1 The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW 2 He might have risen still higher, but for the premature death of the heroic Coeur-de-Lion, before the Castle of Chaluz, near Limoges.
3 I have been a little premature, I perceive; I beg your pardon.
4 It would be premature to state that plainly.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 5 Her features and figure were those of a woman of thirty, but her hair was shot with premature grey, and her expression was weary and haggard.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 6 The money which I had reckoned upon never came to hand, and a premature examination of accounts exposed my deficit.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott" 7 Towards evening, however, the breaking of a test-tube brought his research to a premature ending, and he sprang up from his chair with an exclamation of impatience and a clouded brow.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient 8 The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem 9 And yet it may be premature to abandon the case.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 10 Dr. Meade, who had arrived out of breath, expecting to find Melanie in premature labor at least, judging by Aunt Pitty's alarmed summoning, was indignant and said as much.
11 In a countryman, this sudden flame of friendship would have seemed far too premature, a thing to be much distrusted; but in this simple savage those old rules would not apply.
12 Yet the premature hour of the Pequod's sailing had, perhaps, been correctly selected by Ahab, with a view to this very complexion of things.
13 I think I was premature in promising.
14 We must not be premature in our judgments.
15 I am not myself in favour of premature experiences.