Demanded

Examples

• His design for that great work demanded a prelude of splendour and tranquillity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But those who like Peter Featherstone never had a copy of themselves demanded, are the very last to wait for such a request either in prose or verse. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But when necessity demanded, he could be firm as adamant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Jacques Three demanded how he afterwards recognised him then? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Shrinking to the furthest corner of the seat, he demanded to know what they wanted there. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He called it a sacrifice, and demanded it of her goodness and self-command as such. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He demanded the place of deputy as his right. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Is there--' demanded Monks with a faltering tongue,--'is there--no middle course? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Cudjoe stopped them at the door, and demanded what they wanted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And, accordingly, nothing has ever been demanded of me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Yet she still spoke aloud, when she demanded:-- 'Who told you so? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The next thing he demanded was one of the hollow iron pillars; by which he meant my pocket pistols. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• It now demanded grants in aid from the State--in order to build at a profit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I have kept that in mind, and I have heard something that may relieve you on that score--may show you that no sin-offering is demanded from you there. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It demanded cogitation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The door was opened; the pony-carriage was ordered; shawls and bonnets were demanded; Mr. Helstone called for his niece. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Lizzie Hexam demanded with spirit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was what the old dying patriarch demanded of his son Esau, promising in requital the blessing of his last breath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Some assistance being needed, he demanded it of the cook, a robust, strong-armed womanbut she, the portress, and the nurse instantly fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She often chose this task, in which she found some pleasure, notwithstanding the old man's testiness whenever he demanded her attentions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Scott claimed that they had demanded of the President his removal. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She said I oppressed her by leaning over the bed, and again demanded water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He leaves Northamptonshire so soon, that even this slight sacrifice cannot be often demanded. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She now demanded that Carthage should be abandoned, and the population remove to a spot at least ten miles from the sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She was too tired, sometimes, even to smile, John grew dyspeptic after a course of dainty dishes and ungratefully demanded plain fare. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Barely, said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, and it will leave my master nigh penniless. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Entire surrender, and wholehearted adoption of the course of action demanded by others are almost impossible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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