The speaking face told plainly enough that, if there was joy, it was of a very agitating, dubious sort.
English sunshine is dubious; bonnets are never quite secure; and if you sit down on the grass, it may lead to catarrhs.
Another Love-Scene Early in the following April, nearly a year after that dubious parting you have just witnessed, you may, if you like, again see Maggie entering the Red Deeps through the group of Scotch firs.
Tom saw no reason why they should not make up this quarrel as they had done many others, by behaving as if nothing had happened; for though he had never before said to Philip that his father was a rogue, this idea had so habitually made part of his feeling as to the relation between himself and his dubious schoolfellow, whom he could neither like nor dislike, that the mere utterance did not make such an epoch to him as it did to Philip.
The question seemed a very dubious one to Will, and his repugnance to again entering into any relation with the banker might have made him dismiss it quickly, if there had not arisen in his imagination the probability that his judgment might be more safely determined by a visit to Middlemarch.
Every morning now she sat with Celia in the prettiest of up-stairs sitting-rooms, opening into a small conservatory—Celia all in white and lavender like a bunch of mixed violets, watching the remarkable acts of the baby, which were so dubious to her inexperienced mind that all conversation was interrupted by appeals for their interpretation made to the oracular nurse.
In fact, the world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome dubious eggs called possibilities.
" Marilla looked dubious for a moment.
" Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract.
" But so dubious was Uncle Benjamin as to whether Valancy could really come down in a minute—or at all—that he followed Mrs.
He avoided all dubious points and it was plain to be seen he hoped for the best.
Manock, dubious about Jobs's appearance, asked for the money up front.
Wozniak was dubious that they could sell them all.
(It was an epic year for dubious apologies, too.
Nevertheless, tech companies are pursuing emotion-reading devices, despite the dubious scientific basis There is no universal expression of any emotion for a robot to detect Instead, variety is the norm.
FinCEN said on Thursday it had unearthed a string of dubious buyers using a new disclosure rule to probe all-cash deals undertaken through shell companies.
PAEs may also resort to dubious tactics, .
We expect researchers to be better informed about current research, and everyday consumers to be more susceptible to the health claims of food marketers, even if the claims are somewhat dubious.
Gene-editing has caused controversy because of its potential to be used in ethically dubious ways, such as the creation of "designer babies".
Singapore may hold the dubious title of "most expensive city inthe world," but it remains the most popular place for expats tolive and work, according to an annual survey of expats releasedby HSBC.
