Citations:diffused


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * They made many signs which I did not comprehend, but I saw that her presence diffused gladness through the cottage, dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.
 * The presence of Safie diffused happiness among its inhabitants, and I also found that a greater degree of plenty reigned there.
 * "One day, when the sun shone on the red leaves that strewed the ground and diffused cheerfulness, although it denied warmth, Safie, Agatha, and Felix departed on a long country walk, and the old man, at his own desire, was left alone in the cottage.