Use chose in a sentence
Sentences ending with chose
- They had a wholesome fear of him in more senses than one, because, during the past few years, while Wallstein's health was bad, Byng's position had become more powerful financially, and he could ruin any one of them, if he chose. [11]
- A show of trust in him was the only thing, for he had enough knowledge of our secret to ruin us, if he chose. [11]
- They could afford to mind their own affairs and leave other combinations to do the same or do otherwise, just as they chose. [5]
- This is precisely the wise course Mr. Hopper chose. [9]
- You could alter the plot entirely, if you chose. [5]
- He had inherited the family talent for the law, the freedom to practise when and where he chose. [9]
- Lieutenant Percy was sick and had leave to depart for England when he chose. [4]
- Est-ce qu'elle aurait quelque chose? [5]
- Besides, it could not serve me to speak of it here, or use it as an argument, and it would only hasten an end which I felt he could prevent if he chose. [11]
- Sukey, however, got no small consolation from the sense of the greatness of the trust confided in her, and of the uproar she could make in Coniston if she chose. [9]
Short sentences using chose
- Harrik chose the other way. [11]
- I chose the latter. [7]
- Kutuzov chose this latter course. [2]
- No, she chose judiciously. [5]
- Yes, she chose it. [4]
- They chose to be liberated. [7]
- He chose tigers. [5]
- They chose peace. [4]
- He chose Macavoy. [11]
Sentences containing chose two or more times
- Our county committees, our state committees chose the candidates for the conventions, which turned around and chose the committees. [9]
- Why Luke Claridge, his grandfather, chose the course he did, does not concern me, no more than why you chose secrecy, and kept your own firstborn legitimate son, of whom you might well be proud, a stranger to you and his rights all these years. [11]
- Destiny chose them, as Destiny chose Claridge Pasha as the man who should supplant me, who should attempt to do these mad things for Egypt against the judgment of the world--against the judgment of your husband. [11]
- So she picked and chose and rejected, and chose again, and often paused in sad revery, and began again, till at length she filled the pack. [13]
More example sentences with the word chose in them
- You said what you chose, and spoke from your own convictions, and catered to no one. [9]
- Even after three years of more or less intimacy between us, Farrar still wore his exterior of pessimism and indifference, the shell with which he chose to hide a naturally warm and affectionate disposition. [9]
- But we were within the enemy's country now, so there was no help for them, they must continue the march, though Joan said that if they chose to take the risk they might depart. [5]
- Lassiter traveled slower, with more exceeding care as to the ground he chose, and he kept speaking low to the dogs. [13]
- He could do with her exactly as he pleased, run her when and whither he chose, and tie her up to the bank whenever his judgment said that that course was best. [5]
- I chose to win you by personal means alone, to have you give yourself to Tinoir Doltaire because you set him before any other man. [11]
- He could compel whom he chose to live with him; but of what use were silent and reluctant companions? [10]
- We have gone whithersoever we chose, to-day, and have met with nothing but the kindest attentions. [5]
- He chose Verdun, where Pestalozzi was then living, as his place of residence, and made himself thoroughly familiar with his method of education. [10]
- Philip might be whatever the world chose to call him, but her house was her own, and he had come uninvited, and he was unwelcome. [11]
- Others might say what they chose, she knew him better. [10]
- He did exactly what he chose, and compelled other men to do it. [9]
- In France as well as in England the name Sims is a household word, and if he chose he might be feted every day of the week. [9]
- Even Mrs. Holt was not wholly proof against the charms of Trixton Brent when he chose to exert himself; and for some reason he did so choose. [9]
- And yet he was not weaker than any single individual down there; aye, and if he chose he could crush them all together, as he would the glow-worm creeping on that window-sill. [10]
- In reality it was her sympathy he craved, and such an interpretation of himself as he chose to present to her. [9]
- More specifically, she was guilty of contours fortement prononces,--corsage de paysanne,--quelque chose de sauvage, etc., etc. [6]
- Meanwhile the anteroom was every moment more crowded, and neither chose to give vent to his anger. [10]
- He chose to walk through the still night the four miles--that separated him from his home. [9]
- Medallion's cheerful nervous vitality seldom failed to inspire whom he chose to inspire with Something of his own life and cheerfulness. [11]
- He chose our village as the place where his lifelong work was to be done. [6]
- For his camp Venters chose a shady, grassy plot between the silver spruces and the cliff. [13]
- The danger attracted us, but we promptly chose the hill road on account of the views, for we were weary of the limited valley prospects. [4]
- His father could understand that as he chose, and doubtless he would understand it as it was meant, as a dutiful and affectionate desire on the part of a son to make his old father happy for a moment. [5]
- He chose the twelve disciples, and sent them abroad to preach the new gospel. [5]
- For his first trial, he chose an evening when the moon was shining, and after the hour when the Rockland people were like to be stirring abroad. [6]
- Did Cauchon hint to the English guards that thenceforth if they chose to make their prisoner's captivity crueler and bitterer than ever, no official notice would be taken of it? [5]
- The river-driver chose to spend his idle hours in crude, rough sprightliness; the salmon-fisher loved to lie upon the shore and listen to the village story-teller,--almost official when successful,--who played upon the credulity and imagination of his listeners. [11]
- Now she chose to kiss the one upon whom she had heaped obscurity and poverty and contumely. [9]
- Mrs. Colfax chose to keep her room, for which the two were silently thankful. [9]
- She pressed them to her face, and chose one. [9]
- They were free to go to any meals in the house, and they chose their accustomed four. [5]
- If they chose to dwell in a backwater out of touch with the current of great affairs, this was a matter to be deplored, but I did not feel strongly enough to resent it. [9]
- Yesterday Whitesides chose to consider himself insulted by Dr. Merryman, so sent him a kind of quasi-challenge, inviting him to meet him at the Planter's House in St. Louis on the next Friday, to settle their difficulty. [7]
- If he chose to come to life again, that was his own affair. [11]
- Why he chose to be what he was--if he did choose--he alone could answer. [11]
- And she stooped to artifices that she knew were unworthy of her, but which she deliberately chose to employ. [13]
- Now, the latter title, A Romany of the Snows, was that which I originally chose for the volume published in England as An Adventurer of the North. [11]
- He chose the time and the circumstances under which the Emancipation should be proclaimed and when it should take effect. [7]
- There were one thousand five hundred Patricians; from these, three hundred Senators were chosen; from the Senators a Doge and a Council of Ten were selected, and by secret ballot the Ten chose from their own number a Council of Three. [5]
- Of all the thousand and more young men who had upheld the honor of their state that week, there was but the one who chose to remain in durance vile within the Arsenal wall--Captain Clarence Colfax, late of the Dragoons. [9]
- In any event they reserved the right, independent of all non-Jersiais, to do what they chose with their dead. [11]
- The Lord chose them out to prepare the hearts of mankind for the good tidings, and make them fit to receive the gospel when the Star should rise over Bethlehem. [10]
- Tang-a-Dahit pointed out the ways that they might go--by the path to the left along the hills, or through the green defile; and Cumner's Son instantly chose the latter way. [11]
- I even chose the very word I would use: "You've forgotten the clean clothes, Jane. [5]
- I sat all the time in this same place at this table, chose and placed cards, and watched those broad-boned agile hands in the same way. [2]
- Philip ever maintained the right to pitch it on the side of his own convenience, and he chose in this instance to come to the rescue of his dear mamma, and turned the scales in her favour. [9]
- Perhaps one of the reasons why he chose Colonel Nicholls's house for her home, was a fear lest George Gering should so impress her that she might somehow change ere his return. [11]
- For long years the Queen, who, maybe, might have been better counselled, chose me for her friend, adviser--because I was true to her. [11]
- But at last the odious thing was over, grim and implacable Law satisfied after he had compelled them to stand in line for an interminable period before his grill, and mingle with those whom he chose, in his ignorance, to call their peers. [9]
- The nature of the mark which Dick chose for experimenting upon was singular. [6]
- Doltaire had set the Governor and the Intendant scheming against him because of his adherence to the cause of neither, and his power to render the plans of either of no avail when he chose, as in my case. [11]
- I chose, in the first place, to see myself decently buried, to stay by myself to the last, and attend my own funeral for once. [4]
- In the field the Dwarf had no assignment; that is to say, he was not under orders to occupy any particular place, therefore he chose his place for himself, and went ahead of Joan and made a road for her. [5]
- If counsel for the defense chose to let the statement stand so, he would not call him to the witness stand. [5]
- And the knowledge that she, if she chose, could sway and dominate him by the mere exercise of that strange feminine force within her was intoxicating and terrifying. [9]
- It was intolerable that she should be called to account for the people she chose to have in her house, that any sort of pressure should be brought to bear on her to confine her friends to Quicksands. [9]
- I forgot to tell you that I invited him for a fortnight any time he chose, and he has just written to ask if he may come now. [9]
- If for this task, a hideous one at best, they chose to pay themselves out of the treasures of the citizens, nobody would blame them. [10]
- He chose the tallest and most stately of the slender dames of Venice to lead in the dance, or through the throng of masks and citizens intoxicated with the mirth of the carnival. [10]
- In a calm summer morning, such as our party of pilgrims chose for an excursion to the Pier, there is no prettier sail in the world than that out of the harbor, by Conanicut Island and Beaver-tail Light. [4]
