Literary notes about Conveyed (AI summary)
The word "conveyed" is versatile in literature, functioning both in a literal sense to denote physical transportation and in a metaphorical sense to indicate the transfer of intangible elements such as emotion, meaning, or ideas. In some works, it simply describes the act of moving something—from a body being moved into a building [1] to water being carried from one area to another [2]—while in others it highlights how subtle yet powerful messages are transmitted indirectly, as when a tone or stylistic choice imparts deep sadness or underlines revolutionary spirit [3][4]. Additionally, it can mark the passage of information or beliefs, emphasizing that intellectual or cultural significance may be transferred with as much care and deliberation as a physical object [5][6].
- The young ensign was conveyed upstairs to Osborne's quarters.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - Sir William Eastfield, mayor, 1438, conveyed water from Teyborne to Fleete street, to Aldermanbury, and from Highbury to Cripplegate.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow - There seemed but little in the words, but the tone conveyed more of deep helpless sadness than the insane old man had ever before evinced.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville - It conveyed to my soul the idea of revolution—perhaps from its association in fancy with the burr of a mill wheel.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - Like other mythological personages, their names suggest that originally they must have conveyed some sort of description.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - It is that no thought, no idea, can possibly be conveyed as an idea from one person to another.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
