Regarding

Examples

• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We first look with impatience upon immaturity, regarding it as something to be got over as rapidly as possible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When Osborne heard that his friend had found her, he made hot and anxious inquiries regarding the poor child. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I mean as regarding Caliphronas; he is physically perfect, thoroughly healthful, and yet you can hardly call him intellectual. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There were reasons why all should be silent regarding her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Yes, regarding my respected father,' assented Eugene, settling himself in his arm-chair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Seated at table in the act of drinking, Mr Dorrit still saw him through his wine-glass, regarding him with a cold and ghostly eye. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• To think upon the news as it comes to us is to attempt to see what is indicated as probable or possible regarding an outcome. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But the world is not to be mended by merely regarding evil-doers with an expression of rather undiscriminating disapproval. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A very inquisitive character, Mr Wegg, regarding what was found in the dust. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Now, there must be no misunderstanding regarding what I buy for two hundred a year. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Bounderby,' she went on in a steady, straight way, without regarding this, 'asks me to marry him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The old man looked up, regarding the strong, handsome face of William Cecil Clayton intently. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The present historian can give no certain details regarding the event. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Have you not heard the astonishing intelligence regarding her surreptitious union? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Some one inquired at the Slaughters' regarding him, where it was said that he and his friend Captain Dobbin had left town. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Good,' said Monks, regarding her attentively. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The question that first arose regarding the composition of the grenades was: Did they contain carbon dioxide gas or any substance that would give up the gas by being heated? William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This brings up a confabulation regarding the certain fair young person; when Noddy he gives it as his opinion that she is a deary creetur. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The man had now regained full possession of his faculties, and was regarding us intently from where he lay bound upon the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A time came when she knew him better, and changed her notions regarding him; but that was distant as yet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am like Alcibiades, sir, he said at length, and go in for what pays me best—Mr Maurice there knows my sentiments regarding life. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• His work and tests regarding magnetism were repeated later on by Hopkinson and Kapp, who then elucidated the whole theory mathematically by means of formulae and constants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He seemed curious regarding the cottage, too, as if it were the first time he had seen it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Provis, regarding him with a fixed attention, was slowly putting up his jackknife, and groping in another pocket for something else. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I am frightfully confused regarding time and place; but I am so far mended as to feel that. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The scientific world at that time was engaged in a controversy regarding the external and internal resistance of a circuit in which a generator was situated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We have met before, he said, regarding her with rather more interest than was necessary. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The feeling of 'righteous indignation' is too partial and accidental to admit of our regarding it as a separate virtue or habit. Plato. The Republic.

Edited by Clifford