persuade Miss Snowe to undertake both you and me; to make you steady and womanly, and me refined and classical. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I hadn't a refined bringing up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Something quite refined in her beauty, is there not? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Perhaps, translated to another sphere, Thy spirit--like thy light, refined and clear-- Ballooned with purest hydrogen, shall rise, And add a PATENT PLANET to the skies. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It has simply been refined and made more perfect in a mechanical sense. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His manners were very refined; but so excessively formal and ceremonious that he used to put me into a fever. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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