even tenor
Example Sentences
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He would deny its very existence, or that of any other emotion that might upset the even tenor of his days.
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Michael Bartlett, whose even tenor was a mainstay of Princeton Triangle shows 13 years back, sings with as much grace and gusto as pretty Kitty Carlisle.
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A dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book.
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One of the reasons that this whole episode sort of disturbed the even tenor of my ways was that I thought: 'Well, now.
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From that time on he felt that he would be satisfied to pursue the even tenor of his way, and not allow vaulting ambition to draw him into fresh fields of adventure after big game.
From Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country by St. George Rathborne
