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Sentences starting with character

Character evolves its best products for home consumption; but, mind you, it takes a deal more to feed a family for thirty years than to make a holiday feast for our neighbors once or twice in our lives. [6]
Character of Hertford. [5]

Sentences ending with character

During the latter years of his life he became increasingly interested in social questions, some of which partook of a semi-political character. [4]
The gentleman who wrote the newspaper paragraph above quoted had not been misled as to its character. [5]
It might be worth while to inquire what effect this exciting accumulation of the news of the world upon an individual or a community has upon happiness and upon character. [4]
The imagination associated with it the cheerful nature which, like a loyal comrade, goes hand in hand with success, deserved and undeserved good fortune, woman's favour, doughty deeds, the highest and strongest traits of character. [10]
If Mr. Percy, who was a volunteer in this expedition, and a man of high character, did send this information, it shows that he sympathized with him, and this is an important piece of testimony to his good character. [4]
He saw that what Mallow had said was fresh evidence of the man's arrogant character. [11]
And so it was that Roscoe was called The Padre by every one, though he did not look the character. [11]
His leather case was swung over his shoulder, and with his glasses he swept the lake in search of the Scimitar and other vessels of a like unamiable character. [9]
There must be--there was something lacking in his character. [9]
His trouble now was in proportion to the force of his character. [11]

Short sentences using character

It is a granite character. [5]
As to its character. [5]
He is a character. [4]
She is a character. [11]
Coincidences of looks and character. [11]
Well, Buck was a character. [9]
Lincoln, Abraham, character, 307. [6]
Character, 183, 295, 297. [6]
He's a character. [11]
Character, you say. [11]

Sentences containing character two or more times

The captain attained to fame in our little world from his maiden address, in which he very shrewdly separated the political character of Mr. Wilkes from his character as a private gentleman, and so refuted a charge of profligacy against the people's champion. [9]
The searcher reported that he found Joan's character to be in every way what he "would like his own sister's character to be. [5]
The faculty of telling a story is a much rarer gift than the ability to analyze character and even than the ability truly to draw character. [4]
Through the padded swinging doors entered, as in a play, character after character. [4]
He has received others of a similar character, but he also has a greater number of the exactly opposite character. [7]
Perhaps she would not have understood that her mother merely meant that the minister's sacerdotal character was not exactly his own character. [4]
He said to Irving that he thought the French character much changed--graver; the day of the classic drama, mere declamation and fine language, had gone by; the Revolution had taught them to demand real life, incident, passion, character. [4]
Genius has an infinitely deeper reverence for character than character can have for genius. [6]
The most striking incident of the moment--it seemed so to some of those who looked back upon it--was a singular test of character, or rather of woman's divination of character. [4]
If fortunately he has genius enough to create a character that has reality to himself and to others, he must be faithful to that character. [4]

