Trained

Examples

• In speaking of education Plato rather startles us by affirming that a child must be trained in falsehood first and in truth afterwards. Plato. The Republic.
• Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth, or liberal education. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He is trained like an animal rather than educated like a human being. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• My mother had brought her up, and trained her as carefully, almost, as a daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• His long luxuriant hair was trained to flow in quaint tresses down his richly furred cloak. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This conjecture is the more probable, since Galileo, like Harvey and Gilbert, had been trained in the s tudy of medicine. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Besides, the nights are so still, that the sound of oars can easily be heard a long way off, especially by men trained to hear like my Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Kruesi was the superintendent, a Swiss trained in the best Swiss ideas of accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In his seat he had nothing of the awkwardness of the convent, but displayed the easy and habitual grace of a well-trained horseman. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The solemn servant was far too highly trained to betray the slightest satisfaction. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It has been trained for a lady. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• After music comes gymnastic, in which our youth are next to be trained. Plato. The Republic.
• There was a certain obscurity in Eustacia's beauty, and Venn's eye was not trained. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Her singing was less remarkable, but also well trained, and sweet to hear as a chime perfectly in tune. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Clearly I am not well trained but I will try to make up for that. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• For myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat better than cold, and a thermometer of 90 was no hardship. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had trained it, probably by the use of the milk which we saw, to return to him when summoned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Far in New England that mother had trained her only son, with long, unwearied love, and patient prayers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Trained you down very low, it has! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There they lay, abortions of a half-trained mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Accuracy is obtained by the employment of specially-trained and long-experienced workmen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But perhaps 'tis natural in a man trained for war. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The girls were trained by their mothers, the boys either by their fathers or by some master to whom they were apprenticed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Fortune had given him a powerful frame, which he trained to support the extremities of exertion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At first the effect is unconscious; but when reason arrives, then he who has been thus trained welcomes her as the friend whom he always knew. Plato. The Republic.
• Perhaps I have trained myself to see what others overlook. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• On the contrary, we find to-day a handful of trained soldiers equipped with modern firearms putting to flight a horde of ignorant savages. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Father, you have trained me from my cradle? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

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