Cared
[kɛəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Care
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Examples
- The motley of people under his rule knew little of him and cared less. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus, broadly, the manufacturing end of the problem of introduction was cared for. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I neither was crushed nor elated by her lands and gold; I thought not of them, cared not for them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their opinions clashed; and indeed, she had never perceived that he had cared for her opinions, as belonging to her, the individual. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Bob, I thought you cared nothing about our _lourdauds de paysans_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She spoke with difficulty, and I perceived that she regretted the necessity of death, even more than she cared to confess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But I suppose I've lived too independently; at any rate, I want to do what you all do--I want to feel cared for and safe. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- So much the more is this whelp the only creature she has ever cared for,' thought Mr. James Harthouse, turning it over and over. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yet of course, she cared a great deal, outwardly--and outwardly was all that mattered, for inwardly was a bad joke. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Price cared too little about the report to make her much answer. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So that he had change, what cared he? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When we were in Rome, I thought you only cared for poetry and art, and the things that adorn life for us who are well off. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nobody supposed he cared anything about an old fable like that of Scylla and Charybdis. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She may know more than she cared to divulge to you, Notan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Therefore, no one thought of imagining that he cared more for her than for the others. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You only wanted to BULLY me--you never cared for my happiness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He cared not for the hours of the day or the days of the week. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Cotton, and speculations, and smoke, well-cleansed and well-cared-for machinery, and unwashed and neglected hands. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I cared for him very much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They are more used, and less cared for, and their consumption consequently increases in a greater proportion than their mass. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He is one of the few monarchs in history who cared for his successor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These woodlands are under the charge of the National Forest Service and cared for by about 3,000 men, of whom 250 are professional foresters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I cannot but wonder, however, at her having any such fears now, because, if he had at all cared about me, we must have met, long ago. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At that moment, she cared for no other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Like the Miller of questionable jollity in the song, They cared for Nobody, no not they, and Nobody cared for them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And he ever cared for her, she'd tell me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- All who have cared for Fred Vincy and Mary Garth will like to know that these two made no such failure, but achieved a solid mutual happiness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the last issue he cared about nothing, he was troubled about nothing, he made not the slightest attempt to be at one with anything. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He asked me, smiling, why I cared for his letter so very much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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