How lightly her `` eventshah-leh '' passed into the crannies where I was storing dialect material for some vaguely dreamed opus, and how the word would echo.

'' ( The Grafin was partial to the word shall.

There was no doubt that Herr Schaffner meant every word of what he said.

Hot, that was the word, hot!!

Next day, word came that Miriam was not going through with the divorce ; ;

I fled, however, not from what might have been the natural fear of being unable to disguise from you that the things about my bridegroom -- in the sense you meant the word `` things '' -- which you had been galvanizing yourself to tell me as a painful part of your maternal duty were things which I had already insisted upon finding out for myself ( despite, I may now say, the unspeakable awkwardness of making the discovery on principle, yes, on principle, and in cold blood ) because I was resolved, as a modern woman, not to be a mollycoddle waiting for Life but to seize Life by the throat.

To you, for instance, the word innocence, in this connotation, probably retained its Biblical, or should I say technical sense, and therefore I suppose I must make myself quite clear by saying that I lost -- or rather handed over -- what you would have considered to be my innocence two weeks before I was legally entitled, and in fact by oath required, to hand it over along with what other goods and bads I had.

There was one particular word that troubled his conscience.

This was the Greek word most often translated as `` baptism ''.

Mr. Hearst's telegraphic code word for Victor Watson was `` fatboy ''.

That word was withheld when the need of it seemed the measure of his despair.

A little boy came to give the President his personal condolences, and the President gave word that any little boy who wanted to see him was to be shown in.

The word was that this too was part of an economy move on his part.

The use of map coordinates was begun when the senior officers began to select tactical points by designating a spot as `` near the letter o in the word mountain ''.

That she was affected by his protestations seems obvious, but since she was evidently a sensible young woman -- as well as an outgoing and sympathetic type -- it would seem that for her the word friendship had a far less intense emotional significance than that which Thompson gave it.

By this time word had got around that an American doctor was on the premises.

If Robinson was a liar and a slanderer, he was also a very canny gentleman, for nothing that Pike could do would pry so much as a single word out of him.

Promptly their livestock was taken and according to Gorton the soldiers were ordered to knock down anyone who should utter a word of insolence, and run through anyone who might step out of line.

Therefore, what we must prove or disprove is that there were Saxons, in the broad sense in which we must construe the word, in the area of the Saxon Shore at the time it was called the Saxon Shore.

Fosdick insisted that a strong word was needed from Washington, and it was immediately forthcoming.

It may be thought unfortunate that he was called on entirely by accident to perform, if again we may trust the opening of the oratio, for it marks the beginning for us of his use of his peculiar form of witty word play that even in this Latin banter has in it the unmistakable element of viciousness and an almost sadistic delight in verbally tormenting an adversary.

He was proud of his accomplishments, proud of his job, proud that Donald Kruger and his associates trusted him.

she must be poised and proud and unafraid in order to prove to the mountain that she was in earnest.

He was fortunate, and proud.

He was proud that he had never worn a wig.

There have been cooing doves, chattering magpies, thieving jackdaws, a proud peacock, a silly goose, and a harpy eagle -- whom I was silly enough to mate with and who is now busy tearing at my vitals ''.

But just when she seemed to have sunk into some depravity of peasanthood she would disappear and come down bathed, brushed, and taking breaths of air, and even with her broken nails her hands would come to rest on a table or a leaf with a thoughtless delicacy, a grace of history, so to speak, and for an instant one saw how ferociously proud she was and adamant on certain questions of personal value.

Like Eliot, in my fantasies, I had a proud bearing and, with a skill that was vaguely continental, I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits, would guide her gently to the night's climax which, in my dreams, was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep, moist kisses burning with love.

Hatless, in an overcoat of rough blue wool, I was given a proud farewell by my mother and father, and I set out into the strangely still streets of Brooklyn.

From proud pool-owners to perpetual hosts and handymen was a short step -- no more than the change from city clothes to trunks.

The former secretary of labor said he was proud to be an Eisenhower Republican `` and proud to have absorbed his philosophy '' while working in his adminstration.

The Troop is proud of its camping-out program -- on year-round schedule and was continued even when sub-zero temperatures were registered during the past winter.

I was proud of the new buildings which housed Diario now: the rotogravures, gleaming behind glass doors ; ;

She was finally at rest in truth, of her own proud free choice.

Mousie said it was because he was too proud to stand pity.

Eventually Agrippina was proud of her large family and this was a part of the reason she was popular with Roman citizens.

Carnegie was so proud of " Dippi " that he had casts made of the bones and plaster replicas of the whole skeleton donated to several museums in Europe and South America.

He was thinking that the way she had responded to his own kiss hadn't meant what he had believed it had.

It was meant to insult him, and didn't quite succeed.

Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.

Mama knew this doll was meant to help Mrs. Coolidge overcome her grief by turning her eyes to the future.

This is what was meant, above, by describing history as inferential.

I wouldn't hear of it because it meant giving up the `` line '', though I realized I was in poor shape physically.

What they meant was that there was no evidence to show that the south and east coasts of Britain received Germanic settlers conspicuously earlier than some other parts of England.

Of course it was not meant to be.

The equation was simple: wealth brought them happiness, and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had, let no one in on the secrets.

It was meant to be my present ''.

It is difficult to tabulate exactly what was meant in each individual situation, but the conclusion may be drawn that 21 towns do not assess movable personal property, and of the remainder only certain types are valued for tax purposes.

What I meant to say was that I started to start in on the dishes by gathering them all together in the kitchen sink.

When we repeat the remark that such suffering was a bad thing, the feeling with which we made it last week may be at or near the vanishing point, but if we were asked whether we meant to say what we did before, we should certainly answer Yes.

Since Fogg's was a one-man, one-plane flying service, this meant that he would have to do both trips, flying alone 600 miles a day, under sub-freezing temperature conditions.

If he is not told which of four or five readings was meant for him, he can more readily assess each item in a larger frame: `` Does that statement really sound as if it were for me, significant in my particular life??

The din was successful, too, for just before the moon disappeared, the frightened toad had begun to spit it out again, which meant good luck all around.

`` Mixed herd '' meant a herd of mixed sexes, while a `` straight steer herd '' was one composed entirely of steers, and when the cowman spoke of `` mixed cattle '', he meant cattle of various grades, ages, and sexes.

Again it was used as the title for the hoss wrangler, and when the order was given to go out and `` rustle the hosses '', it meant for 'im to go out and herd 'em in.