- But the journal still languished, and the printers sold out to Captain Ogden, a rich man and a pleasant gentleman who chose to amuse himself with such an expensive luxury without much caring about the cost of it. [5]
- Greenock chose to stay, though Dyck said he could go if he wished. [11]
- Of the two soups he chose turtle with savory patties and went on to the game without omitting a single dish or one of the wines. [2]
- This was satisfactory, so I shut up the book and chose a good position to view the scenery as we passed along. [5]
- Thus, by a singular caprice of destiny Honors was deprived of both her parents at a period which--some chose to believe--was the height of their combined glories. [9]
- There was a silence perhaps a little disconcerting for Mr. Worthington, who chose the opportunity to relight his cigar. [9]
- Before Crozier came she had enjoyed existence as existence, wondering often why it was she wanted to spring up from the ground with the idea that she could fly, if she chose to try. [11]
- She chose one she could spare, and she couldn't spare the others. [5]
- You should have seen how carefully she chose the dress you have on at this minute, and matched the ornaments to wear with it. [10]
- But it presently seemed singular why this rabbit, that might have escaped downward, chose to ascend the slope. [13]
- The president and secretary detailed them for service on one boat or another, as they chose, and changed them from boat to boat according to certain rules. [5]
- She went to school the next day, and for many days and weeks thereafter, and held communion with the few alone who chose to treat her pleasantly. [9]
- She was a result of generations of training in the unexamined and unassailed belief that the law which permitted her to kill a subject when she chose was a perfectly right and righteous one. [5]
- I chose a reposeful Sabbath-day sort of a back street which was about thirty yards wide between the curbstones. [5]
- Mr. Goodman's return relieved me of employment, unless I chose to become a reporter again. [5]
- It was but reasonable therefore, when the troubles with the mother country began, that he chose the King's side alike from indolence and contempt for things republican. [9]
- It was the Rape of the Sabines, and they chose it for the legs and busts. [5]
- It faut dire qu'il etait toujours pret a'exposer, qu'on ne pouvait mentionner la moindre chose sans que ce gaillard offrit de parier la-dessus n'importe quoi et de prendre le cote que l'on voudrait, comme je vous le disais tout a l'heure. [5]
- Quelle terrible chose que la guerre! [2]
- The others were privileged to feel as they chose, but in my heart's privacy I hoped the sheriff would arrive in time; for I had small desire that Sherlock Holmes should hang for my deeds, as you can easily believe. [5]
- If the reigning Prince chose to establish him as heir, who had a right to complain? [11]
- There was none present, however, but knew of the defection of the Earl's father from the Society of Friends, and they chose to interpret the reference to a direct challenge. [11]
- He knew his power; he knew that the Englishman's life was in his hands to do with what he chose, for the law of the harem which defies all outside law was on his side. [11]
- Not even the poorest crops would grow in soil so hostile to life, and those who chose it for a home were compelled to bring even the drinking-water from the continent. [10]
- She chose her own course to convince. [11]
- There were one or two of discernment present, and they noted that his were the generous features of a marked man,--if he chose to become marked. [9]
- He chose this opportunity to make a survey of the situation, nodded to Mr. Ridout, and walked up to the padded armchair. [9]
- Her mother dead only yesterday, and now she chose to be present at this ceremonial, desiring the steersman to run close to the platform and keep near to it, where all the world could see her. [10]
- I was certainly one of the most grateful--I chose his granddaughter--the truth must be spoken--for my wife. [10]
- The General chose one and lighted it. [9]
- In the middle of the cotillion, having completed one of the figures, Natasha, still out of breath, was returning to her seat when another dancer chose her. [2]
- And Ida, out of the bounty of her nature, gave the two vagabonds a place at her fireside whenever they chose to come. [11]
- He had plenty of servitors whom he could have sent, but he chose to attend to the matter himself. [5]
- It suggested depths of rich sound behind, from which the singer, if she chose, might draw, until the room and the deck and the sea ached with sweetness. [11]
- By the light of his intuition, the Colonel chose tins words well. [9]
- On such occasions--though not a member of the Brampton Club--he walked, as an overlord will, into any private place he chose, and recognized no partitions or barriers. [9]
- When he chose, none could be more insinuating or turn the flank of a proper argument by more adroit suggestion. [11]
- On this point no one could do them more injury, or, if he chose, be more useful to them, than Prexaspes. [10]
- Yet Dyck made no inquiries as to how Mrs. Llyn and Sheila were; first because he chose not to do so, and also because Darius Boland, at one time or another, would of his own accord tell what Mrs. Llyn and Sheila were doing. [11]
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