All 10 Uses of
interpose
in
The House of Mirth
- She might better have contented herself with thinking that he had simply responded to the despairing summons of his hostess, anxious to interpose him between herself and the ill-humour of Mrs. Dorset.†
Chpt 1.5
- "He is my father's cousin," Miss Bart interposed.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- "If you have anything to say to me——" she interposed.†
Chpt 1.9
- "Oh, we all know that," interposed Miss Stepney drily.†
Chpt 1.11
- TABLEAUX VIVANTS depend for their effect not only on the happy disposal of lights and the delusive-interposition of layers of gauze, but on a corresponding adjustment of the mental vision.†
Chpt 1.12
- "No doubt you have: extremely foolish," Mrs. Peniston interposed.†
Chpt 1.15
- But Mrs. Jack Stepney interposed.†
Chpt 2.1
- But Mrs. Fisher interposed with a decisive gesture.†
Chpt 2.2
- "I am still more sorry for you, then," she interposed, without irony; "but you must see that I am not exactly the person with whom the subject can be discussed."†
Chpt 2.6
- "But I should not," Miss Bart interposed.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(interpose) to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others