Stamped

Examples

• He stamped these qualities upon his time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The difference between a phonograph and the human voice is that the phonograph must sing the song which is stamped upon it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She knew them, they were finished, sealed and stamped and finished with, for her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Now there are days--I suspect the vast majority of them in most of our lives--when we grind out the thing that is stamped upon us. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Then they were stamped to indicate their fineness and guarantee their purity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Although Bleak House was not in Chancery, its master was, and it was stamped with the same seal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The girl stamped her little foot in a peremptory manner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The nature of things has stamped upon corn a real value, which cannot be altered by merely altering its money price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Carrying it to the light, Lily read with surprise the address stamped on the upper corner of the envelope. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Sir Percival frowned, stamped angrily on the floor, and walked on into the house, taking no notice of anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Legree stamped his foot, and swore violently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Another step stamped on the flooring above and something fell; and there was silence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He did not commend; at some passages he scowled and stamped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The sealed shekel, a stamped piece of silver, came very near to being a coin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With which they requested a stamped receipt, and remained his obedient servants. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• One bore the address of a bank, and as it was stamped and sealed, Selden, after a moment's hesitation, laid it aside. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• For small transactions the various provinces were using perforated zinc and brass cash, but for larger there was nothing but stamped ingots of silver. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He stored my mind with its first treasures, and stamped his character upon them all. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Directly beneath this is stamped the trademark of the firm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She stamped her foot with pretty petulance, so, seeing she was obstinate, he carefully sheared off the tress close to her head. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Get her up, said Jos; she must get up, I say: and he stamped his foot energetically. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• By April, 1859, the last embers of the blaze had been stamped out, and the British were masters of India again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Felix, at the same time, stamped upon my toes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The set characters of death appeared to me to be stamped on features which once had been very lovely. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Haley ran up and down, and cursed and swore and stamped miscellaneously. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She saw it only as folly, and that folly stamped only by exposure. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Trade-mark stamped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He stamped the snow from his boots. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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