All 47 Uses of
utter
in
Oliver Twist
- As the Jew uttered these words, his bright dark eyes, which had been staring vacantly before him, fell on Oliver's face; the boy's eyes were fixed on his in mute curiousity; and although the recognition was only for an instant—for the briefest space of time that can possibly be conceived—it was enough to show the old man that he had been observed.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- He uttered these words in a feeble voice, being very faint and weak; but they were overheard at once.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Having remained silent here, just long enough to recover breath to speak, Master Bates uttered an exclamation of amusement and delight; and, bursting into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, flung himself upon a doorstep, and rolled thereon in a transport of mirth.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- He appeared well used to it, however; for he coiled himself up in a corner very quietly, without uttering a sound, and winking his very ill-looking eyes twenty times in a minute, appeared to occupy himself in taking a survey of the apartment.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Having uttered those words in a most lamentable and heart-broken tone: to the immeasurable delight of her hearers: Miss Nancy paused, winked to the company, nodded smilingly round, and disappeared.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- CHAPTER XIV COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER'S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW'S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND Oliver soon recovering from the fainting-fit into which Mr. Brownlow's abrupt exclamation had thrown him, the subject of the picture was carefully avoided, both by the old gentleman and Mrs. Bedwin, in the conversation that ensued: which indeed bore no reference to Oliver's history or prospects, but was…†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- With these words, which were uttered with all the energy of passionate grief, Oliver fell upon his knees at the Jew's feet; and beat his hands together, in perfect desperation.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- Oliver had looked from one to the other, while these words were being spoken, as if he were bewildered, and could scarecely understand what passed; but when Bill Sikes concluded, he jumped suddenly to his feet, and tore wildly from the room: uttering shrieks for help, which made the bare old house echo to the roof.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- 'What do you mean by this?' said Sikes; backing the inquiry with a very common imprecation concerning the most beautiful of human features: which, if it were heard above, only once out of every fifty thousand times that it is uttered below, would render blindness as common a disorder as measles: 'what do you mean by it?†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- The first sentence was addressed to Susan; and the exclamations of delight were uttered to Mr. Bumble: as the good lady unlocked the garden-gate: and showed him, with great attention and respect, into the house.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- Mr. Bumble no sooner uttered Oliver's name, in explanation of his errand, than Mrs. Bedwin, who had been listening at the parlour door, hastened into the passage in a breathless state.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- The latter recognition was uttered with just enough of embarrassment to imply a doubt of its reception; for Mr. Fagin and his young friend had not met, since she had interfered in behalf of Oliver.†
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
- She rocked herself to and fro; caught her throat; and, uttering a gurgling sound, gasped for breath.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- But the girl's voice was in his ear, beseeching him in such tones of agony to remember her, that he had not the heart to utter it.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2)
- Indeed, the worthy gentleman, stimulated perhaps by the immediate prospect of being on active service, was in great spirits and good humour; in proof whereof, it may be here remarked, that he humourously drank all the beer at a draught, and did not utter, on a rough calculation, more than four-score oaths during the whole progress of the meal.†
Chpt 20 (definition 2)
- Uttering this exclamation in a tone of great surprise, as his eyes rested on Oliver, Mr. Toby Crackit brought himself into a sitting posture, and demanded who that was.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- He clasped his hands together, and involuntarily uttered a subdued exclamation of horror.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- The two old crones, chiming in together, began pouring out many piteous lamentations that the poor dear was too far gone to know her best friends; and were uttering sundry protestations that they would never leave her, when the superior pushed them from the room, closed the door, and returned to the bedside.†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- The Jew stopped to hear no more; but uttering a loud yell, and twining his hands in his hair, rushed from the room, and from the house.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Cunning, ferocity, and drunkeness in all its stages, were there, in their strongest aspect; and women: some with the last lingering tinge of their early freshness almost fading as you looked: others with every mark and stamp of their sex utterly beaten out, and presenting but one loathsome blank of profligacy and crime; some mere girls, others but young women, and none past the prime of life; formed the darkest and saddest portion of this dreary picture.†
Chpt 26 (definition 2)
- Fagin put several other questions: all with the same drift of ascertaining whether the girl had profited by his unguarded hints; but, she answered them so readily, and was withal so utterly unmoved by his searching looks, that his original impression of her being more than a trifle in liquor, was confirmed.†
Chpt 26 (definition 2) *
- Uttering these words, the good lady pointed, distractedly, to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- Charlotte uttered a scream, and hid her face in her apron.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1) *
