half-worshipped

Updated: May 23, 2025

George Moore once described the stories, still refuse to bore us. At the same time, they make a different appeal to us from their appeal of twenty or twenty-five years ago. In the early days, we half-worshipped Mr. Kipling because he told us true stories. Now we enjoy him because he tells us amusing stories. He conquered us at first by making us think him a realist. He was the man who knew.

Robert Lynd - Old and New Masters

Honest Anna Braun, in some measure, felt this difference; and while she half-feared, half-worshipped Paulina, as a sort of dainty nymph an Undine she took refuge with me, as a being all mortal, and of easier mood.

Charlotte Brontë - Villette