Wondrous

Examples

• Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She and her nurse coalesced in wondrous union. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He poured forth a few energetic sentences of that wondrous One,--his life, his death, his everlasting presence, and power to save. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Either they were wondrous heavy sleepers or else the noises that I made were really much less than they seemed to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A revolution in the art of shoemaking thus started was followed up by wondrous machines invented to meet every part of the manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• My sister was struck by my narrative: How beyond the imagination of man, she exclaimed, are the decrees of heaven, wondrous and inexplicable! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She let her joyous eyes rest upon him without speaking, as upon some wondrous thing she had created out of chaos. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Sir Sluggish Knight, I drink to thee, said the hermit; respecting thy valour much, but deeming wondrous slightly of thy discretion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The lad's smile gave wondrous transparency to his physiognomy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So they set out, D'Arnot marveling as had Clayton and Jane at the wondrous strength and agility of the apeman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She played a simple air, and her voice accompanied it in sweet accents, but unlike the wondrous strain of the stranger. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Now that I am arrived at its base, my pinions are furled, the mighty stairs are before me, and step by step I must ascend the wondrous fane-- Speak! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• FLITTING That evening Ursula returned home very bright-eyed and wondrous--which irritated her people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But Sabor knew well the wondrous quickness of the jungle folk and their almost unbelievable powers of hearing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Some fine, slight fingers have a wondrous knack at pulverizing a man's brittle pride. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• By Saint Hubert, said the Minstrel, but it is a wondrous tale, and fit to be put in metre to the ancient tune, 'Sorrow came to the old Friar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• His wife was one of those wondrous beings, to be found only among women, with affections not to be diminished by misfortune. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Also, he was anxious to return to the cabin and continue his investigations of its wondrous contents. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• How he should have liked to have returned to the tribe to parade before their envious gaze this wondrous finery. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They are never well, and their minds and views shrink to wondrous narrowness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not the least doubt of it, ma'am,' rejoined Bob, looking wondrous wise. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The tribe had gathered about to look upon the proof of his wondrous prowess, and to listen to his words. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Tarzan thought much on this wondrous method of slaying as he swung slowly along at a safe distance behind his quarry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• There was the jewel-case, silver-clasped, and the wondrous bronze hand on the dressing-table, glistening all over with a hundred rings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am apt to rely on her judgment of character, for hitherto I have found it wondrous accurate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Arethusa, Asia, and Leucothoe are all waving their white arms, and singing songs of the wondrous caves beneath the waves. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Edited by Ivan