Cheated

Examples

• The check was handed back to him, and Edison, fancying for a moment that in some way he had been cheated, went outside to the large steps to let the cold sweat evaporate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Moreover, there is little evidence that the commonalty felt cheated by the priests, or had anything but trust and affection for the early priesthoods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is curious, when a man is bent upon play, by what clumsy rogues he will allow himself to be cheated, Dobbin said; and Emmy said, Indeed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Looking out for a king and queen, and seeing only a middle-aged soldier and a rather young lady, I felt half cheated, half pleased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Epstein,' said Bergmann, 'you have cheated me, and I will no longer sell by the lot, but will sell only by the pound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If I kept the secret, my silence concealed the character of the man who had cheated Laura into marrying him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I am cheated in fewer things than you imagine. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The common man felt he had been cheated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You may get cheated, robbed, and murdered in London. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I'm none o' yer gentlemen planters, with lily fingers, to slop round and be cheated by some old cuss of an overseer! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He was naturally extravagant, and everybody cheated him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At the uprising of morn, we sat at our repast, and cheated our regrets by gay sallies or learned disquisitions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Her female heart had finer perceptions than to be cheated into mistaking my half-coarse, half-cold admiration for true-throbbing, manly love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Désirée was not to be so cheated: she had learned to bring falsehood to the aid of theft, and would deny having touched the brooch, ring, or scissors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I knew, to be sure, that it was the dear girl's kindness, but I liked to be so pleasantly cheated. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If their evenings at the park were concluded with cards, he cheated himself and all the rest of the party to get her a good hand. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

Checker: Witt