Timed

Examples

• He did not approach Gudrun violently, he was never ill-timed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• If you have really meant to give me a proof of your good opinion, though ill-timed and misplaced, I feel that I ought to thank you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So well-timed, is it not? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Those who are timed for destruction must die now. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This critic concludes with a gentle rebuke to the inventor for ill-timed jesting, and a suggestion to furnish AUTHENTIC information! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Fanny's spirit was as much refreshed as her body; her head and heart were soon the better for such well-timed kindness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mr. Holmes, this joking is very ill-timed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The singing was interrupted by laughing and talking; never was merry ditty so sadly timed, never laughter more akin to tears. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Exceedingly temporary, but well timed--well timed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• That involves explanations not very hard to be guessed at, not very well timed here, and not very creditable to myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If fate would carry off in death or downfall all those who were timed to go, why need she trouble, why repudiate any further. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Many public institutions experienced his well-timed liberality, and he manifested a sensibility of heart by numerous acts of private charity. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Do not thou interrupt me with thine ill-timed avarice, said the Outlaw, and I will deal with him in thy behalf. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You did right not to keep me in suspense, she said, and your visit is well timed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We timed one of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Margaret was vexed with herself for not having timed her visit better. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This ill-timed defiance might have procured for De Bracy a volley of arrows, but for the hasty and imperative interference of the outlaw Chief. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• But they learned to know, from the lodge-keeper, when Mrs Crich was away, and they timed their visits. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Front-de-Boeuf, on the contrary, seemed impatient of their ill-timed jocularity. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He got half-a-dozen fellows into a Barn, and a good supply of Rats, and timed the Dog. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was clearly ill-timed after dinner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The mischiefs done were always so nicely timed, also, as further to shelter the aggressor. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In this state of her spirits, a letter was delivered to her from the post, which contained a proposal particularly well timed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• In fact, it is not that I consider the ball as ill-timed; what does it signify? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Because he had the eye to see his opportunity, the heart to prompt to well-timed actionthe nerve to consummate a perfect work. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A very striking experiment can be made by suspending from the ceiling a heavy weight and striking this weight gently at regular, properly timed intervals with a small cork hammer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• So much the worse timed was the present freak of Shirley's. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Typed by Agatha