Stimulated
['stimjə,letid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Stimulate
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- Stimulated either by this compliment, or by her burning indignation, that illustrious woman then added, 'Let him meet it if he can! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I stimulated myself into such a heat, and got so out of breath, that I felt as if I had been earning I don't know how much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The simplicity of the method of generating acetylene gas from this substance by merely bringing it in contact with water has greatly stimulated invention in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The electric furnace, stimulated into higher heat by the dynamo than can be otherwise obtained, has brought about many valuable discoveries, and made great advances in various arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The economic revolution has stimulated science by setting problems for solution, by producing greater intellectual respect for mechanical appliances. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The great growth of automobile carriages in the past year has greatly stimulated the output of storage batteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pasteur's interest in these problems of fermentation wa s stimulated by one of the industries of Lille. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If a red rose is seen, it is because the optic nerves sensitive to red have been stimulated and have carried the message to the brain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Research is stimulated, actively aroused, and a passionate zeal suffuses what is perhaps the most spontaneous reform enthusiasm of our time. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I was dazzled, stimulated: my senses were excited; and being ignorant, raw, and inexperienced, I thought I loved her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Think you Cleopatra would have kept Antony so long her slave, had she not stimulated his love occasionally by giving him cause for jealousy? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For the burning of the chief city seems to have stimulated rather than crippled her energies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every department of mechanics was stimulated and benefited to an extraordinary degree. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So stimulated, the business was extremely brisk, and the articles in stock went off with the greatest celerity. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It seemed I must be stimulated into action. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She was stimulated above all things by this conflict with him, when he was like a sulky boy, helpless, and she had him safe at Breadalby. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One other thing besides the conflicts of the time perhaps stimulated the mind of Plato in this direction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The real value of a book depends not so much upon the information given as upon the permanent interest stimulated and the initiative aroused. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was as if she had drunk a great draught of scorn that stimulated her beyond the susceptibility to other feelings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Caroline seemed stimulated by her presence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was one of the most exasperating attributes of Bounderby, that he not only sang his own praises but stimulated other men to sing them. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Demand for improvement along this line was stimulated by the loose-leaf and card index wave which was just then beginning to sweep the country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The marvellous glory of the nineteenth century has proceeded from the intelligence of the people, awakened, stimulated, and guided by the press. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Affluence, unless stimulated by a keen imagination, forms but the vaguest notion of the practical strain of poverty. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Intellectually, this moral development meant the introduction of many new objects of attention; it stimulated foresight and planning for the future. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The woman seemed stimulated, for a few moments, to an unnatural strength, and worked with desperate eagerness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The development of free discussion in Europe during this age of fermentation was enormously stimulated by the appearance of printed books. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It even stimulated him, excited him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Hoosac and Mont Cenis tunnels greatly stimulated invention in this field, and among the notable drills of this class may be named the Burleigh, Ingersoll, and Sergeant. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Checker: Micawber