All 50 Uses of
utter
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The old man uttered a cry, and turned round; then, seeing his son, he fell into his arms, pale and trembling.†
Chpt 1-2 (definition 1)
- Fernand opened his mouth to reply, but his voice died on his lips, and he could not utter a word.†
Chpt 3-4 (definition 2)
- Fernand closed his eyes, a burning sensation passed across his brow, and he was compelled to support himself by the table to prevent his falling from his chair; but in spite of all his efforts, he could not refrain from uttering a deep groan, which, however, was lost amid the noisy felicitations of the company.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 1)
- As for Fernand himself, he seemed to be enduring the tortures of the damned; unable to rest, he was among the first to quit the table, and, as though seeking to avoid the hilarious mirth that rose in such deafening sounds, he continued, in utter silence, to pace the farther end of the salon.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 2)
- "What is the meaning of all this?" inquired Caderousse, frowningly, of Danglars, who had assumed an air of utter surprise.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 2)
- "How can I tell you?" replied he; "I am, like yourself, utterly bewildered at all that is going on, and cannot in the least make out what it is about."†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 2) *
- The emperor, now king of the petty Island of Elba, after having held sovereign sway over one-half of the world, counting as his subjects a small population of five or six thousand souls,—after having been accustomed to hear the "Vive Napoleons" of a hundred and twenty millions of human beings, uttered in ten different languages,—was looked upon here as a ruined man, separated forever from any fresh connection with France or claim to her throne.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 1)
- Renee uttered a smothered exclamation.†
Chpt 5-6 (definition 1)
- With the deputy's knowledge of crime and criminals, every word the young man uttered convinced him more and more of his innocence.†
Chpt 7-8 (definition 1)
- But pride restrained him and he did not utter it.†
Chpt 7-8 (definition 2)
- He did not even see the ocean, that terrible barrier against freedom, which the prisoners look upon with utter despair.†
Chpt 7-8 (definition 2)
- The jailer was right; Dantes wanted but little of being utterly mad.†
Chpt 7-8 (definition 2)
- But remorse is not thus banished; like Virgil's wounded hero, he carried the arrow in his wound, and, arrived at the salon, Villefort uttered a sigh that was almost a sob, and sank into a chair.†
Chpt 9-10 (definition 1)
- Any other than yourself would have considered the disclosure of M. de Villefort insignificant, or else dictated by venal ambition," These words were an allusion to the sentiments which the minister of police had uttered with so much confidence an hour before.†
Chpt 11-12 (definition 1)
- Dantes uttered blasphemies that made his jailer recoil with horror, dashed himself furiously against the walls of his prison, wreaked his anger upon everything, and chiefly upon himself, so that the least thing,—a grain of sand, a straw, or a breath of air that annoyed him, led to paroxysms of fury.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 1)
- The day passed away in utter silence—night came without recurrence of the noise.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 2)
- These few words were uttered with an accent that left no doubt of his sincerity; Dantes rose, dispersed the fragments with the same precaution as before, and pushed his bed back against the wall.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 1)
- You perceive then the utter impossibility of escaping through your dungeon?†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 2)
- I perceive its utter impossibility; and I consider it impious to attempt that which the Almighty evidently does not approve.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 2)
- Why, it is not altogether impossible he might have had, for he made me promise several times never to speak of that letter to any one, assuring me he so advised me for my own interest; and, more than this, he insisted on my taking a solemn oath never to utter the name mentioned in the address.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 2)
- The abbe burst into a fit of laughter, while Dantes gazed on him in utter astonishment.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 2)
- And then made you swear never to utter the name of Noirtier?†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 2)
- I am about to be seized with a fit of catalepsy; when it comes to its height I shall probably lie still and motionless as though dead, uttering neither sigh nor groan.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- "Help! help!" cried the abbe, "I—I—die—I"— So sudden and violent was the fit that the unfortunate prisoner was unable to complete the sentence; a violent convulsion shook his whole frame, his eyes started from their sockets, his mouth was drawn on one side, his cheeks became purple, he struggled, foamed, dashed himself about, and uttered the most dreadful cries, which, however, Dantes prevented from being heard by covering his head with the blanket.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- He had taken the silence of the old man for a return to reason; and now these few words uttered by Faria, after so painful a crisis, seemed to indicate a serious relapse into mental alienation.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 1)
- I raised my head; I was in utter darkness.†
Chpt 17-18 (definition 2)
- He opened his eyes upon utter darkness.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 2)
- Edmond uttered a cry of agony, and, quite out of his senses, rushed towards the door, exclaiming, "Help, help!"†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- At last, with a horrible splash, he darted like an arrow into the ice-cold water, and as he did so he uttered a shrill cry, stifled in a moment by his immersion beneath the waves.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- Then, in spite of the wind and rain, he fell into the deep, sweet sleep of utter exhaustion.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 2)
- Then the tunnel will be discovered; the men who cast me into the sea and who must have heard the cry I uttered, will be questioned.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 1)
- As Dantes (his eyes turned in the direction of the Chateau d'If) uttered this prayer, he saw off the farther point of the Island of Pomegue a small vessel with lateen sail skimming the sea like a gull in search of prey; and with his sailor's eye he knew it to be a Genoese tartan.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 1)
- In a few hours my strength will be utterly exhausted; besides, perhaps I have not been missed at the fortress.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 2)
- By a violent effort he rose half out of the water, waving his cap, and uttering a loud shout peculiar to sailers.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 1)
- He rose again to the surface, struggled with the last desperate effort of a drowning man, uttered a third cry, and felt himself sinking, as if the fatal cannon shot were again tied to his feet.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 1)
- Dantes was so exhausted that the exclamation of joy he uttered was mistaken for a sigh.†
Chpt 22-23 (definition 1)
- Dantes uttered a cry of joy and surprise; never had a first attempt been crowned with more perfect success.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- This time he fell on his knees, and, clasping his hands convulsively, uttered a prayer intelligible to God alone.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- The island was utterly deserted, and bore no evidence of having been visited since he went away; his treasure was just as he had left it.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)
- And, as though to add to the daily misery which this prosperous canal inflicted on the unfortunate inn-keeper, whose utter ruin it was fast accomplishing, it was situated between the Rhone from which it had its source and the post-road it had depleted, not a hundred steps from the inn, of which we have given a brief but faithful description.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)
- "But the strangest part of the story is," resumed the abbe, "that Dantes, even in his dying moments, swore by his crucified Redeemer, that he was utterly ignorant of the cause of his detention."†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)
- 'You will go to Marseilles,' said Dantes,—for you understand, I repeat his words just as he uttered them.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- Oh, it is impossible—utterly impossible!†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)
- La Carconte muttered a few inarticulate words, then let her head again drop upon her knees, and went into a fit of ague, leaving the two speakers to resume the conversation, but remaining so as to be able to hear every word they uttered.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- "Well, my good friend," returned the abbe, in a tone that indicated utter indifference on his part, "you are at liberty, either to speak or be silent, just as you please; for my own part, I respect your scruples and admire your sentiments; so let the matter end.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)
- The abbe uttered a kind of groan.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- "Yes," continued Caderousse, "so it is; after five and twenty years of labor, after having acquired a most honorable name in the trade of Marseilles, M. Morrel is utterly ruined; he has lost five ships in two years, has suffered by the bankruptcy of three large houses, and his only hope now is in that very Pharaon which poor Dantes commanded, and which is expected from the Indies with a cargo of cochineal and indigo.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 2)
- Why, when I found myself utterly destitute, I thought my old friends would, perhaps, assist me.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 2)
- The abbe with difficulty got away from the enthusiastic thanks of Caderousse, opened the door himself, got out and mounted his horse, once more saluted the innkeeper, who kept uttering his loud farewells, and then returned by the road he had travelled in coming.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- Scarcely had he uttered those words than Madame Morrel entered weeping bitterly.†
Chpt 29-30 (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)