leant

Example Sentences

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That’s why I was going to send off for that book Leant Karate in Three Weeks that was in the back of my comic books.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

And your mother—fragile, like my May— Leant on this deep love,—nor leant in vain.

From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne

Blue against the bluer Heavens Stood the mountain, calm and still, Two white Angels, bending earthward, Leant upon the hill.

From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne

Osiers and willows on the edge And purple buds and red, Leant down—and 'mid the pale green sedge The lotus raised its head.

From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

But the clang had ceased; the echoes Soon had faded from the hill; While the Angels, calm and earnest, Leant and listened still.

From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne