Adopting

Examples

• This feature he afterward abandoned, adopting the single knife, described by him as an alternative. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I mentioned the suggestion to Mr. Bruff and Betteredge--who both approved of my adopting it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She has gone through life, accepting everybody's help, and adopting everybody's opinions. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• V, adopting purely and simply the arrangement of the American, Langley, which offers a good stability. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• All idea of adopting this latter plan was abandoned when the limited quantity of supplies possible to take with us was considered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In adopting such a manner, you can seldom expect to please your hearers, or obtain the concurrence you desire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But this could be done only by adopting, or, at least, by favouring the tenets of that particular sect. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He talked of himself incessantly, sometimes in the coarsest and vulgarest Hampshire accent; sometimes adopting the tone of a man of the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He meditated at first, on the probable consequences of his own advice, and the likelihood of his father's adopting it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I disliked both; but agreed to them on condition of his adopting the doctrine of not using animal food. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• When attacked sometimes, Becky had a knack of adopting a demure ingenue air, under which she was most dangerous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I thought the advice was good, and, adopting that view, countermanded the orders for pursuit of Longstreet. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Well--that's inflammable,' said Wardle, adopting the substitute; 'couldn't you say all this to me in the first instance? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• So far he will please his father, and I have promised in the mean time to try and reconcile Vincy to his son's adopting some other line of life. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In the sixteenth century Europe was busy in adopting these and other changes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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