All 8 Uses of
infinite
in
The War of the Worlds
- With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Near it in the field, I remember, were three faint points of light, three telescopic stars infinitely remote, and all around it was the unfathomable darkness of empty space.†
Chpt 1.1
- And while the Martians behind me were thus preparing for their next sally, and in front of me Humanity gathered for the battle, I made my way with infinite pains and labour from the fire and smoke of burning Weybridge towards London.†
Chpt 1.13
- It seemed infinitely more alive than the actual Martians lying beyond it in the sunset light, panting, stirring ineffectual tentacles, and moving feebly after their vast journey across space.†
Chpt 2.2
- And I recall now with a sort of wonder that, in spite of the infinite danger in which we were between starvation and a still more terrible death, we could yet struggle bitterly for that horrible privilege of sight.†
Chpt 2.3
- The former gave me no sensation of horror or remorse to recall; I saw it simply as a thing done, a memory infinitely disagreeable but quite without the quality of remorse.†
Chpt 2.7
- With infinite trouble I managed to break into a public-house and get food and drink.†
Chpt 2.8
- One's gaze went with infinite relief from the scorched greys and sullen reds of the foreground to the blue-green softness of the eastward hills.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(infinite) unlimited; without boundaries; or too numerous to count