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Definition of Attentions
1. attention [n] - See also: attention
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attentions
Literary usage of Attentions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... distress had allowed no arrangement; but at least it would assure them both
of her being neither imposed on nor gratified by Mr Crawford's attentions. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... in order to divert his mind, no doubt, from gloomy thoughts, redoubled her
attentions. Every afternoon they went out for a drive in her carriage; and, ..."
3. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Lionel Strachey (1903)
"This was my faithful Adelaide, who lived with me on the footing of a friend, and
whose attentions and counsels have always been most valuable to me. ..."