All 4 Uses of
indispensable
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Again the mender of roads went through the whole performance; in which he ought to have been perfect by that time, seeing that it had been the infallible resource and indispensable entertainment of his village during a whole year.†
Chpt 2.15
- With the aid of his indispensable cap, he represented a man with his elbows bound fast at his hips, with cords that were knotted behind him.†
Chpt 2.15 *
- Silent, humane, indispensable in hospital and prison, using his art equally among assassins and victims, he was a man apart.†
Chpt 3.4
- Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home, Miss Pross threaded her way along the narrow streets and crossed the river by the bridge of the Pont-Neuf, reckoning in her mind the number of indispensable purchases she had to make.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(indispensable) absolutely necessary