Safest

Examples

• Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Tell me which was the safest course for men in their position? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Luker had answered that the best and safest person, in such cases, was usually a respectable solicitor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You see, Judy thinks I'm the safest person for you to be with; and she's quite right, she rejoined. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I added, that of course, when the time came, I should go with him, or should follow close upon him, as might be safest in Wemmick's judgment. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Their propriety, simplicity, and elegance, would make them the safest model for any young woman. Jane Austen. Emma.
• One's safest course that day was to clasp a railing and hang on; walking was too precarious a pastime. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He stopped in the act of swinging himself out of his saddle, and, resuming it as his safest place, said: Emigrant, my friends! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was infinitely the simplest and the safest way of disposing of him for the night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Indian had thereupon asked to be informed of the best and safest person to apply to for the loan he wanted. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And in my opinion, you're safest with a lawyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It's always safest, all round, to _do as He_ bids us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• How that visit was to be acknowledgedwhat would be necessaryand what might be safest, had been a point of some doubtful consideration. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Motor-driven machines are the safest possible kind, while absence of overhead shafting and dangerous belts mean health as well as security. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He believes that a woman who could resist him, as I did at Brighton, is the safest woman on earth! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In fact, on that occasion the Union soldier nearest the enemy was in the safest position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was very much disgusted with this account, and quite agreed with my mother that it would be the safest plan to send the child away. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I could then judge, from my own observation, of the safest and easiest manner of approaching the object of my visit. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I am thinking of the safest way of putting my two letters into Fanny's hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The safest way is to lay them loosely in a box of dry soil or charcoal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Despite his tranquillity, a somewhat heavy brow speaks temper, and reminds you that the smoothest waters are not always the safest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Editor: Olivia