Canvassed
[kænvəst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Canvass
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Examples
- The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents, about a twelvemonth ago, was now brought forward again. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Probably no organized piece of machinery has ever been so systematically exploited, so thoroughly advertised, so persistently canvassed, and so extensively sold as the sewing machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In those days, this matter of slavery had never been canvassed as it has now; nobody dreamed of any harm in it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had canvassed eagerly for this post. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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