Thoughtfulness
['θɔtfəlnɪs]
Examples
- With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I could understand the stillness in the house and the thoughtfulness it expressed on the part of all those who had always been so good to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her thoughtfulness baffled his cunning scrutiny. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A short pause of mutual thoughtfulness succeeded. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Fanny was silent, and Miss Crawford relapsed into thoughtfulness, till suddenly looking up at the end of a few minutes, she exclaimed, Ah! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Some minutes elapsed before she came out of this thoughtfulness, and resumed her hard composure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She had long intervals of silence and thoughtfulness, and denied she had been thinking when Marian asked her the question. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They all came back together within five minutes afterwards, and Dora's unusual thoughtfulness was quite gone then. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- More thoughtfulness and less anxiety to please, than when they last met, were plainly expressed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In that state of mind which rendered nobody uneasy, his thoughtfulness would have turned principally on the man at his side. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His gravity and thoughtfulness returned on him in their fullest extentand he sat for some time silent and dull. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Impulsively generous she had always been; but there was a touching and womanly thoughtfulness about her now, that every one noticed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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