- At length, a low cry of pain broke the stillness that prevailed; and uttering it, the boy awoke.†
Chpt 28 (definition 1)
- Brittles, who had got behind the door to open it, no sooner saw Oliver, than he uttered a loud cry.†
Chpt 28 (definition 1)
- 'Poor fellow!' said Rose, when Oliver had been one day feebly endeavouring to utter the words of thankfulness that rose to his pale lips; 'you shall have many opportunities of serving us, if you will.†
Chpt 32 (definition 2)
- When they came to Chertsey Bridge, Oliver turned very pale, and uttered a loud exclamation.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- The man followed to the chariot door, uttering the wildest imprecations and curses all the way; but as Mr. Losberne turned to speak to the driver, he looked into the carriage, and eyed Oliver for an instant with a glance so sharp and fierce and at the same time so furious and vindictive, that, waking or sleeping, he could not forget it for months afterwards.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- He continued to utter the most fearful imprecations, until the driver had resumed his seat; and when they were once more on their way, they could see him some distance behind: beating his feet upon the ground, and tearing his hair, in transports of real or pretended rage.†
Chpt 32 (definition 2)
- The man shook his fist, as he uttered these words incoherently.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- If Rose had—I cannot utter that word now—if this illness had terminated differently, how could you ever have forgiven yourself!†
Chpt 34 (definition 2)
- So far as an overpowering heaviness, a prostration of strength, and an utter inability to control our thoughts or power of motion, can be called sleep, this is it; and yet, we have a consciousness of all that is going on about us, and, if we dream at such a time, words which are really spoken, or sounds which really exist at the moment, accommodate themselves with surprising readiness to our visions, until reality and imagination become so strangely blended that it is afterwards almost…†
Chpt 34 (definition 2)
- 'She didn't utter another word,' said the woman, to all appearance unmoved (as Mr. Bumble was very far from being) by the strange man's violence; 'but she clutched my gown, violently, with one hand, which was partly closed; and when I saw that she was dead, and so removed the hand by force, I found it clasped a scrap of dirty paper.'†
Chpt 38 (definition 2)
- The dog sat at the bedside: now eyeing his master with a wistful look, and now pricking his ears, and uttering a low growl as some noise in the street, or in the lower part of the house, attracted his attention.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- Uttering this last panegyric, Master Bates produced, from one of his extensive pockets, a full-sized wine-bottle, carefully corked; while Mr. Dawkins, at the same instant, poured out a wine-glassful of raw spirits from the bottle he carried: which the invalid tossed down his throat without a moment's hesitation.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- If she betrayed any agitation, when she presented herself to Mr. Sikes, he did not observe it; for merely inquiring if she had brought the money, and receiving a reply in the affirmative, he uttered a growl of satisfaction, and replacing his head upon the pillow, resumed the slumbers which her arrival had interrupted.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- As he uttered these words, the girl herself appeared and resumed her former seat.†
Chpt 44 (definition 1)
- As she uttered these words, and indicated, with her hand, the direction in which she wished them to proceed, the countryman looked round, and roughly asking what they took up the whole pavement for, passed on.†
Chpt 46 (definition 1)
- There was something so uncommon in her manner, that the flesh of the concealed listener crept as he heard the girl utter these words, and the blood chilled within him.†
Chpt 46 (definition 2)
- These words appeared to be addressed to the young lady, and were perhaps uttered with the view of affording Nancy time to recover herself.†
Chpt 46 (definition 1)
- The young lady uttered a cry of surprise, and for a few moments they were so still that the listener could distinctly hear them breathe.†
Chpt 46 (definition 1)
- Before the dawn of morning, before this river wakes to the first glimpse of day-light, you shall be placed as entirely beyond the reach of your former associates, and leave as utter an absence of all trace behind you, as if you were to disappear from the earth this moment.†
Chpt 46 (definition 2)
- Mortification at the overthrow of his notable scheme; hatred of the girl who had dared to palter with strangers; and utter distrust of the sincerity of her refusal to yield him up; bitter disappointment at the loss of his revenge on Sikes; the fear of detection, and ruin, and death; and a fierce and deadly rage kindled by all; these were the passionate considerations which, following close upon each other with rapid and ceaseless whirl, shot through the brain of Fagin, as every evil…†
Chpt 47 (definition 2)
- The animal came up from the very force of habit; but as Sikes stooped to attach the handkerchief to his throat, he uttered a low growl and started back.†
Chpt 48 (definition 1)
- 'When they had been separated for some time,' returned Mr. Brownlow, 'and your mother, wholly given up to continental frivolities, had utterly forgotten the young husband ten good years her junior, who, with prospects blighted, lingered on at home, he fell among new friends.†
Chpt 49 (definition 2)
- At the very instant when he brought the loop over his head previous to slipping it beneath his arm-pits, and when the old gentleman before-mentioned (who had clung so tight to the railing of the bridge as to resist the force of the crowd, and retain his position) earnestly warned those about him that the man was about to lower himself down—at that very instant the murderer, looking behind him on the roof, threw his arms above his head, and uttered a yell of terror.†
Chpt 50 (definition 1)
- A woman in the gallery, uttered some exclamation, called forth by this dread solemnity; he looked hastily up as if angry at the interruption, and bent forward yet more attentively.†
Chpt 52 (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)