Solicited

Examples

• And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You read, in its soft yet eager expression, that it solicited clearer replies. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Could they turn from their door one, however monstrous, who solicited their compassion and friendship? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The latest Paris fashions have arrived, and orders are respectfully solicited. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It has been solicited on the gentleman's part, but none has been made. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This reply, so characteristic of the manner in which Government _employés_ generally regard anything new to which their attention is solicited, completely disheartened Mr. Ronalds. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But neither mode of relief suggested itself to Prince Bladud; so he solicited a private audience, and told his father. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Lilian