Refreshing

Examples

• Now, indeed, Martin allowed himself a refreshing laugh of scorn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• All unfortunate men of my size suffer from the heat, said the Count, refreshing himself gravely with a large green fan. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Somebody was leaning out of my bedroom window, refreshing his forehead against the cool stone of the parapet, and feeling the air upon his face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I assure you it is very refreshing after sitting so long in one attitude. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And we are carrying on this little farce to keep up appearances, and isn't it refreshing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After the tissue of social falsehoods in which she had so long moved it was refreshing to step into the open daylight of an avowed expediency. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Worcester had for the last three years so surfeited me with love and adoration, that, really, a little indifference was quite refreshing! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• How sweet and refreshing the flowers smelt, as I was carried along the garden! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It's really refreshing to see a sensible, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Isn't THAT refreshing, my young friend! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There are great spiritual advantages to be had in that town along with the air and the waters, and six weeks there will be eminently refreshing to us. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was so homey and refreshing that I sat down on the floor and read and looked and ate and laughed and cried, in my usual absurd way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It would not be so refreshing as a quiet country walk, but still it would perhaps be doing the kinder thing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It was so new and so refreshing, he said, for him to want Coavinses instead of Coavinses wanting him! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This plant had received the refreshing shower; she was now resting a minute. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The shade was most refreshing, and Emma found it the pleasantest part of the day. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A compressor having tanks or cisterns in the cellar filled with cool or cold air may be set to work to reduce the temperature of the house and fan the inmates with a refreshing breeze. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Two table-spoonfuls to a tumbler of cold water will make an excellent drink as refreshing as the best lemonade. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• What a refreshing set of humbugs we are, to be sure, ain't we, my sweet child? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He went into Mr. Barkis's room like light and air, brightening and refreshing it as if he were healthy weather. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was sauced with a savage appetite purchased by hard riding the day before, and refreshing sleep in a pure atmosphere. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There may have been some idea of refreshing the earth by a blood draught or revivifying it with the life of the sacrificed person. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She had that night a sweet refreshing sleep, like one--and what a spring of inexpressible happiness as she woke in the morning sunshine! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What a refreshing spectacle you are, Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is all over now; but when I look back, the idea of these venerable fossils skipping forth on a six months' picnic, seems exquisitely refreshing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• One of the immense suite of rooms formed a delicious, refreshing contrast to the dazzling brilliancy of all the others. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Wegg having eyed him with an impudent air at leisure, addressed him, therefore, while refreshing himself with his dram. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And Meg took a refreshing peep at her glove box. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He admired the grounds, and remarked that he felt the sea air very brisk and refreshing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Edited by Antony