"Bitingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to his former lodgings; they were too familiarly known to the set which he had just flung from him, with a vague resolve to abjure henceforth all accomplices, and trust to himself alone. The hour was now late—the streets deserted—the air bitingly cold. Must he at last resign himself to the loathed dictation of Arabella Cram? Well, he now preferred even that to humbling himself to Darrell, after what had passed. Darrell's parting words had certainly implied that he would not be as obdurate to entreaty as he had shown himself to ...
— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... feet hanging over the edge we ate our evening meal without salt or pepper, and then each of us curled up like a grey wolf under the shelter of a stone and slept as safely as if we were in our bed rolls down in the genial atmosphere of the park in place of being in the bitingly cold air of the bleak ...
— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard
... one girl was twenty minutes late. Professor Copeland waited until she had taken her seat. Then he remarked bitingly: ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher
... It was bitingly cold and the dry twigs struck against the girl's face like ice. The ghost-wind added terror to the hour, ...
— At the Crossroads • Harriet T. Comstock
... The three laughed bitingly in chorus. They jeered, derided, scoffed, and raised an uproar which would have had its effect upon much stronger nerves than Georgie's. For a time he contained his rising choler and chanted monotonously, over and over: "I COULD! I COULD, TOO! I COULD! I COULD, TOO!" But their tumult wore upon ...
— Penrod • Booth Tarkington
... she was acting. He thought he was trapped. He saw his whole life crumbling. "Don't you indeed?" he said bitingly. "I do. Allow me to congratulate you on the success of ...
— Howards End • E. M. Forster |
