anile

Example Sentences

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A half anile flickered across the queen's face.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

He is evidently childish, and breaks now and then into an anile laugh at the thought, no doubt, of some dead old pot-house jest.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

The ladies 246 would not think so,” he added, mournfully wagging his head with anile melancholy.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

Such a relief must have come to many readers of Cowper, who would put down his religion as rank fanaticism, and his satire as anile declamation.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

Our Alabama contemporary is but an anile echo of the New York Tribune, a faint adumbration of the Chicago Inter-Ocean.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper