All 10 Uses of
extricate
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- At the end of an hour the stone was extricated from the wall, leaving a cavity a foot and a half in diameter.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- Dantes, although stunned and almost suffocated, had sufficient presence of mind to hold his breath, and as his right hand (prepared as he was for every chance) held his knife open, he rapidly ripped up the sack, extricated his arm, and then his body; but in spite of all his efforts to free himself from the shot, he felt it dragging him down still lower.†
Chpt 22-23
- "Franz and I have to thank you a thousand times, count," returned Albert; "you extricated us from a great dilemma, and we were on the point of inventing a very fantastic vehicle when your friendly invitation reached us."†
Chpt 35-36
- "We might start at five o'clock and be in time, but the delay may cause your friend to pass an uneasy night, and therefore we had better go with all speed to extricate him from the hands of the infidels.†
Chpt 37-38
- And from whose hands the count extricated me in so wonderful a manner?†
Chpt 53-54
- I will try and think over what is the best thing to be done; you will give me your advice, will you not, and if possible extricate me from my unpleasant position?†
Chpt 53-54
- Morrel smiled with an expression very like a grimace, and then turned round to Monte Cristo, as if to ask him to extricate him from his embarrassment.†
Chpt 61-62
- How could she extricate herself from this labyrinth?†
Chpt 99-100
- He has two means of extricating me from this dilemma,—the one by a mysterious escape, managed through bribery; the other by buying off my judges with gold.†
Chpt 107-108
- Therefore, tolerably secure in being able to extricate himself from his position, provided he were not rated at the unreasonable sum of 5,050,000 francs, he stretched himself on his bed, and after turning over two or three times, fell asleep with the tranquillity of the hero whose life Luigi Vampa was studying.†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(extricate) free or remove from constraint or difficulty