Sisters

Examples

• He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were miserable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Weary Hannah slept on, and no one but the sisters saw the pale shadow which seemed to fall upon the little bed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The aunt brought her up, and she and the cousin have been like sisters. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I had always wished to love my sisters dearly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for ever. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• On the lower floor, under the same assumed name, two women live, who are described as my sisters. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And you, Dejah Thoris, have parents and brothers and sisters? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Many young men have sisters,' returned the child. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My friend Sneyd--you have heard me speak of Sneyd, Edmund--his father, and mother, and sisters, were there, all new to me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I should think every young man would want to go, though it is hard for the mothers and sisters who stay at home, she added sorrowfully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What brother on earth would do half so much for his sisters, even if REALLY his sisters! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But both had the remote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of Hebe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He was embracing his sisters, and ogling Miss Rachel, while he honoured me with that testimony of affection. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• What a match for George she'd be (the sisters and Miss Wirt agreed), and how much better than that insignificant little Amelia! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was curious, the delight of the sisters in each other, at this meeting. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She told him the last news about little Georgy, and how he was gone to spend that very day with his sisters in the country. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very agreeable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• For one thing, I have no father or mother, brothers or sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But, my dear sister, can I be happy, even supposing the best, in accepting a man whose sisters and friends are all wishing him to marry elsewhere? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The father was confined to his bed, there was a come and go of SOTTO-VOCE sisters and brothers and children. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• My sisters would feel the good effects of it as well as herself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Who says we shall not be sisters? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Who ever gives a thought to the sisters of Jesus at all? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Even Elizabeth began to fear--not that Bingley was indifferent--but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• My sisters used to subscribe to little circulating libraries in the neighbourhood, for the common novels of the day; but I always hated these. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The baronet gazed after her, then went and stood behind his sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Balls will be absolutely prohibited, unless you stand up with one of your sisters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Editor: Roxanne