Reverting
[rɪ'vɝt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Revert
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Examples
- You know, John dear,' she said, cheerily reverting to their former conversation, 'that I hope I may safely be trusted in great things. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is a nervous subject to me, yet I cannot help reverting to it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yes, yes, says the good old gentleman, reverting to his lesson of wisdom. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is autocracy reverting to its normal state of palace crime, blood-stained magnificence, and moral squalor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Reverting for a moment to his former refuge, he observed a cautionary movement of her eyes towards the door. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Wishermaydie if I don't, sir, says Jo, reverting to his favourite declaration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Carton terminated the conversation here, by rising to help him on with his outer coat; But you, said Mr. Lorry, reverting to the theme, you are young. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I repudiate that qualification,' said Mr. Snodgrass, whose thoughts were fast reverting to Emily Wardle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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