1
I could never extract a word from him on such occasions, so overawed was he!
2
Miss Roper, with all her skill, could not extract a word pleasantly soft from him once a week.
3
When this young woman chooses to be silent, there is no power that can extract a word from her.
4
The rest of the gentlemen found it hard to extract a word from the other maids, who all considered themselves slighted.
5
He looked up, for an instant at a time, when he was requested to do so; but, no persuasion would extract a word from him.
6
I declare to you that, if my own life were now at stake and not another's, you should not extract a word more from me.
7
Despairing of extracting a word, the travelers rode on.
8
I enjoin this especially on Nancy; for from Meg I have no hope of extracting a word of truth.
9
The men who brought my food seemed absolutely mute, and I never succeeded in extracting a word from either of them.
10
'Well, I am glad to have extracted a word of kindness from you at last,' said Dacres, as the stewards came to lay the table.