Behaves
[bi'heivz]
Examples
- If she behaves well, and continues to suit me as she has suited me to-day, I may do her a good turn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then every time he behaves in this fashion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He no longer reacts just to his own hunger, but behaves in the light of what others are doing for its prospective satisfaction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When silk and linen are tested, it is found that the former behaves in a general way as did wool, while the linen has more similarity to the cotton. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He really behaves very well. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She behaves pretty well at lessons? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You know how odd Rachel is, and how differently she behaves sometimes from other girls, my lady said to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I should like to know how he behaves among strangers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The wife, since that affair, behaves exceeding well: but we conclude to sell them both the first good opportunity, for we do not like negro servants. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Let me first see how he behaves, said she; it will then be early enough for expectation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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