comfit

Example Sentences

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And he bought a round red lacquered comfit dish with a cover, and in this he put sesame cakes and larded sweets and he put the box on the table.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

Then I saw the beautifully cut lips of my judge part, that the voice might slide forth, and, taking a comfit, he tittered, with unchanging tint and sweetest tone, the three words, "Apply the question."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

The great tigress instantly bounded forward like an obedient hound, and placed its fore-paws on her knees, while she playfully held a sugared comfit high above its head.

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie

She coaxed me to endure, and called me her little Miss Honey-bee, but would not promise me a comfit; so I ran away before my cap was tied on.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

He had picked it to pieces, had avoided the snap, and had found a large comfit like an egg with a rough shell inside.

From The Brownies and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty