Smote

Examples

• If it had a new meaning that smote him to the heart, the change was in his perception, not in her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Innocent as I had been of any intention to terrify and agitate her, my heart smote me as I looked at the poor, pale, frightened face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Conscience smote the gentle Twemlow pale. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This praise and confidence smote Dobbin's heart very keenly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Yet as the laugh died, a kind of wrath smote me, and then bitterness followed: it was the rock struck, and Meribah's waters gushing out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It smote upon his heart to feel that she hid her thin, worn shoe. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This new phase in her demeanour smote him on his weak or poetic side. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Never in all his life had so fearful a sound smote upon his ears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The elder gentleman took the cry so ill, that he watched his opportunity, and smote the young gentleman on the ear. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was here that they blindfolded him and struck him, and said in derision, Prophesy who it is that smote thee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And the cruelty of Lily's judgments smote upon her memory. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Louisa understood the loving pretence, and her heart smote her. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• All through the night the Arabs smote in the name of Allah, and pressed upon the shattered and retreating Persians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr Venus smote the table with his hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She was despatched to New Orleans; but, when about half way there, God had mercy on her, and smote her with death. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The curtains were drawn, and the warm friendly aspect of the room smote him like that of a familiar face met during an unavowable errand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I daresay his conscience smote him, for they all say at home I am the picture of aunt Ginevra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Its evolution from the ancient harp, gleaned by man from the wind, that grand old harper, who smote his thunder harp of pines, is too long a story to here recite in detail. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But when his boyish figure bobbed away, its shabbiness and cheerful patience smote the tears out of her eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It flashed strangely through the tears which still blurred her eyes, and smote on the white ruin of Lily's face. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• While the armies of Islam were advancing triumphantly to the conquest of the world, this sickness of civil war smote at its head. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But just at that moment a heavy object smote me a resounding whack between my shoulders that nearly felled me to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The feeling, the announcement sent through me, was something stronger than was consistent with joy--something that smote and stunned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The answer smote him like a blow, and he stood still in the path, looking down at her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• His conscience smote him that he had borrowed Briggs's money and aided in deceiving her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then suddenly the disciplined Macedonian cavalry charged at one of these torn places and smote the centre of the Persian host. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Editor: Lyle