Remind

Examples

• Pardon me, Miss Halcombe, he said, still keeping his hand over his face, pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But there was nothing to be done, saving to communicate to Wemmick what I had that night found out, and to remind him that we waited for his hint. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Doesn't she remind you of Mrs. Scott-Siddons when she reads 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship'? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The catching business, we beg to remind them, is rising to the dignity of a lawful and patriotic profession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I am your old lawyer and your old friend, and I may remind you, I am sure, without offence, of the possibility of your marrying Sir Percival Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• You remind me, then, of a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed, viewing with a mixture of fire and fear the first entrance of the breaker-in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You have reminded me, Sir, that this conversation was private--private and confidential, gentlemen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But Mr. Bruff reminded me that somebody must put my cousin's legacy into my cousin's hands--and that I might as well do it as anybody else. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He never came there, I reminded him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As we went he reminded me of what I was to say and do, yet, strange to say, I entered the chamber without having once reflected on my purpose. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I wonder whether they called in Mr. Chillip, and he was in vain; and if so, how he likes to be reminded of it once a week. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This reminded me of the wonderful difference between the servile manner in which he had offered his hand in my new prosperity, saying, May I? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• One is reminded of the lines of Tennyson: Large elements in order brought And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world fluctuation swayed In vassal tides that followed thought. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Your letter reminds me of many happy days we have passed together, and the dear friends with whom we passed them; some of whom, alas! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And that reminds me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I find it in all the books concerning Rome--and here latterly it reminds me of Judge Oliver. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Passion reminds me of Boythorn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Reminds me of being nabbed by the devil,' returned Sikes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At any rate, his skill reminds him of the woman he did not like, and so he 'glowered' as Jo said. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It make you nervous, Bill,--reminds you of being nabbed, does it? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Why, what a cod's head and shoulders I am, said Mr. Jarndyce, to require reminding of it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And reminding you that she and her sister had differed, had gone their several ways? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have always kept it by me, to remind me: though I wanted no reminding. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Was he reminding you then? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Much obliged to you for reminding me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As he met the fugitives he ordered them to turn back, reminding them that they were going the wrong way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Editor: Sallust