Wrote
[rəʊt] or [rot]
Definition
(imp.) of Write
(v. i.) To root with the snout. See 1st Root.
(-) imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.
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Examples
- Our friend, the doctor, was hard put to it when he wrote this. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this place I will print an article which I wrote for the New York Herald the night we arrived. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Some make fun of it, some overpraise, and nearly all insist that I had a deep theory to expound, when I only wrote it for the pleasure and the money. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Twice or thrice in the year, according to her promise, she wrote him letters to Madras, letters all about little Georgy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I did not remember, at the moment when I wrote last, that you knew them both; but I remembered it afterwards, and it helped me on. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then she wrote a short, simple note, and with Laurie's help, got them smuggled onto the study table one morning before the old gentleman was up. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In a big, dashing hand, Laurie wrote. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is years since I wrote it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This done, I wrote to Marian, to tell her that I was safe and well, and that I had fair prospects of success. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had often vainly applied to her parents, as well as to her uncle, Lord Carysfort, who only wrote to load her with reproaches. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He wrote an essay on his invention, and circulated it among his friends and teachers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He tore a leaf from his pocket-book, wrote a few words and gave it to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He never wrote the death of any Don Faustino as well as she told it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wrote with extraordinary neatness. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In those words I wrote to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Years later he wrote to his mother: After all, the way in which we are taught Latin and Greek does not much influence the important st ructure of our minds. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After he withdrew from school, he read, wrote, and ciphered (in the intervals of manu al work) almost incessantly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wrote it rather hurriedly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One of his friends, Castelli, wrote of this in a letter many years later, dated 1638. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And I'm glad Miss Margaret wrote off straight, without shilly-shallying. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Lieb wrote from Milan, Italy, that he had in use on the Edison system there 360 meters ranging from 350 ampere-hours per month up to 30,000. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This awful revolution, wrote Gibbon of the Western collapse, may be usefully applied to the useful instruction of the present age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She had a good education, sir, as you know, and she wrote a good hand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Jones wrote a full and particular account of the dinner, which appeared duly in the Demagogue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He seized the pencil and wrote: Where is Jane Porter? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wrote to him, my love, last week, and rather expect to see, than to hear from him again. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- D'Arnot wrote: I am glad she is safe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Take that message back, and they will know that I received this, as well as if I wrote. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Nobody has wrote a syllable to me concerning his making use of the hammer, or made the least complaint of him or you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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