Traits

Examples

• That man has some noble traits, he said to himself as he noticed this; he is moved by the wrongs of his country. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• From these two traits we derive our standard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• For he does not become acquainted with the traits that mark off opinion and assent from authorized conviction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He had the shorter nose and longer upper lip of his sister rather than the fine traits of his brother. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Clemenceau, nothing in America stronger and wiser than President Wilson, and nothing in Britain to steady the Keltic traits of Mr. Lloyd George. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was curious to trace in this miniature model the very traits of its father. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This face, potent in the majesty of its traits, shed down on her hope, fondness, delight. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And these two traits are precisely what characterize the democratically constituted society. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Does not the apparition make vividly manifest the obtuse mould of my heavy traits? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These two traits, in addition to the chemical composition of the wood itself, give it the fire retardance quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Traits of Individual Method. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Embyronic growth of the human infant preserves, without doubt, some of the traits of lower forms of life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And these traits are just what is meant by having an aim or a purpose. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• His love of conversation, his affection, his indifference to riches, even his garrulity, are interesting traits of character. Plato. The Republic.
• He must have all the vile, mean traits there are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This and a certain tinge of superstition were the only unusual traits in his character which his brother officers had observed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Colonel Barclay himself seems to have had some singular traits in his character. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But, as we have just seen, the ideal cannot simply repeat the traits which are actually found. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• To be conscious is to be aware of what we are about; conscious signifies the deliberate, observant, planning traits of activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It carries with it into lumber two traits of the tree itself--fire retardance and rot resistance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The logical traits of abstraction, generalization, and definite formulation are all associated with this function. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• According to Froebel, the actuating force is the presentation of symbols, largely mathematical, corresponding to the essential traits of the Absolute. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Damme, you can't help liking a man, when you see these traits about him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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