Alternatives
[ɔ:l'tɜ:nətɪvz]
Examples
- Ah, I see; I might have known you were fully provided with alternatives. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In the third place, it makes choice of alternatives possible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mrs. Bry, to Mrs. Fisher's despair, had not progressed beyond the point of weighing her social alternatives in public. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So it is proposed to cut down the number of elective offices, focus the attention on a few alternatives, and turn voting into a fairly intelligent performance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No bracing critical atmosphere plays about his mind: there are no cleansing doubts and fruitful alternatives. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It certainly did that; but what are your alternatives? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What will fascinate us in the past will be the records of inventions, of great choices, of those alternatives on which destiny seems to hang. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On looking back to the entry referring to the lawyer's visit, we found that my recollection of the two alternatives presented was accurately correct. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But it did not suit Mr. Lennox to drive her to the first of these alternatives; so he went on. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There were two alternatives proposed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She declined both alternatives. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Just so, Sir Percival--just so; but there are two alternatives in all transactions, and we lawyers like to look both of them in the face boldly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The fuller one's conception of possible future achievements, the less his present activity is tied down to a small number of alternatives. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Looked at closely an election shows the quantitative division of the people on several alternatives. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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