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He delighted to witness Hindley degrading himself past redemption; and became daily more notable for savage sullenness and ferocity.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOTABLE
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notable
 a.  worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  In connection with what has been said above, it seems proper to consider whether more notable instances of ingratitude are supplied by princes or peoples.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIX.
2  This was notable misconduct, and likely, unless both offenders were punished, to bring discredit on the Roman name.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXI.
3  Of this we find a notable instance in Asia, in connection with the siege of Amida.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVI.
4  A republic should think twice before appointing to an important command a citizen who has sustained notable wrong at the hands of his fellow-citizens.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVII.
5  This mischief indeed would not have arisen, if other citizens whose period of office was extended had been as good and wise as Lucius Quintius, whose virtue affords a notable example.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
6  This "Atlanta Compromise" is by all odds the most notable thing in Mr. Washington's career.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
7  To-day he stands as the one recognized spokesman of his ten million fellows, and one of the most notable figures in a nation of seventy millions.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
8  Nowhere else have I met with, in so large a measure, this fine and Christlike spirit as in the city of Boston, although there are many notable instances of it outside that city.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
9  Washington's address yesterday was one of the most notable speeches, both as to character and as to the warmth of its reception, ever delivered to a Southern audience.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
10  Albert opened the paper, it was an attestation of four notable inhabitants of Yanina, proving that Colonel Fernand Mondego, in the service of Ali Tepelini, had surrendered the castle for two million crowns.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 84. Beauchamp.
11  He delighted to witness Hindley degrading himself past redemption; and became daily more notable for savage sullenness and ferocity.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  Mr. Sharp and Mr. Mell were both notable personages in my eyes; but Steerforth was to them what the sun was to two stars.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
13  And within a year of their marriage she developed the "sickliness" which had since made her notable even in a community rich in pathological instances.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
14  The whizzing of shafts and of missiles, on both sides, was only interrupted by the shouts which arose when either side inflicted or sustained some notable loss.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  It is paved throughout a notable portion of its extent.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Getting both sides to agree was a notable achievement.
2  No matter how strong you are how notable your attainments, you have endruring significance only in your relationship to others.
3  A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
4  It's difficult to level down the notable difference between the two.
5  His eyes are his most notable feature.
6  This attractive building is particularly notable for its garden setting.
7  With a few notable exceptions, doctors are a pretty sensible lot.
8  It is notable that the large accountancy firms now refer to themselves as' professional service firms'.
9  The proposed new structure is notable not only for its height, but for its shape.
10  Today the head cook was shaking, for the notable chef Julia Child was coming to dinner.
11  Scrooge was an ungenerous old skinflint until he reformed his ways and became a notable philanthropist.
12  Under this bluff is a cave, which was used as the council-chamber of the red men, and has been the witness of many a notable event.
13  Particularly notable is Holy Trinity and its "Doom painting" - a mural of the Last Judgment dating from the 1430s.
14  Friday's change is notable, however, given Facebook's fear of being perceived as an arbiter of news quality.
15  Squash is characterized as a "high-impact" exercise that can place strain on the joints, notably the knees.