Enjoys
[in'dʒɔiz]
Examples
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, sitting in the twilight by the open window, enjoys his wine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- France, however, is certainly the great empire in Europe, which, after that of Great Britain, enjoys the mildest and most indulgent government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then he gets up and calls on the name of the lily of purity, the baby-faced girl, and so enjoys himself all round. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In doing this he enjoys all the pleasures of intellectual labor, and all the desire arising from protracted hope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In that case long possession or prescription naturally takes place, and gives a person a sufficient property in any thing he enjoys. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It enables them both to enjoy more and to produce more, in proportion to what she enjoys and produces. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The fruit-wall frequently surrounds the kitchen garden, which thus enjoys the benefit of an inclosure which its own produce could seldom pay for. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the share which Great Britain at present enjoys of that trade could not support any such great naval power. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She talks of you continually: there is no subject she enjoys so much or touches upon so often. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He enjoys the mechanical motion, in his own body. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am often with him, and he enjoys my adventures, while I like to feel that someone is glad to see me when I get back from my wanderings. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But he enjoys it like a boy, Mrs. Kirke says, and takes it so good-naturedly that they all like him in spite of his foreign ways. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The one enjoys the whole produce of his own industry, the other shares it with his master. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Ellis