Usual

Examples

• The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I beg you will not do anything of the kind, Tertius, said Rosamond, looking at him with something more marked than usual in her speech. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He soon began to quarrel again as usual. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Not in his usual spirits? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Rawdon laughed out with his usual roar. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• To which I shall pay, of course, my usual attention. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It met with better success than usual. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The yard presented none of that bustle and activity which are the usual characteristics of a large coach inn. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Pray don't say any more about it, said Will, in a hoarse undertone extremely unlike his usual light voice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Now, really, Dodo, said Celia, with rather a deeper guttural than usual, you _are_ contradictory: first one thing and then another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Helstone came in marching nimbly and erect, looking browner, keener, and livelier than usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One side of the window was open, which I understand was quite usual in the summer-time, and he passed without difficulty into the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Nothing happened until Penelope came in, at the usual time in the morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Oh, but I am happier than usual to-day, answered I, very naturally. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Barbara went out: she returned soon-- Madam, Mrs. Harden says she has sent up the usual quantity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• William Larkins let me keep a larger quantity than usual this year. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Do you mean, Sir Percival, that I am to dismiss the indoor servants under my charge without the usual month's warning? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Augustine's cheek flushed; but he only observed, with his usual sarcastic carelessness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She could only tell me that it was 'just the news,'--meaning, I suppose, that they all talked as usual about each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Another happy evening, quite as unreal as all the rest of it, and I steal into the usual room before going away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There was time enough in the morning for me to take Laura out for her walk as usual, and to see her quietly settled at her drawing afterwards. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We found the gardener at work as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I was in my own room as usual--just myself, without obvious change: nothing had smitten me, or scathed me, or maimed me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Willoughby took his usual place between the two elder Miss Dashwoods. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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