Suited

Examples

• Not that there was any particular harm in the man beyond his cocoa trees; but we never suited nor understood each other. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• If it suited her to grow ugly, why need others fret themselves on the subject? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This was the right discipline for Ginevra; it suited her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Because, dear, I don't think you suited to one another. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I could dictate it, though, with pleasure, to an amanuensis who suited me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I'll try, said Amy, for the advice suited her, and after a flurry to get ready, she ran after the friends, who were just disappearing over the hill. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In the hope of pleasing everyone, she took everyone's advice, and like the old man and his donkey in the fable suited nobody. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I have forgotten that) was suited to us both. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Pine tar is the kind best suited for cordage, the yellow, longleaf, or Georgia pine holding the first rank in the United States for tar making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This whim suited me the better at this time, from the cheapness of it, not costing us above eighteen pence sterling each per week. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They were not well suited to each other in age or character, and they had no children to moderate between them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When furnished with an eighty horse-power motor, more suited to its increased weight, the aerodrome planed easily over the water in more prolonged flight. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Mrs. Yorke wore the cap--it became her; she wore the gown also--it suited her no less. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He rather wanted a strike; it would have suited his book well enough. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The strength of a bridge must be suited to the number and weight of the carriages which are likely to pass over it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She would just have suited me, says Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Their expense, too, their grandeur and magnificence, must be suited to what that commerce can afford to pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We think it is more suited to our modern days, decidedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And will the habit of body of our ordinary athletes be suited to them? Plato. The Republic.
• Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the darkness of her complexion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I longed only for what suited me--for the antipodes of the Creole: and I longed vainly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The house and its inmates specially suited me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Paul's sight was peculiar, not easily fitted, and these glasses suited him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Bulstrode, bending and looking intently, found the form which Lydgate had given to his agreement not quite suited to his comprehension. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We chose to have three bathtubs, and large ones--tubs suited to the dignity of aristocrats who had real estate, and brought it with them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Who better suited to raise the question of justice than Cephalus, whose life might seem to be the expression of it? Plato. The Republic.

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