Spoilt

Examples

• I've spoilt her, said he, taking her from me with good humour, and kissing her little hot face and burning lips. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But Mr Boffin is being spoilt by prosperity, and is changing every day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Our spoilt little woman, said my guardian, shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If I knew which of your hands was the least spoilt, I would ask you to let me touch it,' said Bella, 'for the last time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Our lives, we see with a growing certitude, are fretted and shadowed and spoilt because there is as yet no worldwide law, no certain justice. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Spoilt, spoilt! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I'm afraid it has spoilt your beautiful bust, for it passed right through the head and flattened itself on the wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Just at that moment, Mr. Betteredge spoilt it all by coming to the door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• That man came here, and spoilt it all. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Miss Havisham, you must know, was a spoilt child. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They simply confined themselves to making a mess; and all they spoilt, to do them justice, was the panelling of a door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The consequence was, she learnt nothing at school, and was petted and spoilt at Limmeridge House. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Spoilt niggers, every one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Editor: Rufus