Sentences

Examples

• He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It contained these two sentences in Pesca's handwriting-- Your letter is received. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He held steadily to the subject of the Diamond; but he ceased to complete his sentences. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The break he set between his last two sentences was quite embarrassing to his hearer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is observed by critics, that all words or sentences, which are difficult to the pronunciation, are disagreeable to the ear. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• George was awe-struck at the force, the vehemence, the power, with which these broken sentences were uttered. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The clergyman stayed to exchange a few sentences, either of admonition or reproof, with his haughty parishioner; this duty done, he too departed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They had exchanged a few sentences, of which the porter had only distinguished the one word time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• That done, with many added sentences of grateful friendship and warm attachment, all was done. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Lots of money--old girl--pompous doctor--not a bad idea--good fun,' were the intelligible sentences which issued from his lips. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I trust and hope, and sincerely wish you may never be absent from home so long again, were most delightful sentences to her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The most important sentences in the letter, Mr. Hartright, are those at the end, which I will read to you immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She wished that he would go, as he had once spoken of doing, instead of sitting there, answering with curt sentences all the remarks she made. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• On this, the disconnected words, and fragments of sentences, which had dropped from Mr. Candy in his delirium, appeared as follows: . Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Yet he had a reputation for kindness and charity on the country-side, and was noted for the leniency of his sentences from the bench. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• College, returns Mr. Bagnet in short sentences, bassoon-like. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A little later, the sentences dropped to single words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She saw her mother and Marianne change colour; saw them look at herself, and whisper a few sentences to each other. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Listen to the last sentences of the letter, said Miss Halcombe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Fragments of angry sentences such as, 'Without my permission! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He poured forth a few energetic sentences of that wondrous One,--his life, his death, his everlasting presence, and power to save. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He met Crawley in the lobby, however, where they exchanged a few sentences upon the occurrences of the last fortnight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The dynamic force which created these conditions, which will continue to create them--lust--they refer to in a few pious sentences. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You're in the plot--you made him marry, thinking that I'd leave my money from him--you did, Martha, the poor old lady screamed in hysteric sentences. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They would whisper sentences of this sort at my bedside-- It is very well we took her in. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One prisoner of fifteen years had scratched verses upon his walls, and brief prose sentences--brief, but full of pathos. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I made the sentences short and brisk on purpose. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• One of the paragraphs of the anonymous letter, I said, contains some sentences of minute personal description. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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