Engendered
[en'dʒendəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Engender
Edited by Kathleen
Examples
- Mr. Bumble wiped from his forehead the perspiration which his walk had engendered, glanced complacently at the cocked hat, and smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A new fear had been engendered in my mind by his narrative; or rather, his narrative had given form and purpose to the fear that was already there. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is very possible that it had been in my mind a long time, and had gradually engendered my determination. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It has engendered a fine concern about average people, about the voiceless multitudes who have been left to pass unnoticed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Such speculations as it engendered within me I kept to myself, and those were faint enough. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His power, which was engendered and kept alive solely by belief, has departed, and he cannot help her, much as he desires to do so. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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