carrying on
Example Sentences
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It was less of an axiom than an ethos for a carrying-on, proud people:
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2014
Ms. Murphy juxtaposes the comedy, the heartache and the carrying-on with a deft hand, so that sentimentality is kept at bay.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2010
Well, there couldn’t have been any carrying-on down at the store or we’d have heard about it long time ago.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“That’s what she’s struggling with. The carrying-on part. Is she there?”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
When she got going, laughing and carrying-on, what wouldn't she say, right out before anybody!
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
