Doubts

Examples

• She drew in her breath sharply as one whose doubts are resolved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He is leaving the Church on account of his opinions--his doubts would do him no good at Oxford. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• To-morrow will see all my doubts in a fair way of being cleared up, sooner or later. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And she surveyed her position, and its hopes, doubts, and chances. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But Dobbin was of too simple and generous a nature to have any doubts about Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Abu Bekr was a man without doubts, his beliefs cut down to acts cleanly as a sharp knife cuts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Tis an old remedy, said Clym distrustfully, and I have doubts about it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Fanny acknowledged her wishes and doubts on this point: she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He used to tell my uncle he didn't, but I have my doubts about it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Where, to what distance apart, had her father wandered, led by doubts which were to her temptations of the Evil One? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He recovered himself so quickly, however, that Mr. Lorry had doubts of his business eye. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I _had_ my doubts at the time about her being right, for he has not even the air of a gentleman, and now I am sure she was wrong. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If any doubts still trouble you, I said, why not mention them to me at once? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The chill of Mrs. Fairfax's warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• All doubts upon the subject, if he had any, were speedily removed by the young lady's behaviour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Well, I will set your doubts at rest in—say a week's time. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• That satisfied her and set at rest the doubts that had begun to worry her lately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was taking leave of all his old hopes--all nobody's old restless doubts. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Louis Moore's doubts respecting the immediate evacuation of Fieldhead by Mr. Sympson turned out to be perfectly well founded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Ask information of the people at the inn; they can give you all you seek: they can solve your doubts at once. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One, beyond all doubts. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You will allow for the doubts of youth and inexperience. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Just as we come to know them better, intermediate forms flow in, and doubts as to specific limits augment. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I deferred to his opinion, though I had great doubts of it myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I can meet the consequences of my painful, miserable doubts; but it is an effort beyond me to speak of what has caused me so much suffering. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• You can set these doubts at rest, I think, if you will really help me to discover the truth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I said nothing in reply, but turned my face to the wall, sick at heart, with my mind filled with a thousand venomous doubts and suspicions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Her father might be a heretic; but had not she, in her despairing doubts not five minutes before, shown herself a far more utter sceptic? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'I may have my doubts of his great bravery and determination also. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• With doubts, because the aspiration had been so laid waste in her youth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

Typist: Malcolm