Warranted

Examples

• Our treasure was warranted sober and honest. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There's his full-length portrait, painted by himself and presented to you, warranted a likeness! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Their enthusiasm was at least warranted by the fact that they had never seen a country as good as this. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No, he's warranted a pious and sober article. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The servants have applied to me for orders and directions, which I really did not feel warranted in giving. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And yet they will all feel warranted in making a wide space between me and them, as if I were a leper! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Enthused with his success, Mr. Duncan decided to enter into the manufacture and sale of addressographs on as extensive a basis as the demand for his invention warranted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• At any rate, as Dorothea's brother-in-law, I feel warranted in objecting strongly to his being kept here by any action on the part of her friends. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If these were creatures of his own kind he was doubtful if his past pride in blood was warranted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The day before, Rosanna had taken out a spot for me on the lappet of my coat, with a new composition, warranted to remove anything. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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