Noun : I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : Pardon me, madam. ,The governor will not pardon your crime. From Dictionary.com.
He was pardonably proud; it had been built on Tanith a year before. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking]
But we do get pardonably a little testy about one thing, compulsion. From Wordnik.com. [David Horton: Different Strokes] Reference
"How the devil should I know?" retorted Dela garde, pardonably annoyed. From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
"I'm delighted, at any rate, dear mother," was the pardonably evasive reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Sarah asked, a twinkle in her eyes and a pardonably smug expression on her face. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
But glancing up at Jamie now, I thought they might pardonably have been excused for nervousness. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Sciathan is a Flier, in love with flight and pardonably proud of his wings and his special status among the Crew. From Wordnik.com. [Exodus From The Long Sun]
I surely had heard of the Judge's death some years before, but thinking, very pardonably, that I must be mistaken, I replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
And in that case, one might pardonably wonder though this is not the place to pursue the question, does he need to exist at all?. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Dawkins article] Reference
They have reached their first resting-place, and pardonably enjoy the opportunity of looking back at the road they have traversed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
The untravelled English angler has, pardonably enough, vague notions as to the sport to be had with the rod of a mere visitor in the United. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
He was pardonably excited -- maybe a bit nervous in. From Wordnik.com. [Foe-Farrell] Reference
“Nasty little informer,” said the Warden pardonably. From Wordnik.com. [When Last I Died]
We were pardonably curious to see the papers next morning. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded Out! and Other Sketches] Reference
Reasonably she dreaded the mother's task; pardonably indeed. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference
Commissioner showed himself pardonably suspicious of us all. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts] Reference
"Back to the front!" says Ray, pardonably white and tremulous. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
Peter questioned with a vagueness that was pardonably exaggerated. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Muse] Reference
Asylum was near Dulwich, and Mr. Rennett was pardonably concerned. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel of Terror] Reference
It is, however, nothing so serious as you will pardonably suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises] Reference
It was a feat to be proud of, and Tony was justly and pardonably proud. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story] Reference
I was pardonably interested in the matter, and inquired of Madame de Kries. From Wordnik.com. [Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House] Reference
He was inclined, as at such a moment he might be pardonably, to make light of his faults. From Wordnik.com. [Quisanté] Reference
Four hours he waited, and assailed by a most human hunger, his patience was pardonably exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret House] Reference
He talked fondly of one friend that he had, an officer in the army, which was considered pardonably vain. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
"If you come anywhere near me with a mustard plaster," said Hamilton, pardonably annoyed, "I'll brain you!". From Wordnik.com. [Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country] Reference
Parents are pardonably fussy about the sort of person they turn their children over to, so I must have a care. From Wordnik.com. [Blacksheep! Blacksheep!] Reference
He pardonably swaggered, in spite of his underlying uneasiness, for this last feat, as he could not ignore, was. From Wordnik.com. [Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship] Reference
The disaster was all the greater from my having on a resplendent new uniform, of which I had been pardonably vain. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1] Reference
David is pardonably but obviously absorbed in self, while Jonathan bends all his soul to cheer and reassure his friend. 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
Don Sebastian bowed smilingly, displaying a very fine set of even, white teeth, of which he was quite pardonably proud. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer] Reference
He danced, with a little squeak of joy, into the office of his beautiful secretary, leaving a very red and a pardonably annoyed. From Wordnik.com. [Bones in London] Reference
On trying subsequently coherently to recall what had happened in the next five minutes, he found his memory pardonably confused. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Lyveden] Reference
"My dear chap," said Hamilton, pardonably annoyed, "there is a difference of four shillings between your estimate and the rate.". From Wordnik.com. [Bones in London] Reference
Surely, if ever a woman had adulation enough to render her perfectly happy and pardonably proud, you are the fortunate individual. From Wordnik.com. [St. Elmo] Reference
He accordingly determined to be profuse where he ought to have been frugal, and niggardly where he might pardonably have been profuse. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1] Reference
Your host is pardonably proud of his Arboretum, which he has set out on the roof where, in Tudor times, the cistern flaunted the breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890] Reference
After a lingering -- and pardonably pleased -- look at herself in a long mirror, she descended, mounted and rode slowly down toward town. From Wordnik.com. [The Conflict] Reference
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