in holes and corners
Example Sentences
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Who died there in those months, in holes and corners and dark places, the magistrates may have known, no others.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
It's a lurker in holes and corners, indeed, a cringing, grovelling fellow.
From The Highwayman by H. C. (Henry Christopher) Bailey
Even the sweating system could be found at work in holes and corners.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
In winter very large hauls are made; then the fish congregate in holes and corners.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
Only not at the price of Mialism; that is, of a doctrine which leaves the Nonconformists in holes and corners, out of contact with the main current of national life.
From Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
