Example Sentences

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"I have been presumptuous enough to make you an offer of my hand, Miss Kellett," said he, with a half-offended dignity.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

"You 'll not refuse me, I hope, a first request, madam," said he, with a half-offended air.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

She lifted her head with a gesture of half-offended surprise.

From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)

There was such sorrowful apprehension in his words that Gabrielle looked up half-frightened, half-offended.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

She went on dusting with a half-offended air, as though Mother had no right to interrupt her with a superintending glance like this.

From A Prisoner in Fairyland by Blackwood, Algernon