All 16 Uses of
utter
in
The Return of the King
- Nay, though all things must come utterly to an end in time, Gondor shall not perish yet.†
Chpt 5.1 (definition 1) *
- There was no answer, unless it were an utter silence more dreadful than the whispers before; and then a chill blast came in which the torches flickered and went out, and could not be rekindled.†
Chpt 5.2 (definition 1)
- But most surely not for any argument would he have set this thing at a hazard beyond all but a fool's hope, risking our utter ruin, if the Enemy should recover what he lost.†
Chpt 5.4 (definition 1)
- The Nazgul came again, and as their Dark Lord now grew and put forth his strength, so their voices, which uttered only his will and his malice, were filled with evil and horror.†
Chpt 5.4 (definition 2) *
- But Theoden was not utterly forsaken.†
Chpt 5.6 (definition 1)
- The great wrath of his onset had utterly overthrown the front of his enemies, and great wedges of his Riders had passed clear through the ranks of the Southrons, discomfiting their horsemen and riding their footmen to ruin.†
Chpt 5.6 (definition 1)
- Yet to the Harlond we must come tomorrow or fail utterly.†
Chpt 5.9 (definition 1)
- For, my lords, it may well prove that we ourselves shall perish utterly in a black battle far from the living lands; so that even if Barad-dur be thrown down, we shall not live to see a new age.†
Chpt 5.9 (definition 1)
- Now in their debate some had counselled that Minas Morgul should first be assailed, and if they might take it, it should be utterly destroyed.†
Chpt 5.10 (definition 1)
- They still flew high and out of sight of all save Legolas, and yet their presence could be felt, as a deepening of shadow and a dimming of the sun; and though the Ringwraiths did not yet stoop low upon their foes and were silent, uttering no cry, the dread of them could not be shaken off.†
Chpt 5.10 (definition 2)
- But as for your terms, we reject them utterly.†
Chpt 5.10 (definition 1)
- But they were far beyond aid, and no thought could yet bring any help to Samwise Hamfast's son; he was utterly alone.†
Chpt 6.1 (definition 1)
- But deep in his heart there was something that restrained him: he could not strike this thing lying in the dust, forlorn, ruinous, utterly wretched.†
Chpt 6.3 (definition 1)
- And then to Sam's surprise and utter confusion he bowed his knee before them; and taking them by the hand, Frodo upon his right and Sam upon his left, he led them to the throne, and setting them upon it, he turned to the men and captains who stood by and spoke, so that his voice rang over all the host, crying: 'Praise them with great praise!'†
Chpt 6.4 (definition 1)
- I stand upon some dreadful brink, and it is utterly dark in the abyss before my feet, but whether there is any light behind me I cannot tell.†
Chpt 6.5 (definition 1)
- For,' said he, 'Minas Ithil in Morgul Vale shall be utterly destroyed, and though it may in time to come be made clean, no man may dwell there for many long years.†
Chpt 6.5 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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(2) (utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice