Revolted
[rɪ'vɔltɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Revolt
Typist: Psyche
Examples
- Later Holland revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He revolted at the thought of finding himself in the world again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sardinia and Corsica revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their hardness--their hideous, worldly hardness--revolted me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She appeared to suspect a plan of consolation on my part, from which she, cherishing her new-born grief, revolted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The Scotch revolted, and the English levies Charles raised to fight them mutinied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought you would be revolted, Jane, when you saw my arm, and my cicatrised visage. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her agony did not pain himher wild moan--worse than a shriek--did not much move him; her fury revolted him somewhat, but not to the point of horror. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The common sense of mankind has revolted against this view, or has only partially admitted it. Plato. The Republic.
- For a moment she revolted, it was horrible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Whereupon Paris and France revolted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His nature revolted at such an immense loss of power, especially as he proposed the crushing of vast quantities of ore. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The event was so shocking, that there were moments even when her heart revolted from it as impossible: when she thought it could not be. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Had she followed her inclinations, she would have cut the parson also; her Yorkshire soul revolted absolutely from his manner of command. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Psyche