Literary notes about newfound (AI summary)
The term “newfound” is frequently deployed to capture the sudden or recently realized presence of something valuable—be it a quality, emotion, object, or territory. Authors use it to underline the excitement or surprise of discovery, as when a character experiences a renewed sense of security [1] or senses a burst of calm that frees them from impulsiveness [2]. It also often marks the moment of acquiring unexpected treasure or companionship [3, 4], signals the joy of unearthing hidden talents or liberties [5, 6], and denotes the naming of a new land or region [7, 8]. In this way, “newfound” reinforces themes of transformation and the exhilaration of entering into uncharted personal and physical landscapes.
- The hand is ready, but it is invisible; and Arabella, in her newfound security, is dazzled at the magnitude of her own good fortune.
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach - He now did his best to soothe her, and in his newfound calm he threw away that impetuosity which had so overpowered her.
— from The Cryptogram: A Novel by James De Mille - Then, seizing Coursegol's hand, he dragged him to the kitchen, for he wished to show every one his newfound treasure without delay.
— from Which? Or, Between Two Women by Ernest Daudet - His first waking thought was of his newfound friend.
— from The Arrow of FireA Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell - Theirs is the task of completing woman's social and political emancipation, and of educating them to meet their newfound liberties.
— from Woman in Modern Society by Earl Barnes - This newfound assertiveness has confounded analysts and experts everywhere.
— from The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin - Those first colonists, writing enthusiastically of the newfound river, declared "As for Sturgeon, all the World cannot be compared to it."
— from Virginia: the Old Dominion As seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time by Frank W. Hutchins - And hauing thus made ready our ship to goe to Sea, we determined to goe directly for Newfound-land.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt
