Steadfastly

Examples

• With these affecting words, Mr. Weller looked steadfastly on his son, and turning slowly upon his heel, disappeared from his sight. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• That worthy lady being unable to obtain one, and being steadfastly denied admission, Mr Meagles besought Arthur to essay once more what he could do. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She waited, kneeling, steadfastly looking up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And Mr. Pickwick steadfastly adhered to this determination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The adult frog can live all the rest of its days in the air, but it can be drowned if it is kept steadfastly below water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then the Jew wanted to bribe my friend, who steadfastly refused for the reason, as he told the Jew, that he might be court-martialled and shot. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was looking at her steadfastly, scarcely heeding what she said. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Do not you observe a very tall young fellow in silk stockings, looking steadfastly up at this box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She looked very steadfastly at Mr. Peggotty when he stood before her; and he looked quite as steadfastly at her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She stood there, looking steadfastly towards them, and listening to his departing steps. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But steadfastly, generation by generation, life was creeping away from the shallow sea-water of its beginning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have never yet sued a farmer for the price of a reaper, he stated in 1848, and he held to that policy as steadfastly as he could. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Eustacia regarded the youth steadfastly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And he kept his head; he held steadfastly to his plan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Doctor looked on her, henceforth, as steadfastly as she on him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Some call a prude, a woman who steadfastly resists being kissed by a man for whom she has no regard, at a time when her heart is devoted to another. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Sassanids repeatedly carried war into the Byzantine Empire, and held the line of the Euphrates steadfastly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The sparkling eye looked steadfastly up, as the musing face looked thoughtfully down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His eyes had such a strange look, and fixed upon her so steadfastly, that Rebecca Sharp began almost to tremble. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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