All 7 Uses of
heed
in
Hard Times
- Thomas Gradgrind took no heed of these trivialities of course, but passed on as a practical man ought to pass on, either brushing the noisy insects from his thoughts, or consigning them to the House of Correction.†
Chpt 1.3
- Heedless of the smoke and mud and wet, and of her two long journeys, she was gazing at it, as if the heavy thrum that issued from its many stories were proud music to her.†
Chpt 1.12
- Again they went all round the room, scarcely heeding Rachael if at all, and returned to that corner.†
Chpt 1.13 *
- Let him give no heed to what I ha had'n to bear.†
Chpt 2.4
- Bounderby,' he resumed, in a lighter manner, and yet with a show of effort in assuming it, which was even more expressive than the manner he dismissed; 'it is no irrevocable offence in a young fellow of your brother's years, if he is heedless, inconsiderate, and expensive — a little dissipated, in the common phrase.†
Chpt 2.7
- She thought of the wood, and stole towards it, heedless of long grass and briers: of worms, snails, and slugs, and all the creeping things that be.†
Chpt 2.11
- Utterly heedless of the wear and tear of her clothes and constitution, and adamant to her pathetic sneezes, Mr. Bounderby immediately crammed her into a coach, and bore her off to Stone Lodge.†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
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(heed) pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested -- especially with regard to a warning or other advice