Well enough, from the uncertain tumult going on in his own mind, he could guess the bitter struggle that was being waged in Carleton's.
She paused, and as he waited, she did not at once continue, but sat with her eyes fixed on the ground, as if embarrassed, and uncertain how to proceed.
In this way she thanked him for what she thought he had done for her, for what in reality he could never do; and at the touch of her soft lips his accusing conscience spoke to him in no uncertain voice.
Had he been a student of chirography, he might have read the secret of the enigma that tormented him in those pale, uncertain pen-strokes, so unlike the firm, compact characters by which Miss Wycliffe visualised her will.
At one of the rehearsals, Peggy having appeared uncertain of her lines, was publicly lectured and sent back to her tent with the suggestion that if she were unwilling to do her duty, some one else had best take her place.
For Felipe himself was uncertainand frightened of what he was asking.
No, no; the ancients did not mark the time in such a manner; they did not take an uncertain century for the certain epoch of a year.
The accounts of the sufferings and death of the martyrs rest, therefore, with the exception of some comparatively few well-authenticated cases, upon the authority of vague and uncertain traditions.
Confidence in the troops, right judgment when to attack the enemy, but ignorance of the ground, bring uncertain victory.
By making feints, and causing the enemy to be uncertainas to our movements, we unite, whilst he must divide.
The effect of a scant and uncertain food supply is especially clear in savages, who have erected fewer buffers between themselves and the pressure of environment.
Autochthones, aborigines are therefore merely scientific tropes, indicating the limit beyond which the movement of people cannot be traced in the gray light of an uncertain dawn.
Facts like these reveal the narrow margin between food and famine, which makes the uncertain basis of life for the steppe agriculturist.
It is uncertain whether this area was originally an inland lake surrounded by trees, or an island grove in the waters of the lake.
The size of trees and accumulation of earth are known to be very uncertain tests of age in this region; indeed the clearings and excavations of the earlier explorers seem to have left few signs visible to those who came a few years later.
The building occupies only half the length of the ledge, and is now twelve feet high in front, leaving it uncertain whether it originally reached the overhanging cliff, or had an independent roof.
It is uncertain whether some of the larger terrace-platforms were paved with regular blocks or not.
It must be observed, that these canoes were not entirely entrusted to my crew, but carried by the owners themselves who accompanied us; as it would have been very uncertain where to have found them at our return from the Copper River.
But the uncertain waiting--the rising of sun after sun and the falling of night after night, and the still, empty minutes which must be lived!
I knew it was no uncertain hand which held the hammer, for the strokes were vigorous and in time, interrupted now and again by the drum-like roll as the hammer danced upon the anvil.
It was halting, stammering, uncertain in places, but it imparted a glorious truth which rolled a stone from my breast.
But I wished not to defer answering your letter to anuncertain opportunity.
Yes," returned Mary ashamed of the momentary insincerity couched in her former uncertain replying word, "Who?
Jack Harpe followed this flight of fancy with an uncertain smile.
Racey had barely time to glance down and discover that the yellow nondescript was no more than a pup when a burly youth charged into the restaurant and demanded in no uncertaintones to know where that adjective dog had hidden himself.
They ain't nary a one of 'em would gorm up their paws on a job like that for you, Lanpher," Alicran stated in no uncertain tones.
She was horribly uncertain what line of action she ought to take, now that Elaine had so completely reversed the situation.
Dominey bathed and dressed, sipped his excellent coffee, and lounged about the place in uncertain mood.
He made his way seaward with uncertain steps until he reached a rough and stony road; here he hesitated for a moment, looked about him, and then turned back at right angles.
Nalagtiw ming gisingkáhan ug súgù, We moved smartly when we were given orders in no uncertain terms.
No two things are more inscrutable or less uncertain than man's spontaneity and man's helplessness,--Freedom and Grace as the two poles.
An author must have us in no uncertain grip when he can induce us to read him by a light so impermanent as that of the elfish coal.
Henry immediately sent out his forces to clear the difficult way to Shrewsbury, where Robert, having learned of the fall of Bridgenorth, was awaiting the issue, uncertain what to do.
Nor is it strange in turn, that Henry was in truth more severe upon the tyranny of his brother while he was yet uncertain of his hold upon the crown, than in the practice of his later years.
In one point at least they were successful; the church was emptied of spectators and the ceremony was finished, king and bishops alike trembling with uncertain dread, in the light of burning buildings and amid the noise of the tumult.
Exactly what he did in this field is as uncertain as in that of feudal law, though the one specific instance which we have on record shows him acting in a capacity much like that of the later itinerant justice.
The decision to attempt this method of securing the succession while still in possession of power, rather than to leave it to the uncertain chances that would follow his death, was for Stephen natural and wise.
She had even and odd, uncertain little feeling as to what it meant to put a little son to bed, for she had never unlaced or unbuttoned one.
She was almost asuncertain as Murray had been of the meaning of a "lark"; she had used the word, as she had used so many other words to the child, heedlessly.
I am, Carol, I am; but there are times when Jack is as terrible and uncertain as Mark Twain's New England weather.
There was a sharp rasping sound, followed by the uncertain glare that makes the light of a dark-lantern separate and individual, and a window swung noiselessly inward.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uncertain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
