Denoted

Examples

• A murky red and yellow sky, and a rising mist from the Seine, denoted the approach of darkness. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And things great and small, heavy and light, as they are termed, will not be denoted by these any more than by the opposite names? Plato. The Republic.
• Their presence was denoted by sounds as of a congregation praying humbly, produced by their rubbing against each other in the slow wind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He answered quite seriously, and used the word as if it denoted some profession. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And even if intended to be cancelled, as might possibly be supposed to be denoted by these marks of fire, it is NOT cancelled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His manner clearly denoted that he had never before seen them, nor imagined that the locket opened. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mrs. Pegler's cup, rattling against her saucer as she held it, denoted some nervousness on her part. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I recollect once thinking there was something in his manner, uncouth as it was, that denoted a fall in life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We were unprepared for battle, she continued, as we were on a peaceful mission, as our banners and the colors of our craft denoted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• At daybreak of the fifteenth day of my search I was overjoyed to see the high trees that denoted the object of my search. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• While the men and lads were building the pile, a change took place in the mass of shade which denoted the distant landscape. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr Boffin's face denoted Care and Complication. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Peggotty, who was also looking back on the other side, seemed anything but satisfied; as the face she brought back in the cart denoted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The appearance of everything on the lines denoted that the approaching ceremony was one of the utmost grandeur and importance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Bonita