Enjoying

Examples

• I'm too young, faltered Meg, wondering why she was so fluttered, yet rather enjoying it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I never did see sich tomfoolery, growled Gurt, who was enjoying himself hugely; this Baccus is all tommy rot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It's all nonsense to talk to me about slaves _enjoying_ all this! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She threw off her mantle and bonnet, and sat down opposite to him, enjoying the glow, but lifting up her beautiful hands for a screen. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Ah, my dear Miss Bart, I am not divine Providence, to guarantee your enjoying the things you are trying to get! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mr. March strolled placidly about, quoting Tusser, Cowley, and Columella to Mr. Laurence, while enjoying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I really am a little afraid, my dear,' hinted the cherub meekly, 'that you are not enjoying yourself? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Their natures seemed to sparkle in full interplay, they were enjoying a pure game. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The city is getting its living--the West End but enjoying its pleasure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Enjoying the flutter she caused. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Bennet, in equal silence, was enjoying the scene. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Leisurely tipped back on one chair, with his heels in another, he was enjoying his after-dinner cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He lay in that blessed calm which convalescence always induces, enjoying in secure tranquillity his liberty and re-union with her whom he adored. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You could do nothing at home, and it is a great comfort to them to know that you are well and happy, and enjoying so much, my dear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Nothing could be more absolutely certain than that we are enjoying ourselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• What else was to be expected when he was enjoying our past misfortunes--gloating over them at the moment! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• That had been all entirely burnt off, he said, while he was enjoying the charms of your delightful society at Venice. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Moore, while enjoying the genial glow, kept his eyes directed towards the glittering brasses on the shelf above. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have not the capability of enjoying the blessings I possess. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Yet he was enjoying it in his own way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I was on deck, enjoying our swift progress. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And what could I possibly do then, but say I was enjoying myself,--when I wasn't! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She has sold everything she had that was worth selling, and now she is enjoying herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We stood side by side; she was railing at me, and I was enjoying the sound of her voice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This gave a better opportunity of enjoying the fine scenery of Western Pennsylvania, and I had rather a dread of reaching my destination at all. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We found Mrs. Rubelle still enjoying herself at the window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Still enjoying the gaieties of London? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Edited by Ellis