To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness. From LearnThat.org. [John Dewey]
A fitted overcoat. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : fitted clothes; fitted sheets. From Dictionary.com.
My father was one of the last dons in San Marcos County, and the title fitted him because he belonged to the generation of dons. From Wordnik.com. [The Pride of Palomar] Reference
Unknown to each other, they decided that the name fitted the man. From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
This rather indefinite title fitted most of the stories in Mrs. Wharton's book. From Wordnik.com. [About Mrs. Wharton, in "Chronicle and Comment"] Reference
While it was easy to see how the phrase fitted the conception, the reality was utterly unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
The Bison his friends called him; and the name fitted both his physical demeanour and his habit of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Florence Nightingale: Part III] Reference
It occurred to me that it would be interesting to see if the name fitted the owner, so I said I would see her. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
His slang fitted as poorly on him as his clothes, and his familiarity was worse than his former awkward shyness. From Wordnik.com. [Drift from Two Shores] Reference
It is certain that his daughter was not christened as she was called, equally certain that the nickname fitted her. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Like a tag fitted to a prisoner on licence, it notifies an insurance company if the vehicle moves between 11pm and 5am. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
But -- but I never feel like a divorced woman, Warren, I feel like a different woman, but not as if that term fitted me. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Rachael] Reference
Their name fitted them to perfection; they were "Racers" by title and nature, though Andy was the quicker and more impulsive. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
The phrase fitted perfectly this strong, stocky, blue-eyed man, who smiled radiantly upon us as he shut the door and left us alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
Such a kind of call fitted the child's stature best. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
The name her brother had called her fitted better, "Bonnie.". From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
There are a good many stories that show how well this name fitted them. From Wordnik.com. [A Chiricahua Apache`s Account of the Geronimo Campaign of 1886] Reference
The fitted is a ph-dependent thyroid in hyperglycemia dissolution and absorption. From Wordnik.com. [Wii-volution] Reference
Old Aunt Alvirah's oft-repeated phrase fitted her condition, and she grimly repeated it. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
The hilt of the sword fitted into his hand as if the weapon had been forged for him alone. From Wordnik.com. [Merlin's Mirror]
One ripping panel is fitted, which is situated on the top of the envelope towards the nose. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
The name fitted and clung: "Green Peace" was known and loved as such so long as it existed. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
The point is that someone got an idea, and then created some models where the idea fitted in. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #19 « Climate Audit] Reference
The title fitted him well, for, although quite an old fellow, he was only about three feet high. From Wordnik.com. [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted] Reference
The elements have been recited in terms fitted to the example of the invention thus far developed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference
This sword fitted his hand as if designed for that one grasp, and he was big in the twentieth century. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
A few days after, the queen herself wrote also to her sister in terms fitted to assure her of perfect safety. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
Then within Merlin's mind word fitted itself to word in a smooth, long-practiced pattern, though he spoke not aloud. From Wordnik.com. [Merlin's Mirror]
Josh Billings called his favorite cat William, because he considered no shorter name fitted to the dignity of his character. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
Few were such as fitted the purposes to which they were set apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Since the only "fitted" part is the sole, after that it's a matter of color and style. From Wordnik.com. [Ankles and cobblestones] Reference
The name fitted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow Trail] Reference
How well the name fitted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of the Desert] Reference
The name fitted him like a garment. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Rex] Reference
And the phrase fitted him with tragic accuracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Flirt] Reference
Inside, the room was such as fitted a studious bachelor of means. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Bretherton] Reference
She said the gastric band would not be "fitted" in the first session. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He'll get "fitted" quite simple some day if he doesn't keep a better look-out. '. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
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