dependableness

Example Sentences

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It was like a breaking instinct of dependableness; and then he called up Dr. Bennington.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

A mighty comfortable soul she was, giving one the nice smooth mother-feeling a man likes in a woman, and yet giving also the clear intelligence and dependableness I used to assume to be masculine qualities.

From Herland by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Sharing in the responsibility of the home begets self-reliance and dependableness in later life.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch

Oh, she is rigid New England," Mrs. Tully insisted, "the solidest of creatures as to honor and rectitude, dependableness and faithfulness.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

Sometimes I think just plain dependableness is the most delightful trait in the world.

From The Camerons of Highboro by Gilchrist, Beth Bradford