Underwent

Examples

• After which strong avowal Bella underwent reaction, and cried to any extent, with her face on the back of her chair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What change I underwent I cannot explain, but out of her emotion passed into me a new spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He never omitted the ceremony afterwards, and the gravity and quiescence with which I underwent it, seemed to invest it for him with a certain charm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• After this first outrage of 1772 Poland underwent a great change of heart. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Deputy Lock opened the letter with a grave face, which underwent no change as he eyed its contents. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The kingdom of Japan underwent more change in five or six years than Europe in five or six hundred. Plato. The Republic.
• It was as in the old nursery-story, when the stick forgot to beat the dog, and the whole course of events underwent a peaceful and happy revolution. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There was no help then; so the unemployed underwent their destiny--ate the bread and drank the waters of affliction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We know, now what you underwent when you suspected my descent, and when you knew it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In doing this, I underwent a kind of rough usage, ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom, was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• And here I may remark, that what I underwent from Mrs. Crupp, in consequence of the tyranny she established over me, was dreadful. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The two religions spread side by side and underwent similar changes, so that nowadays their outward practice is very similar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nor was opportunity slow to favour; my new impressions underwent her test the next day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mrs. Sparsit's Coriolanian nose underwent a slight expansion of the nostrils, and her black eyebrows contracted as she took a sip of tea. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Emmy, in this happy time, found that hers underwent a very great change in respect of the merits of the Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The battery itself soon underwent modifications, and new types were evolved--the storage, the double-fluid, and the dry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Her hand I never yet touched--never underwent that test. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Emanuel underwent some raillery, half good-humoured, half, I thought, malicious, especially on Madame Beck's part. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Paul underwent a metamorphosis. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Sophy told me afterwards, that the self-reproach she underwent while she was in attendance upon Sarah, no words could describe. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was worth while to see the different conduct of the beauties who underwent this examination, during the time it was proceeding. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Uttering these words, the good lady pointed, distractedly, to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The invention of Printing Machines underwent many changes before it was brought to a practical form. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The constitution then underwent considerable revision, and Washington upon the Potomac was selected as the Federal capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The bounties upon the importation of tar, pitch, and turpentine, underwent, during their continuance, several alterations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A little pang of regret I underwent that the box had not been offered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Yet, what I suffered outside was nothing to what I underwent within. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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