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vane

noun as in finned device

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But, I refuse to believe that all the hard work that those who have marched, spoken and fought for us to progress is in vane.

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Danielle Pletka, head of foreign policy at the American Enterprise Institute, has called Romney a “weather vane.”

Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.

For the rooster who was always perched on the weather-vane on the barn was up so high and he shone like gold.

Oh seruant, vertue strengthen me.Thy presence blowes round my affections vane:You will vndoe me, if you speake againe.

The letter was written when Mr. Vane's interest in Parliament was very great.

Sydney Vane had been a popular man; he belonged to a well-known county family, and had left a widow and child.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vane, such as: fan, feather, and weathercock.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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