Warning

Examples

• He dreaded to hear that something had been said to Mary--he felt as if he were listening to a threat rather than a warning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As for society, he was carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably flogged as a public warning and example. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The county police ought to make something of that, said he; why, it is surely obvious that-- But I held up a warning finger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• 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.
• It seemed to me that I had but closed my eyes when I felt her hand upon my shoulder and heard her soft voice warning me of a new danger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In about three weeks from that time--as well as I can remember--the first warning reached me of something unusual going on under the surface. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• On that next day, without any warning to me to expect him, he came to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I don't give you this warning on my account, but on yours. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Put up 'A Voice from the Flames,' 'A Trumpet-warning to Jericho,' and the 'Fleshpots Broken; or, the Converted Cannibal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You give no warning; you come noiselessly behind, seize fast, and hold on. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I shall be sure to give warning, when I return to a more philosophical way of speaking and thinking. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Take this as a warning from men that are starving, and have starving wives and children to go home to when they have done this deed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The girl still held Oliver fast by the hand, and continued to pour into his ear, the warnings and assurances she had already imparted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The chill of Mrs. Fairfax's warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The objective man, at the same time, may find even in the vehement pages of Nietzsche warnings and criticisms which the friends of democracy should not disrega rd. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Warnings of frosts and of freezing weather have enabled the growers of such products to protect and save large quantities of valuable plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With these fears upon me, I began either to imagine or recall that I had had mysterious warnings of this man's approach. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There is no sign of that; we would have had warnings long ago. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• His expression was pleading rather than ferocious, nor did he bare his great tusks or utter his fearful guttural warnings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• One of the most valuable services rendered is that of the warnings of cyclonic storms for the benefit of marine interests. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We have had several warnings that an attempt might be made upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Agriculturists also derive great advantage from these warnings, especially those engaged in the production of fruits, vegetables and other market garden products. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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