Aunts
[ɑ:nts]
Examples
- Mrs. van der Luyden has driven over to see her old aunts at Rhinebeck and we shan't be missed at the house for another hour. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Dora, clinging to them both, and weeping, exclaimed, 'O yes, aunts! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I was wonderfully relieved to find that my aunt and Dora's aunts rubbed on, all things considered, much more smoothly than I could have expected. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was not in the drawing-room when I presented Agnes to her little aunts, but was shyly keeping out of the way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sophy arrives at the house of Dora's aunts, in due course. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Oh--all my aunts? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My aunt made her promised visit within a few days of the conference; and within a few more days, Dora's aunts called upon her, in due state and form. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- DORA'S AUNTS At last, an answer came from the two old ladies. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Who are your uncles and aunts? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- If I couldn't bear her, why didn't I send her away to her aunts at Putney, or to Julia Mills in India? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Well, resumed Mr. Rochester, if you disown parents, you must have some sort of kinsfolk: uncles and aunts? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They little think how much it comes to, or what their parents, or their uncles and aunts, pay for them in the course of the year. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We still talk about humanity as if it were some strange and mystical creature which could not possibly be composed of the grocer, the street-car conductor and our aunts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She was happy to see me so happy, and promised to call on Dora's aunts without loss of time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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