Accorded
[ə'kɔːd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Accord
Checker: Virgil
Examples
- This promise was graciously accorded, and they separated upon great terms of amity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was puzzled over the kind reception accorded to him by this strange Justinian, who he had been led to believe was a kind of modern freebooter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Until we reach the headquarters of Tal Hajus it is the will of Lorquas Ptomel that you be accorded the respect your acts have earned you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And whom, I added, has the honour of serving been accorded me? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The shadow in which she sat, falling like a gloomy veil across her forehead, accorded very well with the character of her beauty. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The latter accorded not with the principles of freedom which they had been taught to revere. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Probably no industrial operation excites more widespread interest, when accorded publicity, than the mining of coal, and that because of the dangers which attend it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Everything about him accorded with the fastidious element in her taste, even to the light irony with which he surveyed what seemed to her most sacred. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The other two were to battle and then I to fight the conqueror for the liberty which was accorded the final winner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In time, I populated Melnos accorded to my mind, and then set my new subjects to work on dwellings and industries. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Virgil