1 Wildeve was a nervous and excitable man, and the game was beginning to tell upon his temper.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current 2 Mr. Soames was a tall, spare man, of a nervous and excitable temperament.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS 3 He shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth his story.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS 4 Fournaye, who is of Creole origin, is of an extremely excitable nature, and has suffered in the past from attacks of jealousy which have amounted to frenzy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN 5 For a long time past the ardent young Tientietnikov's excitable heart had also beat at the thought that one day he might attain the senior class described.
6 And Kostanzhoglo, his face dark with the rage that was seething in his excitable soul, left Chichikov, and caught up the owner of the establishment.
7 An Italian is self-assured because he is excitable and easily forgets himself and other people.
8 You're an excitable bloody man, do you know.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 9 Lucy is more excitable than ever, but is otherwise well.
10 Danglars looked towards Fernand, whose excitable nature received and betrayed each fresh impression.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast. 11 No one remained now but the excitable Jew, who had already raised the skirts of Mr. Jaggers's coat to his lips several times.
12 He folded his arms and glared at me with his excitable, slanting brown eyes.
13 Why, I'll bet you Ma is still so excited about the new horse that she'll never even realize we're home again till she sits down to supper tonight and sees Boyd.
14 The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
15 Then there was an excited babble of negro voices in the darkness of the yard and high-pitched negro laughter.