Rigidly

Examples

• The force of the water causes rotation of the turbine and of the shaft which is rigidly fastened to it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Her face turned towards me slowly, with the blank look of terror set rigidly on it once more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We could not and ought not to be rigidly bound by the rules laid down under circumstances so different for emergencies so utterly unanticipated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Our poet has been rigidly suppressed, from the time we let go the anchor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The former is uniform and mechanical; it is rigidly specialized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• On the other hand, we may feel sure that any variation in the least degree injurious would be rigidly destroyed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Confining yourself rigidly to Fact, the question of Fact you state to yourself is: Does Mr. Bounderby ask me to marry him? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The trooper raising his head, she makes another poke at her esteemed grandfather, and having thus brought them together, stares rigidly at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Within a few weeks he became apprenticed to an apothecary and surgeon, and, having thus found his vocation, drew up his own particular plan of self-education, to which he rigidly adhered. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• No one saw Mamma drilling them rigidly hour after hour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Every rigid aim just because it is rigidly given seems to render it unnecessary to give careful attention to concrete conditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Bessie would rather have stayed, but she was obliged to go, because punctuality at meals was rigidly enforced at Gateshead Hall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I had proved my—my system to myself, and I have rigidly administered it; and I must bear the responsibility of its failures. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Geographical lines between the commands during the rebellion were not always well chosen, or they were too rigidly adhered to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Bradley put the purse in his pocket, grasped his left wrist with his right hand, and sat rigidly contemplating the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Using a sub-caliber rifle rigidly attached to the muzzle of the gun and fired electrically by the firing gear of the big gun. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The dipper dredge, an exclusively American type, has a bucket rigidly attached to a projecting timber arm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These two wheels are mounted rigidly on a sleeve carried by the wheel-shaft. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Between her and Mr. Helstone a very respectful but most rigidly ceremonious intercourse was kept up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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