Deigned

Examples

• I was an untaught shepherd-boy, when Adrian deigned to confer on me his friendship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Lady, she said, the countenance you have deigned to show me will long dwell in my remembrance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Oh, the fathomless love That has deigned to approve And prosper the work of my hands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My attitude, Rebecca said, when you came in, ma'am, did not look as if I despised such an honour as this good--this noble man has deigned to offer me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Has he deigned to add aught of civility to his ordinary style? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It seemed as if he would not open it unless the proud Shirley deigned to show herself interested in the exhibition. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Wickham, after a few moments, touched his hat--a salutation which Mr. Darcy just deigned to return. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He eyed Bumble askance, as he entered, but scarcely deigned to nod his head in acknowledgment of his salutation. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He had deigned an explanation, almost an apology, and I did not feel insensible to his condescension, and would not seem so. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He deigned no further explanation till they reached the tap, and then called for a pot of porter, which was speedily produced. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I deigned to make him no reply; and, taking up my hat, was going out to bed, when he came between me and the door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

Typist: Maxine