I may at least beg to know the cause for this request?
At least he could hardly have struck her true heart with his miserable lie.
If that stigma is affixed to us, let us at least be remunerated for it.
I think so, mother--at leastmore than anything else can.
Indeed, she was not in the least aware of his presence, and Diamond saw that he could do nothing for her without help.
At least that was what Diamond thought as he stood for a moment staring at her.
If you keep a hold, you will know who I am all the time, even when you look at me and can't see me the leastlike the North Wind.
Neither was Diamond in the least surprised to see it pitching itself from one step to another as it climbed towards him: he never thought it was odd--and no more it was, there.
Of course there was the man always on the box-seat beside him, but before long there was seldom the least occasion to take the reins from out of his hands.
Upon nights like this at least she would come out and bask in the moonlight, and make his soul blessed.
It was not in the least strange of Diamond to behave as he did; on the contrary, it was thoroughly sensible of him.
He had not the least idea that the wind got in at a chink in the wall, and blew about him all night.
If I could not regard it all in exactly the same light as he did, I was, while guiltless of the least pretence, fully sympathetic, and he was satisfied without demanding of me any theory of difficult points involved.
At least poor Nanny can't find any of them, I doubt.
What is fearful to you is not the least fearful to me.
Did a man promise him a thrashing, dodge though he might, he was sure to light upon that man at the very moment when he least desired his presence.
Not that I wasn't happy--at least until I saw that to him a woman was just nothing at all.
And though I let no one guess it, least of all Mr. FitzHoward, my heart kept crying out for him as if it would break.
It was a strange thing which roused me at least a little; it was the smell of burning.
But its strangeness did not alter the fact that he was the Marquis of Twickenham; and, indeed, now that I have seen you, I am beginning to understand that at least the latter part of it was not so strange as I imagined.
I have been intimately acquainted with Mr. Howarth my whole life long, and I know him to be incapable of doing anything in the least degree unworthy.
I swear at least this much, that within a week of my reaching England fifty thousand pounds shall be paid to your credit.
My dear Foster, I take at least as much interest in the Marquis of Twickenham as you can do.
You might at least have remembered that the man was on the threshold of the grave.
And the night he woke he was overhauled by at least half-a-dozen.
Well, his lordship might esteem himself lucky that at least that piece of business had fallen into my hands.
When she began to wonder she was lost; at least while the wonder continued.
To reach the residence of the Narichkines it was necessary to go right through Moscow, and travel at least seven verstes.
I knew that the Russian drama was one of the things his Imperial Highness least liked, and even to talk of going there was enough to displease him seriously.
Not being able to see him, Madame Teploff pretended that he must write to her at least once or twice a-week, and to induce him to do so, she began by writing him a letter of four pages.
In justification of the rat, however, it may at least be said, that he was hung without having been questioned or heard in his own defence.
We were at least two hours and a-half in going, and the same in returning, and there was not a man or horse in my suite that had not one or more falls.
At a time when it was least expected, she received the news of the sudden death of my younger sister, Elizabeth, a child only between three and four years old.
I have made it a point instantly to retire whenever the leastsuspicion crossed my mind that my farther stay would be an inconvenience.
And this trouble that has come to you is chosen by the good God--and he has chosen the least in his sack for you.
It is the least I could do," he said, "in the absence of Charles.
Even the least imaginative of them looked askance at the tall houses, at the open doors of the empty churches, and they kept together for company's sake.
He knew these accusations at least to be demonstrable lies, for as it happened he had never found his advancement to hinge upon the commission of the crimes named.
I have not the least desire to be Grand-Duke of Saxe-Kesselberg.
Oh, but of course that at least is simply a coincidence.
It is begging the question to protest that the class of people who a generation ago read nothing now at least read novels, and to regard this as a change for the better.
You are at least somewhat involved in the deplorable climax," Mr. Sheridan returned.
Heigho, since I cannot help it, since bought and sold I must be, one day or another, at least I will go at a noble price.
For the hag, as he reflected, very greatly needed to be taught that in this world there was at least one person who did not quail before her tantrums.
It is always diverting to kill, and if by any chance you kill me I shall at least be rid of the intolerable knowledge that to-morrow will be just like to-day.
Artificer of all at leastthe tribute of appreciation.
For he had spied a ledge, not inaccessible, some four feet higher than the sands, and it offered them at least a respite.
What is it, in the three others, which makes them, if not beautiful, at least refined?
