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Example sentences for "poor uncle"

  • I am entirely aware of the cause of it; but I cannot see that there is any blame whatsoever to be attached to either you or yours for the act of my poor uncle.

  • I will stake my existence that she never stooped to any fraudulent circumvention of my poor uncle.

  • For the first time in my life, I had seen a tear glisten in my poor uncle's eye, and heard his voice falter as he said, "Farewell!

  • While Mike was packing in one corner, and I in another was concluding a long letter to my poor uncle, my door opened and Webber entered.

  • Trevanion himself came up for a few hours in the afternoon, and seemed to feel much for my poor uncle's illness.

  • By the light of a single candle we saw my poor uncle's face; it was flushed with fever, and the eyes had that bright, vacant stare which it is so terrible to meet.

  • Completely stunned, my poor uncle went to the rail and buried his face in his hands.

  • Poor Uncle Seth, I thought, how little did he suspect, when he united his fortune with the golden dreams of Neil Gleazen, that he was to travel such a road as this!

  • We acted unconsciously, for all of us were intent on the land that we had raised; and my poor uncle, apparently assuming neither friend nor enemy, leaned against the cabin all alone.

  • It made me shudder to read of it, for I couldn't help thinking of poor Uncle John, and, as for my father, he was really quite upset.

  • Besides, poor Uncle John is in there--and--I should be ashamed to look at him with my selfish heart overflowing with happiness.

  • The device on it is the Eye of Osiris, a mystic symbol for which I have a sentimentally superstitious affection, as also had my poor uncle, who actually bore it tattooed in scarlet on his breast.

  • I have not forgotten you, though I have been silent, and the news of my poor uncle's death has shocked me greatly.

  • I shed tears as I saw the last relic of my poor uncle expire, and I was not consoled even though he was buried in the garden of the gallant Villars, and immortalized by an epitaph from the pen of the courtly Chaulieu.

  • Am I not expressly speaking of my poor uncle?

  • We exchanged a few other words, and then the question was indirectly put to me--if my poor uncle was in the habit of sending his money to the government office or keeping it buried in his tent.

  • I thought no more of the matter until about a week ago these same men sent for me, and by indirect inquiries wanted to know if I would share with them in robbing my poor uncle's tent.

  • Do I understand you to say that you suspect me of injuring my poor uncle, whom I loved above all earthly things?

  • It was in my poor uncle's hand, and dated the very morning of his death.

  • And did Blake really make this demand, knowing my poor uncle's difficulties?

  • My hopes of being in any way instrumental to my poor uncle's happiness grew hourly less.

  • Have his altered fortunes damped the warm ardor of my poor uncle's heart?

  • I always heard my poor uncle speak of you in the highest terms.

  • Besides, my poor uncle left me an entreaty to keep things up creditably like himself, and do justice by the bank.

  • I am sure my poor uncle wanted to ease his mind!

  • My poor uncle, away from home, and with that selfish fellow.

  • For your sake, and my poor Uncle's, I would do anything honest and proper: but neither can I travel with your brother Conrad, nor can I go near his lodgings.

  • To my great surprise I saw my poor Uncle, standing at his open window, wrapped in a dressing-gown.

  • Was there any possibility of saving my poor Uncle?

  • Of course, what I have to say concerns my poor uncle's death and its consequences.

  • That is the old squire, my poor uncle," and he sighed comfortably.

  • And yet I cannot understand, my poor uncle's outbreak, except by attributing it to delirium.

  • There is much to be done; my poor uncle's funeral, you know.

  • You have much influence with Johannes Bockhold, the prophet; beg of him, therefore, mercy for my poor uncle!

  • Never shall I lose the remembrance of my poor uncle.

  • How came your senses so entirely to desert you, my poor uncle, as to permit you to fall into so heavy a sin?

  • When left alone, and still affected by these lively recollections of my poor uncle, I began to think of the letter which the notary had left with me.

  • After reading this letter, my dear Louis, need I tell you that I did the contrary to what my poor uncle bade me, and that I gave way to my grief.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    belles lettres; civil disobedience; during sleep; poor blind; poor body; poor boy; poor chap; poor children; poor dears; poor gentleman; poor health; poor heart; poor land; poor master; poor papa; poor priests; poor scholar; poor soil; poor soul; poor souls; poor things; poor white; poor wretch; poorly developed; single person; want money