Strongly

Examples

• His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I put it strongly to her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They are not the thoughts of a model heroine under her circumstances, but they are those of a deeply-feeling, strongly-resentful peasant-girl. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Columbus, besides being strongly fortified, contained a garrison much more numerous than the force I had with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Is the absence of unlimited proprietary rights felt more strongly in the case of personal chattels (such as furniture and ornaments) than in the case of land or machinery? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Her pleasure in seeing him was like every other of her feelings, strong in itself, and strongly spoken. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This is most complimentary to the virtue of Prince Bladud's tears, and strongly corroborative of the veracity of this legend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And now, when the question of voting had come, this repulsive fact told more strongly against Mr. Farebrother than it had done before. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This position, naturally a strong and defensible one, was also strongly intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But, I could not allow even him to dictate to me on a point of great delicacy, on which I feel very strongly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That whoever had one foot in the grave was sure to hold back the other as strongly as he could. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The Confederates were strongly intrenched on the crest of the ridge in front of us, and had a second line half-way down and another at the base. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thomas was strongly fortified in his position, so that he would have been safe against the attack of Hood. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Yet I am afraid the dreadful truth is, Herbert, that he is attached to me, strongly attached to me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The wind, favourable to him, blew so strongly in shore, that we were unable, as we had at first intended, to meet him on his watery road. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This strongly marked way of doing business made a strongly marked impression on me, and that not of an agreeable kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I strongly recommend the Professor, ma'am, when he next has an hour to spare, to pay them a visit. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The enemy was found strongly intrenched on the high ground overlooking the river, and commanding the Wooden Bridge with artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He placed the end of a straight stick against the thong, drew it strongly back and released it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At night Lee took a position in rear of his former one, and by the following morning he was strongly intrenched in it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Despite that pernicious assumption of lassitude and indifference, which had become his second nature, he was strongly attached to his friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Peggotty was strongly interested, but I could not get her into my view of the case at all. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We see this tendency to become striped most strongly displayed in hybrids from between several of the most distinct species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• How strongly will you have it? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• On the crest of the west bank of this stream the enemy was strongly intrenched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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