1 He was not naturally acute of perception, but those too much undervalued his understanding who deemed that this flattering compliment would obliterate the sense of the prior insult.
2 The letters were still legible, but it was perfectly clear from their blurred appearance, and from the staining of the skin round them, that efforts had been made to obliterate them.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott" 3 He wished as much as possible to obliterate the memory of the scenes that had taken place in Ireland and never alluded to them or suffered me to speak of my misfortunes.
4 He completely obliterates himself in everything, and looks only for permission to serve where service is most disagreeable, and where others would not be attracted.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter X. 5 It was easy to tell that they had been before the others, because in places their marks had been entirely obliterated by the others coming upon the top of them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION 6 The house emerged; the house that had been obliterated.
7 There were letters; bills; and the morning paper--the paper that obliterated the day before.
8 Shadow had obliterated the garden.
9 For the first time, she had consciously and definitely hated Clifford, with vivid hate: as if he ought to be obliterated from the face of the earth.
10 Others, again, while this was in progress, lifted their eyes and swept the vast expanse of country commanded by their position, now lying nearly obliterated by shade.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 11 Shadowy eye-sockets, deep as those of a death's head, suddenly turned into pits of lustre: a lantern-jaw was cavernous, then it was shining; wrinkles were emphasized to ravines, or obliterated entirely by a changed ray.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 12 You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 13 Here, once again, was the mark of the bicycle, though nearly obliterated by the hoofs of cows.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 14 It was almost as if the other face, the face of the superseded woman, had obliterated that of the intruder.
15 If Charles had inherited any of the qualities of the stern, fearless, hot-tempered soldier who had been his father, they had been obliterated in childhood by the ladylike atmosphere in which he had been reared.