All 11 Uses of
utter
in
Hard Times
- Mrs. Sparsit uttered a gentle ejaculation, as having received a moral shock.†
Chpt 1.11 (definition 1)
- They were ruined, when they were required to send labouring children to school; they were ruined when inspectors were appointed to look into their works; they were ruined, when such inspectors considered it doubtful whether they were quite justified in chopping people up with their machinery; they were utterly undone, when it was hinted that perhaps they need not always make quite so much smoke.†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 2)
- Utterly indifferent, perfectly selfreliant, never at a loss, and yet never at her ease, with her figure in company with them there, and her mind apparently quite alone — it was of no use 'going in' yet awhile to comprehend this girl, for she baffled all penetration.†
Chpt 2.2 (definition 2) *
- He too, with the world a wide heath before him, enjoyed the meal — again in corroboration of the magnates, as exemplifying the utter want of calculation on the part of these people, sir.†
Chpt 2.6 (definition 2)
- Mrs. Pegler was by no means deaf, for she caught a word as it was uttered.†
Chpt 2.6 (definition 1)
- Cultivate in them, while there is yet time, the utmost graces of the fancies and affections, to adorn their lives so much in need of ornament; or, in the day of your triumph, when romance is utterly driven out of their souls, and they and a bare existence stand face to face, Reality will take a wolfish turn, and make an end of you.†
Chpt 2.6 (definition 2)
- As she sat looking straight before her, across the changing lights upon the grass into the darkness of the wood beyond, he saw in her face her application of his very distinctly uttered words.†
Chpt 2.7 (definition 1)
- Louisa faintly uttered some word of incredulity and surprise.†
Chpt 2.8 (definition 1) *
- 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 2)
- From the moment of that interchange of looks, they never uttered his name, or any reference to him, aloud; nor ever pursued the subject of the robbery, when Mr. Gradgrind spoke of it.†
Chpt 3.4 (definition 1)
- Louisa uttered an exclamation, partly of distress, partly of satisfaction.†
Chpt 3.7 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(2) (utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)