Example Sentences

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"Ten Nights in a Barroom," and "Three Years in a Mantrap," are among his best known works.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

I asked Lady Mantrap, when I heard you were to be here, to invite me to her party.

From The Bedford-Row Conspiracy by Thackeray, William Makepeace

As the ponies slowly picked their footing on the steep narrow path, he asked: "Why do they call it Mantrap Gulch?"

From A Texas Ranger by Raine, William MacLeod

There's Mrs. Mantrap, Lady Betty Blackleg, the Countess of Sligo, Mrs. Langhorns, old Miss Biddy Buckskin, and your humble servant, keep up the spirit of the place.

From She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, Oliver