equivoque

Example Sentences

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Over this equivoque Dobbin shook a baffled head; and Lucinda laughed, glanced carelessly toward the stage to make sure that the act still was young, and offered to rise.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

Certain it was that Knight's disappointment at finding himself second or third in the field, at Elfride's momentary equivoque, and at her reluctance to be candid, brought him to the verge of cynicism.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas

Hush!—here's the old lady! keep dying, as before, and we'll effect the business—more equivoque!

From The Dramatist; or Stop Him Who Can! A Comedy, in Five Acts by Reynolds, Frederick

“Yes, we are near the dawning,” mocked the old man, with loud, relentless equivoque.

From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles

Without an equivoque, I should look with a very ominous dissatisfaction on the "Elysian fields" that lie beyond.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker