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The invalid's eye remained fixed, by which expression he intended to intimate that his resolution was unalterable.

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 Meanings and Examples of INVALID
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
invalid
 a.  of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1  She found out that because he had been an invalid he had not learned things as other children had.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  When he was amused and interested she thought he scarcely looked like an invalid at all, except that his face was so colorless and he was always on the sofa.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  In spite of his invalid back Colin sat up in bed in quite a healthy rage.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  She found the servants' hall a more amusing place than the invalid's chamber and just now everybody wanted to hear the news from upstairs.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  Mester Colin says if he keeps sendin for more food they won't believe he's an invalid at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  In fact as an imitation of a boy who was a confirmed invalid he was a disgraceful sight.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  She laughed as if she could not help it when they told her of the increasing difficulty there was in pretending that Colin was still a fretful invalid.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  After that he scarcely ever saw him except when he was asleep, and all he knew of him was that he was a confirmed invalid, with a vicious, hysterical, half-insane temper.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
9  "Thanks," murmured the invalid, extending one hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
10  The eye of the invalid still retained that vacancy of expression which prevented his son from obtaining any knowledge of the feelings which were passing in his mind; he listened, nothing more.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
11  The invalid's eye remained fixed, by which expression he intended to intimate that his resolution was unalterable.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
12  "Yes, yes, yes," motioned the invalid.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59. The Will.
13  "Yes," looked the invalid, his eye beaming with delight at the ready interpretation of his meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59. The Will.
14  Morrel then cast on the invalid an interrogative look as to the new favor which he designed to bestow on him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
15  D'Avrigny followed the invalid, wrote a prescription, ordered Villefort to take a cabriolet, go in person to a chemist's to get the prescribed medicine, bring it himself, and wait for him in his daughter's room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.
Example Sentence:
1  Your action has rendered our contract invalid.
2  This action would render the agreement invalid.
3  Unless a check is signed, it is invalid.
4  People with invalid papers are deported to another country.
5  A passport that is out of date is invalid.
6  Margaret resides with her invalid mother in a London suburb.
7  Yesterday is an invalid cheque.
8  This filter is able to detect invalid clicks in real-time, with the goal of removing them before they ever show up in the AdWords console.
9  This ticket has passed its expiration date, and so it is now invalid.
10  Many seats were declared invalid because of violence, intimidation and electoral fraud.
11  Any form of physical activity will invalidate the results.
12  Such exceptions do not invalidate the rule.
13  The relatives who received little or nothing sought to invalidate the will by claiming that the deceased had not been in his right mind when he had signed the document.
14  The U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated most provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law, in a move that promises to stoke the volatile political debate over how to deal with the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.
15  An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.