deeds
performance of moral or religious acts
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,645 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,304 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- performance of moral or religious acts also: works salvation by deedsthe reward for good works
deeds in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Past deeds now from each tongue alternate fell; For news of dearest import both could tell.
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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The farmer saw that his wicked deed was found out, as all wicked deeds are, sooner or later.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 3
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Things have changed since Shakespeare's time: men's evil deeds we write in sympathetic ink; their virtues on marble tombstones.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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Ever fresh the broad creation, A divine improvisation, From the heart of God proceeds, A single will, a million deeds.
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 2