Frowning

Examples

• Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When they passed a prison of the State, they kept far from its frowning walls, and looked up at its bars, and spoke in whispers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The mulatto maid called Mrs. Lovell Mingott into the hall, and the latter came back in a moment with a frowning brow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Now, Ben, let me tell the story straight on, as mother told it us, said Letty, frowning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Drat that boy, interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, what a questioner he is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• How rude you look, pushing and frowning, as if you wanted to conquer with your elbows! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You could not live in London, I suppose, said Mrs Dengelton, frowning on Eunice, who was talking in a quiet tone to Crispin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Thus delivering himself, Mr. Pell thrust his hands into his pockets, and, frowning grimly around, rattled three halfpence with terrible determination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Starting, turning, I met a face bent to encounter mine; a frowning, almost a shocked face it was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long narrative. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Will, starting to his feet, moved backward a step, frowning, and saying with some fierceness, Yes, sir, it was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Too many people have done that, she said, frowning. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It was always the same; the lips close shut, the brow frowning, the eyes looking straight forward, eagerly and yet absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Bart went on writing in silence, and her hostess sat following her train of thought with frowning intensity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She said no more at the time; but she presently stopped and looked at me again; and presently again; and after that, looked frowning and moody. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Mrs. Chadband, more than ready, so advances as to jostle her husband into the background and confronts Mr. Bucket with a hard, frowning smile. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We even steamed recklessly by the frowning fortress of Malabat (a stronghold of the Emperor of Morocco) without a twinge of fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And never will, Pip, he retorted, with a frowning smile. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She still stood pouting and frowning at me, but presently put down her egg-cup and turned softly towards the bed where Ada lay. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her face was ever frowning, attentive, and settled. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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