Withheld

Examples

• There was a reproach in the touch so addressed to him that she had not foreseen, or she would have withheld her hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They have a right to claim a certain respect, and to feel wounded when it is withheld from them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was shy and withheld, though full of attention. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I have not withheld money, you mean, where it could assuage affliction. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Thus much had been granted her; and all besides withheld. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Their presence was not vital to her, she was withheld, she did not take them in. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was withheld. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was about to question her categorically, but on looking at her he withheld his words. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I could not give her pain by asking what it was, for I knew that she withheld it from me, to spare her father. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He had almost as much as declared his conviction of her criminality last night: what mysterious cause withheld him from accusing her? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Gerald just touched the extended fine, living hand, as if withheld and afraid. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• You have withheld the advantages which you must know to have been designed for him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Any way, I could scarcely be withheld from going out to Gerrard Street that night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He had carefully withheld all promise to do so; but would he be proof against her coaxing and argument? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They withheld nothing, they told everything, till they were over the border of evil. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Instinctively, she withheld her attention, and was happy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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