Nor is it of the least use to exhibit ideal Diana at Kensington, while substantial Phryne may be worshiped in the Strand.
I know by a glance at this angel that he has taken the action of it from a Greek coin; and I know also that he had not, in his own exuberant fancy, the least need to copy the action of any figure whatever.
And there is a singular evidence in one of Dürer's finest plates that, in his time, or at least in his manner of work, it was not possible at all.
Now the eye is not in the least offended by quantity of white, but is, or ought to be, greatly saddened and offended by quantity of black.
And of the rest, in fitting place I hope to give complete--or at leastsatisfactory account.
The engraver would assuredly have had his lettering all right,--or at least neat.
It atleast belongs to the domain of a lordlier, more majestic, more guiding and ordaining art.
Therefore if I carelessly draw six strokes with my pen across other six, I produce twenty-five interstices, each of which will need at least six, perhaps twenty, careful touches of the burin to clear out.
Let us not speak of it again--at least until we are back in civilization.
Wouldn't it be well to call out to him, and at least thank him?
At least he would range alone through the jungle for a time, until the sharp edge of his sorrow had become blunted.
And then he came most unexpectedly upon Rokoff and Paulvitch at a moment when of all others the two might least appreciate his company.
He was not happy--that he never could be again, but he was at least as far from everything that might remind him of his past misery as he could be.
Would he not at least have gone down to his death fighting heroically to the last?
At least we may take the tablets from the walls, though the pillars are too heavy for us to handle; but there should be great storerooms filled with gold--gold that we can carry away upon our backs with ease.
It is so still that the lap of oars can be heard coming across the water at least a mile away.
It was the more logical for the country to give this policy at least a trial before adopting irrevocably the policy of general industrial monopoly.
Their value being dependent primarily upon the amount and price of United States bonds, they might be most numerous just when least needed as a part of our circulating medium.
A revenue tariff is a schedule of duties on goods entering or leaving a country, so arranged that the collection of taxes causes the least possible disturbance to domestic industry.
In at least eight states, bonds of the state are exempt, but those of the municipalities are taxable, while in a few states the reverse is the case.
This is least true of time deposits, for the motive of the depositor in such cases is usually to invest his funds for a time rather than to keep them available as money.
The negro as a wage earner is found very little outside of the least skilled branches of a limited range of occupations.
If there are one fifth fewer goods evidently at least one fifth of the consumers must go without.
At least 5 per cent is to be on deposit in the Treasury of the United States.
If the son or relative has been in business with the deceased, there is a reason that he should inherit the property, and his succession to it makes the least disturbance to existing business conditions.
The first meaning is the most fundamental, the second less so, and the last the least fundamental, but just now the most frequently used.
Recognizing that this is for the most part an illusion--for it is just in such places that the conditions for free competition are least present--the law in many states prohibits these stores.
They are confirmed in this opinion by the fact that the out-of-work group in any trade at any time is, on the average, the leastefficient group of workers in the trade.
The price in a more developed market results from the play of impersonal forces, or at least from the play of personal forces which have come under the rules of the market.
The mud and water was at least four inches deep on the road, being the rainy season.
May we not hope that the vessels in our harbor will unite in giving at least one outward testimony of their mourning for his loss, by raising their flags half-mast high to-morrow.
I ran as fast as I could until I came near to the combatants, when I saw Scotland thrust his cutlass into the thick part of Moody's thigh, near the bone, the point running at least one foot through.
He showed me many valuable diamonds, and large quantities of old gold and silver; and the least valuable article I saw on board his vessel was the schooner's ballast, which consisted of brass cannon.
Their charms are safe to grow more bright For at least two lustral stages; And so it seems not unpolite To enquire what their age is.
He could atleast try to undo some of the trouble he has caused by his tongue.
Morrison had not removed his overcoat; he had not even unbuttoned it; he afforded the impression of a man who intended to transact business and be on his way with the least possible delay.
At least he has shown that he knows how to handle a mob.
But he might at least put the matter on a business basis, she reflected, incensed, and show some degree of local pride in grabbing in with the rest of Mr. Morrison's friends to assist in a critical situation.
The closed door had no more revelations to offer to Morrison; he turned his mystified gaze on the Senator and the Governor as if he desired to solve at least one of the problems that had come to hand all of a sudden.
He was a bit more set in his impassivity--at leastto all appearances--because chronic arthritis had made his neck permanently stiff.
