Since the tragic upshot of our visit to Devonshire he had been engaged in two affairs of the utmost importance, in the first of which he had exposed the atrocious conduct of Colonel Upwood in connection with the famous card scandal of the Nonpareil Club, while in the second he had defended the unfortunate Mme. Montpensier from the charge of murder which hung over her in connection with the death of her step-daughter, Mlle. Carére, the young lady who, as it will be remembered, was found six months later alive and married in New York.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I mention this small episode because it assumes some importance in view of the tragedy which followed, but I was convinced at the time that the matter was entirely trivial and that his excitement had no justification.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Nothing of much importance, Mr. Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles’s heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I start them from the day which succeeded that upon which I had established two facts of great importance, the one that Mrs. Laura Lyons of Coombe Tracey had written to Sir Charles Baskerville and made an appointment with him at the very place and hour that he met his death, the other that the lurking man upon the moor was to be found among the stone huts upon the hillside.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
If you have not had any report within the last few days it is because up to today there was nothing of importance to relate.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
When taken in conjunction with your uncle’s death I am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital importance which I have handled there is one which cuts so deep.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I asked with some self-importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I have given some attention to this matter and it is undoubtedly of importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
The rest of our work must be done, and every moment is of importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— the quality or state of being important : CONSEQUENCE
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— the fact of being important, or the degree to which something or someone is important
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11 uses of ‘importance’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle