Bestowed

Examples

• Mrs Lammle bestowed a sweet and loving smile upon her friend, which Miss Podsnap returned as she best could. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Upon this history, therefore, mechanical and illiberal as it may seem (all fineness and daintiness set aside), the greatest diligence must be bestowed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The commendation bestowed on him by Mrs. Reynolds was of no trifling nature. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And it was from the gifts bestowed upon him towards the execution of this benevolent purpose, that he recruited his finances, as just now observed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It would be wisdom to abandon it now, after all the time, anxiety, and pains I have bestowed upon it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He embraced her, solemnly commended her to Heaven, and humbly thanked Heaven for having bestowed her on him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Has she not bestowed on him every gift in prodigality? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Without such assurance I should certainly have left it alone, and bestowed my energy on some other endeavour. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He would talk in a cheerful accent, with an expression of goodness that bestowed pleasure even upon me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In return, she showed herself, I am bound to say, well worthy of the kind treatment bestowed upon her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Eliza, George and Jim, bestowed themselves, as well as they could, in the remaining space and the whole party set forward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• All the freedom which the trade of the inland corn dealer has ever yet enjoyed was bestowed upon it by this statute. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Where is the author who can be indifferent to the genuine unhackneyed praise bestowed on his own composition? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Dreamer, fool, boaster were among the appellations bestowed upon him by unbelieving critics. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They pressed round their leader, as if to shield him, while they loudly bestowed on him every sacred denomination and epithet of worship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She gave some attention to her flowers, but it was perfunctorily bestowed, for they no longer charmed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As Flora dropped into hers, she bestowed the old look upon him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He bestowed his hearty approbation however on their species of house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was for ever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I had also bestowed a shilling on the Orfling, who was about to be disbanded. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was bestowed (Mr Inspector having proposed as an appropriate sentiment 'The lime trade! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I believe she did--and I am sure she could not have bestowed her kindness on a more grateful object. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed; there is another which has no such effect. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The gentle charm vouchsafed to flower and tree, bestowed on deer and dove, has not been denied to the human nursling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But I cannot--I have never desired your good opinion, and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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