Contradicted

Examples

• Your fortune is yet doubtful: when I examined your face, one trait contradicted another. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He shook his head, and assented to all she proposed, though many of her propositions absolutely contradicted one another. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He has not contradicted his former assertion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I did not know I contradicted any body in calling your mother ill-bred. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It seemed at first as if my notions of what a revolution ought to be were contradicted everywhere. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was rather uncomfortable to be contradicted in her statement by Mr. Bell's opening the study-door, and calling out: 'Thornton! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• You're a dear, and nothing else, answered Meg warmly, and no one contradicted her, for the 'Mouse' was the pet of the family. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Who caused the charge against poor father to be contradicted, and sent me the written paper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But now, if you speak out of the Prayer-book itself, you are liable to be contradicted. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Monsieur must not be contradicted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Whereupon, not being able to contradict these unpleasant facts, he contradicted his own strongest bias and said, I am a fool. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Of course he contradicted himself twenty times over, but when you know what is likely to be true you can test a man's admissions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And who contradicted her, Rosy? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He contradicted her, and she took the same sort of smiling notice of his opinion as if he had agreed with her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• No, no, I won't be contradicted, Esther dear! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I recall these things that I may be contradicted if I am wrong. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The hard-headed man looked triumphantly round, as if he had been very much contradicted by somebody, but had got the better of him at last. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I suppose it must be done, Mrs. Lovell Mingott continued, as if hoping to be contradicted; and May turned back toward the middle of the room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• At once to insist upon having such a report universally contradicted. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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