Repeated

Examples

• Repeated depredations on the frontiers had exasperated the inhabitants to such a degree, that they determined on revenge upon every Indian. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Call Estella, she repeated, flashing a look at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The scheme was soon repeated to Henry. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But he repeated sweetly: 'Some local irritation, ma'am? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He repeated the question, with some surprise at her silence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Thus far, he had exactly repeated what he had done on the birthday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For a year or more I had endeavoured to find a satisfactory answer to her often-repeated question, 'What I would like to be? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He repeated, No. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• My poor dear Handel, Herbert repeated. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The scene of that afternoon was repeated that evening, and on the three afternoons and evenings next ensuing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But immediately afterwards the armature springs backward and makes contact at _P_ and the entire operation is repeated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I must indeed, I said; for when just now I repeated the offer of serving him for a deacon, he expressed himself shocked at my want of decency. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He is as good a sort of fellow, I believe, as ever lived, repeated Sir John. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I'll eat my head, sir,' repeated Mr. Grimwig, striking his stick upon the ground. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Sign there, he repeated, turning suddenly on Laura, and pointing once more to the place on the parchment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The first triumphs of Joshua are not repeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I write the lines down here exactly as she repeated them to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This process is repeated several times, the object of it being not so much to give relief to the lines, as to roughen the surface of the stone, and thus facilitate its absorption of water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Never in my life, prettily repeated Sophia in her own cuckoo-strain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• To gain time she repeated: I don't understand what you want. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Yes, she repeated, in tones of the bitterest, steadiest contempt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Now again:--You were always--' 'You were always,' repeated Pa. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As a bandit,' repeated Mr. Tupman, mildly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A Teapot,' repeated Mr Boffin, continuing to muse and survey the books; 'a Teapot, a Teapot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr Lammle repeated in a magnificent tone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• All the way to Stone Lodge, as with grave indignation he led the two delinquents home, he repeated at intervals 'What would Mr. Bounderby say? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I entirely agree with you, he said; in my opinion those stories are quite unfit to be repeated. Plato. The Republic.
• This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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