Suppressed

Examples

• Now, said a suppressed voice with an oath, I've got you! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Two Greek papers and one French one were suppressed here within a few days of each other. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At the same time, a low whistle is wafted through the Inn and a suppressed voice cries, Hip! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• An explosion of a smouldering volcano long suppressed, was the result of an internal contest more easily conceived than described. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There was a sound behind them, as of an imperfectly suppressed chuckle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Speak your commands, said Cedric, with suppressed emotion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She interrupted with a suppressed fire of which either love or anger seemed an equally possible issue, Do you love me now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She rose and handed the hat to Miss Kilroy, who took it with a suppressed smile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I suppressed my indignation; but I showed her that her intention was not lost upon me, and I repaid her annoyance by affecting humility. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Rosedale suppressed a low whistle of surprise. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The tone of raillery in which he said this was very respectful and suppressed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I say, when I suppressed that paper, I made no effort to destroy it, but kept it by me, here in this house, many years. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Only their evident exhibition is suppressed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But they are not abolished; they are not suspended; they are not suppressed--save with reference to the task in question. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The secessionists became quiet but were filled with suppressed rage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I attribute my being still able to hold the curtain in the right position for looking and listening, entirely to suppressed hysterics. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Favour me with your attention for one moment, she said, in her clear icily-suppressed tones. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Justinian gazed at the young man as if he would read his very soul, then, turning away with a half-suppressed sigh, entered the theatre. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• So sunken and suppressed it was, that it was like a voice underground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Tom's heart was full; he poured it out in prayer, like waters that have been long suppressed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Caliphronas, who had suppressed his rage with difficulty, now burst out in a passion of furious anger, hardly knowing what he was saying. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The suppressed misery in his face silenced me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• His very deficiencies bring out starkly certain qualities that lurk suppressed and hidden in us all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If it is in the way of school,' said Bradley, always sustaining his dark look at the other, and speaking in his suppressed voice, 'you may. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Madame Defarge sat observing it, with such suppressed approval as was to be desired in the leader of the Saint Antoine women. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The tone in which he put the question jarred on me--there was something painfully suppressed in it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Our poet has been rigidly suppressed, from the time we let go the anchor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Perhaps he confided it to my hands for you, perhaps it was locked and my curiosity was piqued, perhaps I suppressed it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was suppressed anxiety and agitation in every line of his face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They both spoke as if she were ill; in a soft, suppressed tone that was plainly heard, although it hardly rose above a whisper. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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