A somewhat similar antagonism for at least a part of the action of barium has been claimed to exist between barium and potassium.
The early Spanish settlers seemed to be unfamiliar with the disease, or at leastof any causative relation between the plant and the disease.
The inorganic constituents, especially barium, are responsible for this action, atleast in the plants collected at Hugo, Colo.
I am sure I do not know, at least I did not notice her.
Clarissa and Polly artfully took advantage of this feeling, and talked about Lois' accomplishments so persistently that even the least interested admitted that she was the very girl for the Idler Presidency.
At least that is as I understood the story from Clarissa.
Why, it seems to me the finest course we have had this year; at least it has meant more to me.
I haven't the least excuse to offer for neglecting Pamela, for I saw at the beginning of the term that she would need a friend.
I may not study medicine--at least not at present.
There was an executive committee of the Society whose duty it was to make all arrangements regarding speakers, and Clarissa ought at least to have consulted this committee before writing to Mrs. Squails.
At least at the first moment it had been very hard to understand this; if Philip's second statement should prove true, that he was to have no Class Day, it threw some light on Edith's departure.
Not the least of these was the class election, in which Julia and Ruth took more part than in that of the preceding year.
They had no money to spare for superfluous things, and a college education--at least for a woman--was certainly a superfluity.
Friday had been Harvard Class Day, and there wasn't a girl in the class who did not know at least one Harvard Senior.
At leastshe felt a genuine interest in him, partly on his own account, and partly because she was so fond of Edith.
Explain the phrase, and give the chief reasons for holding it to be a true description of at least a great part of mental life.
Lois lived in Newton, and often for exercise she walked at least as far as Watertown after lectures.
Julia was not ambitious to shine again as a composer, at least for the present.
He did not care to let Red Mick think that the anonymous letter had stopped the prosecution; at the same time, he was determined to do nothing that would cause Miss Grant the least annoyance.
Least said soonest mended," he said, when told that Blake required silence.
A short halt was made while girths were tightened, cartridges slipped into place, and hats jammed on; they all mounted and rode slowly towards the herd, which was at least half a mile off, and still feeding steadily.
His wife got leisurely out of the coach, put on her bonnet, and walked straight over to him; then she looked him full in the face for at least three seconds, and passed by without a sign of recognition.
At the very least they would look ridiculous; and the unknown correspondent who promised them a "grate shown up" would probably take care that the story was as highly-coloured as possible.
We have just seen one instance in the case of the garrison of Stirling; to whom he had refused the least promise of grace or mercy.
Thus, strangely enough, the people of England learned to think, in the eighteenth century, quite differently of the greatest of their kings from what their forefathers had done, during at least ten or twelve generations.
He repaired forthwith to Lochmaben castle, where he was at least safe from any sudden pursuit of the Comyns.
Until his time the nation, atleast for centuries, had known no such thing as a law‐making, still less a representative, body.
This narrative is published without the least expression of regret by a clergyman of Trinity College, Cambridge.
As for any infringement or retrenchment, either of Magna Charta, or of the Charter of the Forests, not the least step of the kind is imputed to him, even by the most prejudiced of all the historians.
Thus there was never the least concealment or reserve on Edward’s part.
We deem the simple narrative of the English chroniclers who wrote at the time to be both the more probable and also that which casts the least blame upon Bruce.
Yet try at least to fling away this raiment no longer in fashion; be once more as in the days of old!
Every moulding, the edges of every carving, the least detail of the sculpture was dipped in silver.
Many charming things are gathered by the way; but if the reader is in haste to arrive, or thinks it would not be amiss at least to put up somewhere, his patience will be severely tried.
I've not the least idee we shall ever see the color o' them bonds again.
If we have not risen to the high degrees in this noble order of muscular Christians, we claim at least to be a humble craftsman and faithful brother.
Yer losin' the bonds didn't hurry up yer benevolence the least grain, I s'pose!
From that time, he has received at least a partial recognition in Canada.
At least she was a countrywoman, and alone among strangers; and in this Adèle found abundant reason for a generous sympathy.
Well, well, at least you don't doubt the sacredness of my love for Adèle?
There'll be not the least use in going to-night," Josiah had said.
Admit, too, that the best educated men of this generation will live five or ten years more than the least educated men.
Her presence, stiff and prim and sarcastic, did not tend in the least to relieve Mr. Ducklow from the natural embarrassment he felt in giving his version of Reuben's loss.
