equivoque

Example Sentences

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He never declared what he knew, though she could not but guess it; did not betray her to the others; seemed to enjoy the equivoque, content to wait.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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

Calton was too much inwrapped in the contemplation of his happiness to see the equivoque between Hicks and himself; and threw himself back in his chair. 

From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Dickens, Charles

He can always quiet the voice of conscience by an equivoque.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

Aberdonian pronunciation produced on one occasion a curious equivoque between the minister and a mother of a family with whom he was conversing in a pastoral way.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman