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"Second to NONE," said the Pilgrim, who had stood near enough to hear, and had listened to this conversation with marked impatience.

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 Meanings and Examples of MARKED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
marked
 a.  noticeable or pronounced; having one or more distinguishing marks
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I see that you have read it since you have marked it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however, wanting.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  Beside the driver there sat a man who could not have been more than thirty years of age, but whose massive head and resolute expression marked him as a leader.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
4  Some of the animals had noticed that the van which took Boxer away was marked "Horse Slaughterer," and had actually jumped to the conclusion that Boxer was being sent to the knacker's.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
5  If so, they would perhaps have noted that the white hoof and horn with which it had previously been marked had now been removed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
6  And a white circle marked the place where the slop pail had stood by the washstand.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
7  And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
8  The press marked E was unlocked; and I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
9  This bore some resemblance to incipient rigour, and was accompanied by a marked sinking of the pulse.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
10  Silk and embroidery distinguished their dresses, and marked the wealth and importance of their master; forming, at the same time, a striking contrast with the martial simplicity of his own attire.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Nothing could be more gracefully majestic than his step and manner, had they not been marked by a predominant air of haughtiness, easily acquired by the exercise of unresisted authority.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  "Second to NONE," said the Pilgrim, who had stood near enough to hear, and had listened to this conversation with marked impatience.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  "I shall not fly the trial," said the yeoman, with the composure which marked his whole deportment.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  His countenance was as pale as death, and marked in one or two places with streaks of blood.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  He was speaking almost at the instant that the shaft left the bowstring, yet it alighted in the target two inches nearer to the white spot which marked the centre than that of Hubert.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
16  Furthermore, there is a marked absence of peer pressure here, which would make itself palpably felt when such anti - social conduct occurs.
17  Shares in retail businesses were marked up on the news that consumer spending rose last month.
18  The builders have marked off a corner of field ready for the new building.
19  Colder weather in the fall is a marked difference from the heat of summer.
20  There is a strongly marked difference between the two creatures.
21  They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country.
22  There was a marked improvement in my health when I gave up smoking.
23  There has been a marked increase in crimes against property.
24  The tradi-tionalist influences within the navy marked it off as a rather old-fashioned institution.
25  In retrospect it is clear to me that my arrival at Salomon marked the beginning of the end of that hallowed institution.
26  I've marked down the number of each item sold.
27  I marked out an item in the list.
28  A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
29  The situation when we arrived was in marked contrast to the news reports.
30  The release of Mr Nelson Mandela marked the point of no return in South Africa's movement away from apartheid.