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Example Sentences

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If a phrase sparks the gest of song memory endures longer — like the hum of a taut string in the dark.

From New York Times

“You could see your neighbor very dimly. Those ten seconds were the lon- gest ten seconds that I ever experienced.”

From Literature

King Horn is a heroic poem or gest of 1546 lines dating from the 13th century.

From Project Gutenberg

True he sat at the feet of the wise men of Greece in the Gardens of Academus, but the eurythmy of their gests fascinated him more than the soberness of their doctrines.

From Project Gutenberg

He does not assert that the earth was stopped on its axis, but sug- gests "refraction" as a way out of the difficulty.

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