Attends

Examples

• We need no other explication of that esteem, which attends such of the natural virtues, as have a tendency to the public good. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But this accounts not sufficiently for the satisfaction, which attends riches. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It was less of her I would speak, said he, than of Prince John; and I would fain know somewhat of a faithful squire, and why he now attends me not? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• To all this, Mr Venus, with his shock of dusty hair cocked after the manner of a terrier's ears, attends profoundly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You'll find my terms very cheap and reasonable, and no man attends more to his clients than I do, and I hope I know a little of my profession besides. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Who attends to them? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The same imperfection attends our ideas of the Deity; but this can have no effect either on religion or morals. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Considering the great speed of the modern spindle and the fact that a single workman attends a thousand or more of them, the record of progress in this art becomes impressive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This is the more remarkable, that in the two last species of animals, the pride always attends the beauty, and is discovered in the male only. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This is my partner,' said Eugene, 'who keeps the books and attends to the wages. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This doctor that attends Eva seems skilful. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It is the present impression, which is to be considered as the true and real cause of the idea, and of the belief which attends it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The conversations with Edison that elicited these stories brought out some details as to peril that attends experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A hope of amelioration always attends on change of place, which would even lighten the burthen of my life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• There is something weak and imperfect amidst all that seeming vehemence of thought and sentiment, which attends the fictions of poetry. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Benevolence attends both: But is connected with love in a more eminent degree. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• In a world where doing means marrying, and the commonwealth is one of hearts and hands, the same peril attends the condition. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Let a man do his duty first, without asking whether he will be happy or not, and happiness will be the inseparable accident which attends him. Plato. The Republic.
• He goes, in a condescending amateurish way, into the City, attends meetings of Directors, and has to do with traffic in Shares. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mercury attends with the key. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Editor: Noreen