Wearily

Examples

• No need, was again her answer--no need, no need: and her small step toiled wearily up the staircase. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• About noon I dragged myself wearily to the portals of a huge building which covered perhaps four square miles and towered two hundred feet in the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She made no immediate motion to do so, however, but dropping into a chair looked wearily about her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It happened at Rome, she went on, as wearily calm and cold as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Her eyes closed wearily, a peace came over her face, she looked like a queen in repose. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She took his arm and walked home pensively and wearily by his side. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• One look as she sank into a chair, as her arms fell on the table, as her fair head dropped on them wearily. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She returned wearily to the thought of Percy Gryce, as a wayfarer picks up a heavy load and toils on after a brief rest. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Fledgeby had dropped into a chair, in the attitude of one waiting wearily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My Lady signifies, without profuse expenditure of words, that she is as wearily well as she can hope to be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I desired that I might pass my life on that barren rock, wearily it is true, but uninterrupted by any sudden shock of misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Come back at any other time when you may consider it a duty to bury half an hour wearily here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She shook her head wearily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I know how listlessly and wearily each of that wretched pair dragged on their heavy chain through a world that was poisoned to them both. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Ezra Jennings laid aside his hat, and passed his hand wearily over his forehead, wearily through his startling white and black hair. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Maurice said nothing, but sighed wearily. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Then, Hermione, assuming priority of speech, resumed as if wearily: 'To what does he want you to submit? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I have told you all that happened, Mr. Hopkins, she said, wearily. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She suddenly looked away from me, and rested her head wearily on the top of her crutch. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Trailing wearily behind a rude wagon, and over a ruder road, Tom and his associates faced onward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He raised his shoulders wearily. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Pablo asked wearily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• How wearily, how bewilderingly they swarm about your path! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Holmes sighed, wearily. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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