He knew that he uncovered himself to no icy blast or contemptuous rain, as he had felt when, so few days before, he had spoken of himself and what he was to his father.
It is as if I had spoken to Rule Britannia herself.
She had meant to let her love for him speak; it had spoken, and instantly through the momentary sunlight of it, there loomed the fierce and enormous shadow.
He spoke those startling words as he had spoken no words yet.
He turned to Midwinter (who had persisted in talking all the way from the parlor, and who was talking still) without a trace left in his manner of the cool and cutting composure with which he had spoken but a few minutes before.
When those two serious facts had been communicated to Mr. Blanchard, the hard words he had spoken to his child in the first shock of discovering that she had helped to deceive him smote him to the heart.
He had spoken with a sardonic indifference, almost with an insolence of tone, which would have repelled the sympathies of any man who heard him.
The smell reminded Dick of Monsieur Binat, who, by the way, had spoken of art and degradation.
Though I was timid about saying it, I ventured because of the sorrowful tone in which he had spoken.
We agreed to say nothing to Mr. Jarndyce until wehad spoken to Richard; and as he was coming next evening, we resolved to have a very serious talk with him.
Among the trees and not far from the residence he pointed out the spire of the little church of which he had spoken.
I remembered my guardian's gentleness towards his errors and with what perfect freedom from resentment he had spoken of them.
Before he had spoken a word, the count saw in the next room a veiled woman, who had followed closely after Baptistin, and now, seeing the count with a pistol in his hand and swords on the table, rushed in.
In the first place, because I had spoken much of you to him, as you may believe; and in the second, because he delighted to see a countrywoman take so lively an interest in his success.
The dread with which the pale and motionless baroness listened to this, was equalled by the calm indifference with which Debray had spoken.
Twice that silent one, impelled by feelings too strong even for his respectful taciturnity, had spoken.
Everyone, he said, to whom he had spoken, thought it a nice point.
He had spoken of a guest at the Club, to account for evening dress--another lie, but what did it matter?
But as soon as he had spoken he saw that he need not have asked, and flung his arms round her.
Then turning to their passenger he said more boldly than before he had spoken, "I guess we'll take our chances and have you go with us.
As soon as he had spoken, his companions eagerly demanded an opportunity to confirm his statement.
As soon as he had spoken, taking one of the artificial legs from the pile he flung it far behind the swiftly moving motor-boat.
He had spoken all in a low whisper, evidently fearing spying ears even here, and so I answered him in the same subdued tone.
I had spoken in a loud voice that there might be no question that our would-be terrorizers should hear me, for I was tiring of this nerve-racking fiasco.
We had spoken scarcely a dozen words since I had felled Tan Gama at the cell door and seen in the torch's light the expression of utter bewilderment upon the great Thark's face.
She found herself thinking of the bygone days of her humiliation almost as harshly as Henry Westwick had thought of them--she who had rebuked him the last time he had spoken slightingly of his brother in her presence!
He was evidently bent on seeing the man whom his sister had spoken to, in broad daylight.
She went on with her writing as if I had spoken in an unknown tongue!
He recalled every word which he had spoken to her; every word which he had heard from her.
Besides, hehad spoken before at Aulus's only in general about love and the happiness which it can give; but now he said directly that he loved her, and that she was dear and most precious to him.
I said "Good by, Miss Pocket;" but she merely stared, and did not seem collected enough to know that I had spoken.
Although I was looking at Biddy as I spoke, and although she opened her eyes very wide when I had spoken, she did not look at me.
He had spoken so sensibly and feelingly of my weakness that I wanted to know something about his strength.
As soon as he had spoken, Arnold's conscience reproached him: not for betting (who is ashamed of that form of gambling in England?
I found myself calling to mind the caution my husband had given me while we were at this part of the work, word for word as he had spoken it.
He had spoken in good faith, when he had declared that he had never heard her father or her mother mentioned at home.
Either hehad spoken in brutal mockery--or he had spoken with some ulterior object in view.
Without asking a single question, without making objections, she answered him, speaking as bluntly as he had spoken himself: "I consent to a private marriage.
He spoke as he had spoken on the night when Trotty found him in the street.
Beautiful she was, as she had ever been, but Hope, Hope, Hope, oh where was the fresh Hope that had spoken to him like a voice!
She did not try to recall the words that he had spoken; it was simply the figure of the man who had been before her that now remained on her mind.
Phyllis of Philistia could not but admit that, in the phrase of Philistia he had spoken in perfect taste.
He had spoken in those general terms which are adopted by the clergymen who never err against good taste as defined by the matrons of Philistia.
He had spoken highly of her intelligence to the archdeacon, and had walked about the shrubberies with her, carrying her boy on his back.
Grantly understood him as well as though he had spoken for an hour.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "had spoken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
