Darlings

Examples

• She urged her to make her papa do something for the darlings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don't know their own power. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In progress of time, I also became a father, and our little darlings, our playthings and delights, called forth a thousand new and delicious feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The rioters not having succeeded in effecting an entrance, his grim metal darlings--the machines--had escaped damage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts, as they do of their deformed children. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Your husband's feet are darlings--Here he comes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Good night, darlings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Good night, my darlings, said Mrs. March, as the hymn ended, for no one cared to try another. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Live on, ye innocents, nature's selected darlings; I am not much unlike to you. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• O my poor darlings! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The sprightly gentleman with the black hair as suddenly put his head round the beam on the right, and said, 'Look out there, darlings! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Worcester's letter, of three sheets crossed and recrossed, only contained matter for four pages, leaving out the dearest darlings! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Steady, darlings! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Good-by, my darlings! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Francine