It's a good story, and if we didn't know Steve was after at least one of those men, we'd probably believe it!
Then, just as they were about to go over the side, we saw two more bubble trails and knew at least that you were still alive.
At least one pair of tanks should be full by now, and there's plenty of time for a dive.
We know enough about these waters to know that there are no dangerous obstructions beyond the reef, at least between here and the Maiden Hand.
There was nothing else to do but obey--at least for the moment.
Why," continued Amy, "here is a white collar; and you have actually smiled at least six times in as many months!
Your going to Washington secures the grant, and the grant nets you at least three thousand dollars upon every share.
She smiled with intelligence whenever she saw her son and his cousin together, and remarked that Hope Wayne's demeanor did not in the least betray the engagement.
He enjoyed his practical joke and his glass of Madeira, which had made at least three voyages round the Cape.
At least the young men meet oftener; not infrequently in Mrs. Plumer's parlor.
Mrs. Simcoe continued: "Lawrence Newt, at least let us be candid with each other.
From long habit Fanny did not pay the least attention to this order.
This heat is so great during the rains, that the people have a livid wan complexion, and appear sluggish and worn-out on the least exertion.
No hut is to be seen, or any means of subsistence procured, and the venturous traveler must take with him atleast a monthʼs provisions; as the sudden thaws and swellings of rivers render it frequently impracticable to go forward or return.
This affair had not the least effect towards resettling the Floridas by the French, who unnoticed by their government, destroyed the fortified places, and left the country.
I knew that in those eyes opposite me, death sat there, at least a part of death, the same death that was in those clay animals.
When he looked after Alcaeus and me, we ate with him every day at least one meal.
I asked time to stop and let us have the day last, at least longer than evening and the shepherd’s bells.
Once at least St. Paul recognises this point of view himself, when he says, that God separated him to His service from his mother's womb.
May they not at least have been mistaken, when they ventured to emit prophecies which history falsified?
The nation was continually falling away from the worship of the true God to idols, or at least the worship of other deities was incorporated with that of Jehovah.
They are no less in earnest; their aim is equally clear before them; but the unit in their minds is different: it is the Jewish state, or atleast the city of Jerusalem, as a whole.
A student ought, while at college, to make himself master of at least one or two of the great books of the Christian centuries in which Christianity is exhibited as a whole by a master mind.
There are men who pass into the ministry by social pressure or the opinion of the circles they belong to, and there are men who adopt the profession simply because it is on the line of least resistance.
They kept him humble; for he felt that he was the least of the apostles, who was not worthy to be called an apostle, because he had persecuted the Church of God.
An interpreter requires to know at least two languages--that in which the message comes and that in which it has to be delivered.
But it was not in the least degree stiff and pedantic.
They said that the calamities which Jeremiah was foretelling would not come to pass, or that at least they would be much less formidable than he represented.
This will take at least six or eight hours for a discourse, and may easily take much more.
If ministers knew the silent appreciation of helpful preaching, they would work, if not harder, at least more brightly and hopefully.
The population has been increasing fast; but churches have multiplied at least twice as fast.
One may say, indeed, that this bird is all wings and tail, but he is principally wings, at least when he spreads them out.
It is a sort of crest--at least I think that is the best name for it.
Only you would not see him, for you would not be able to see his wings--at least not properly--they would move so fast.
But some birds have still more wonderful dances than these; at least they behave in a way that is even more like real dancing.
At least the male birds like to do that, because the female Quezals have not got those beautiful, long feathers, although they are very fine birds even without them.
It was agreed our plan would be to watch L'Astrea; she at least would enable us to find Yvard, or his accomplice whom we most wished to discover.
While they may add little to the narrative interest of the main story, these documents serve to confirm some of the least credible incidents of the tale, and it was thought, therefore, worth while to include them here.
To-morrow we go to Sceaux; it will at least be an experience to you, even should nothing good come of it.
Perhaps the night were kinder, for it at least obscured my misery.
I knew I could find my way along the bayou paths of Louisiana the darkest night God ever sent, for there at least I would have through the trees the glimmer of a friendly star to guide me.
Pshaw, man, you know not the ways of the world, atleast not at the Court of France.
I wonder not that our men prefer the Indian maidens, for they at least have common sense.
At least she may be placed in la Saltpeterie where no present harm can reach her, to earn a living.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "least" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