More example sentences with the word character in them

Your relations to your professional brethren may be a source of lifelong happiness and growth in knowledge and character, or they may make you wretched and end by leaving you isolated from those who should be your friends and counsellors. [3]
Continue to develop your character in the same gradual inconspicuous and apparently unconscious way. [5]
He is a young man of a sterling though undeveloped character, who has been hampered by an indulgent parent with a large fortune. [9]
Although we struggle, yet by habit, by self-indulgence, by lack of a sustained purpose, we have formed a character from which escape seems hopeless. [9]
In all the years I've spent here I've never seen one that could compare with him in nature, character, and force. [11]
That Thackeray was wrong in his way of treating Fielding's character and vices, my conscience told me. [14]
Somebody has been writing to me about "Oatmeal and Literature," and somebody else wants to know whether I have found character influenced by diet; also whether, in my opinion, oatmeal is preferable to pie as an American national food. [6]
Uniformity of character would, however, naturally follow from the assumed uniformity of the exciting causes, and likewise from the free intercrossing of many individuals. [1]
If Isaac D. Worthington's character had been different, this would not have been her decision. [9]
Had the Old World anything to show more positive and uncompromising in all the elements of character than the Englishman? [4]
This time the work was accepted; but I am not aware what was the character of the article upon it. [14]
In the Adirondack woods is a wage-earner and lay preacher in the lumber-camps who is of noble character and deeply religious. [5]
The nurse, a woman of estimable character and strong will, would faithfully protect her whatever might happen. [10]
Then come the witnesses to character, and here Mr Brass's gentleman shines again. [12]
And it goes without saying that its successful solution, in a reformatory for criminals, depends upon the character of the man who administers the institution. [4]
They both listened with such tension that the veins in their foreheads swelled; but from the tablinum, which was hardly thirty paces from them, came only very faint and intermittent sounds, indistinct in character and drowned by the tumult without. [10]
I do not wish to be understood as casting the least reflection upon the high character and standing of the gentleman from Louisiana far from it. [5]
In conclusion I will only say that I have a character to defend as well as Gen. Adams, but I disdain to whine about it as he does. [7]
The minor character will now become the chiefest, and I will name the story after him--"Puddn'head Wilson. [5]
Of that it will be easier to judge after a glance at the conditions and character of the minister and his household. [6]
She has a wild flavor in her character which is wholly different from that of any human creature I ever saw. [6]
This was a wide, wide track--for the humble followers of the camp of wealth pitch their tents round about it for many a mile--but its character was still the same. [12]
We can understand why a classification founded on any single character or organ--even an organ so wonderfully complex and important as the brain--or on the high development of the mental faculties, is almost sure to prove unsatisfactory. [1]
In almost the whole large group of thrushes the young have their breasts spotted--a character which is retained throughout life by many species, but is quite lost by others, as by the Turdus migratorius. [1]
Gradually the people who came here ostensibly for religious exercises made a longer and more permanent occupation, and, without losing its ephemeral character, the place grew and demanded more substantial accommodations. [4]
Sometimes she sings while at her work, and we have all been struck with the pure, musical character of her voice. [6]
A good caricature, which seizes the prominent features and gives them the character Nature hinted, but did not fully carry out, is a work of genius. [6]
This shameful letter, which promised Barine clemency in return for her favour without unmasking him in his character of judge, explained to Charmian the agitation in which she found her friend's daughter. [10]
First the subject, which must of itself have driving power, then the main character, which becomes a law working out its own destiny; and the subject in my own work has always been translatable into a phrase. [11]
The romantic traits which I have attributed to the character of my hero, who travelled throughout the world, climbing mountains to rejoice in the splendor of he rising sun, are authentic. [10]
With the prosperity which he made attend his work he changed the character of the enterprise, and with Fulkerson's enthusiastic support he gave the public an art journal of as high grade as 'Les Lettres et les Arts', and very much that sort of thing. [8]
The fundamental principles which have dominated this rare creature's life and character to the present day are two ceaseless desires: first, to surpass every one, even in the most difficult achievements; and, secondly, to love and to be loved in return. [10]
The centrifugal principle which grows out of the antipathy of like to like is only the repetition in character of the arrangement we see expressed materially in certain seed-capsules, which burst and throw the seed to all points of the compass. [6]
In the town where she lived was a lady of honorable condition, somewhat past middle age, who was possessed of pretty ample means, of cultivated tastes, of excellent principles, of exemplary character, and of more than common accomplishments. [6]
In busy places, where each man has an object of his own, and feels assured that every other man has his, his character and purpose are written broadly in his face. [12]
They require that when the author describes the character of a personage in his tale, the conduct and conversation of that personage shall justify said description. [5]
But Philip wondered what would be the effect on his own character and on his intellect if he indulged much in the habit of making the worse appear the better cause, and taking up indifferently any side that paid. [4]
The loss of what we possess nearest and dearest to us in this world, produces an effect upon the character we search out what we have yet left that can support, and, when found, we cling to it with a hold of new-strung tenacity. [14]
That is exactly what I wanted--precisely what I wanted--when I was describing to myself Joan of Arc, after studying her history and her character for twelve years diligently. [5]
Nobility, character, efficiency,-all were written on that face. [9]
What their homes were to them, these fellaheen, dragged forth to defend their country, to go into the desert and waste their lives under leaders tyrannous, cruel, and incompetent, his old open life, his innocence, his integrity, his truthfulness and character, were to him. [11]
All his arguments were of this pointed character, and they appeared to be unanswerable. [4]
It is probably well to have a period in the year that tests character to the utmost, and the person who can enter spring through the gate of February a better man or woman is likely to adorn society the rest of the year. [4]
But, as it was, their relations always remained somewhat formal, and Chase never felt quite at ease under a chief whom he could not understand, and whose character and powers he never learned to esteem at their true value. [7]
Her first impulse was to write him a curt note of a character that would end at once all intercourse. [4]
In this music was the note of the character of the man who played--sensuous emotion, sensual delight. [11]
