Literary notes about pregnant (AI summary)
The term “pregnant” is employed in literature with a rich versatility that spans literal and metaphorical realms. It often straightforwardly refers to women expecting children, as seen in narrative descriptions of physical states [1][2][3]. At the same time, the term is used metaphorically to denote situations or language laden with meaning and potential—implying an abundance of hidden significance or tension [4][5][6][7]. Authors extend its use to depict ideas, silences, or even consequences that are full of promise, danger, or transformative power, thereby enriching the text with layers of interpretation [8][9][10].
- She had been married during the previous winter, and being pregnant did not go to any large gatherings, but only to small receptions.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - At that time my mother had been pregnant for six months, and she was allowed to remain away from the stage until after Easter.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Soon she became pregnant, and gave birth to a male child and a snake.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston - I myself have come, by long brooding over it, to consider it the most central of all philosophic problems, central because so pregnant.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James - No multitude of words could have been more significant than those moments of silence, or more pregnant with the first-felt throbbings of desire.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin - Presently there was a stillness, pregnant with meaning.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - Where could we turn, and not find a desolation pregnant with the dire lesson of example?
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - These are the most pregnant of consequences.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - The human idea of unity is almost always barren; the divine idea pregnant with abundant results.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville - It's like the old joke that the average American is ten-elevenths White, 52% female, and always slightly pregnant.)
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