This wanting things was the corner-stone of my character, and I believe that the science of the future will bear me out when I say that it might have been differently built upon. [9]
Unfortunately, its character was such that Wolf scarcely ventured to hope for the full success of the surprise. [10]
Though Boonda Broke was smiling, the lad's face flushed again with anger, for the man's real character had been revealed to him on the instant, and he was yet in the indignant warmth of the new experience. [11]
He obeyed, and was promptly arrested as a suspicious character prowling within the precincts of the palace. [5]
Before the week was over Philip thought he had a new light on the character of Ruth. [5]
True, my character was not yet steeled sufficiently to resist every temptation, but I no longer need fear the danger of crossing the barrier which Froebel set for men "worthy" in his sense. [10]
Many said it was not in Father Peter's character and must be a mistake; but the others shook their heads and said misery and want could drive a suffering man to almost anything. [5]
The new Church was not born loose-jointed and featureless, but had a defined plan, a definite character, definite aims, and a name which was a challenge, and defied all comers. [5]
The Austrian capital was just then in a political turmoil, the character of which is hinted in the following: To Rev. [5]
To Philip, who was getting a good idea of what her education had been, an understanding promoted by his knowledge of the character and attainments of her governess, her mental processes, it may be safely said, opened a new world of thought. [4]
The literature which was furnished for Myrtle's improvement was chiefly of a religious character, and, however interesting and valuable to those to whom it was adapted, had not been chosen with any wise regard to its fitness for her special conditions. [6]
In her character was every quality that in woman invites and engages respect, esteem, affection, and homage. [5]
The new-found knowledge was diffused in her character, expressed in her face. [11]
Courted as Laura was by a certain class and still admitted into society, that, nevertheless, buzzed with disreputable stories about her, she had lost character with the best people. [5]
Mark Twain's mind was always busy with plans and inventions, many of them of serious intent, some semi-serious, others of a purely whimsical character. [5]
Mark Twain's mother was a woman of sturdy character and with a keen sense of humor and tender sympathies. [5]
The old Librarian was a peculiar character, as these officials are apt to be. [6]
Of course there was a great variety of comment, its character depending very much on the sense, knowledge, and disposition of the citizens, gossips, and young people who talked over the painful and mysterious occurrence. [6]
All that was wanting to render him an almost perfect character was a few harsher traits and perhaps more masculine vigor. [6]
The young wife's voice was like her character. [10]
The attempt in Virginia partook more of the character of a temporary adventure. [4]
Hardness, stubbornness, pride, vindictiveness--these may sometimes reside in a young wife and mother of nineteen, but they are not charged against Harriet Shelley outside of that poem, and one has no right to insert them into her character on such shadowy "evidence" as that. [5]
It is a very important problem, and has been a good deal discussed, and its solution would form one fixed, philosophical basis, upon which to estimate woman's character. [5]
It is his very image, and, as Papa said when he saw it, scarcely in the least like the ordinary portraits; not only the expression, but even the form of the head is different, and of a far nobler character. [14]
Many blondes are very gentle, yielding in character, impressible, unelastic. [6]
I am, however, very far from wishing to deny that instinctive actions may lose their fixed and untaught character, and be replaced by others performed by the aid of the free will. [1]
This is the Valiant Soldier, by James Groves--Jem Groves--honest Jem Groves, as is a man of unblemished moral character, and has a good dry skittle-ground. [12]
But people like us--that is, of our means--do give character to the average flat. [8]
It would be useless for me to try to influence you, and from what Mr. Ritchie and others have told me of your character I am sure that no influence will be necessary. [9]
If I could use the phonographic character with facility I could do the 1,500 in twenty minutes. [5]
But it is upon the better side of a character that we must learn to look. [9]
Prof. Laycock sums up the character of brute-like idiots by calling them "theroid;" 'Journal of Mental Science,' July 1863. [1]
One must keep up one's character. [5]
Anybody can get up and straighten out his character. [5]
He is an unemotional character, living in his business almost as exclusively as the Scarabee, but without any of that eagerness and enthusiasm which belong to our scientific specialist. [6]
We know too under what different aspects the same character appears to those who study it from different points of view and with different prepossessions. [6]
The house had two windows, one on either side of the unlocked doorway; and when the old man slowly swung the door open, there was shown an interior of humble character, but neat and well-ordered. [11]
Through all the twenty stories of this second volume the character of Pierre moved; and by the time the last was written there was scarcely an important magazine in the English-speaking world which had not printed one or more of them. [11]
She was, in truth, a motherly-looking person, her fleshy face creased with strong character. [9]
V. It was true to my father's character that he should have waited until the day after graduation to discuss my future, if discussion be the proper word. [9]
And most sumptuously tropical, as to character of foliage and opulence of it. [5]
Joan was being treated with respect due to her rank and to her character as a prisoner of war taken in honorable conflict. [5]
Striking as this train may unfold itself in her character, and as pre-eminent as it may stand among the fair display of her other qualities, yet there is another, which struggles into existence, and adds an additional luster to what she already possesses. [5]
There was a touch of undeveloped pathos in her character, for she had been left alone too young, been given responsibility too soon. [11]
Mr. Frohman has told you something of the object and something of the character of the work. [5]
The parable was told to illustrate a single virtue, humility, and the most unwarranted inferences have been drawn from it as to the whole character of the two parties. [6]
They had been told that fashion had ceased to patronize it, and that its old-time character was gone. [4]
She was anxious to write of things she had known and seen; and among the number was the West Yorkshire character, for which any tale laid among the Luddites would afford full scope. [14]
He had reason to think, he assured Miss Silence, that Myrtle was in a state of mind which promised a complete transformation of her character. [6]
It contents me to think that the solidity of his character and his worth will appear even through the crust of free-and-easy idioms, as they will certainly be seen in his acts;--he was sound at heart and true as steel. [11]
Daylight fully revealed to the young man the character of his entertainer. [5]
Her character corresponded to the promise of her gracious aspect. [6]
Truth held me to the full, ludicrous tragedy of the tale, to the cheap character of my old Colonel's undertaking, to the incident of the drum, to the conversation in my room. [9]
If you wish to see what abysses servility can descend, present yourself before a Baden-Baden shopkeeper in the character of a Russian prince. [5]

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