in holes and corners
Example Sentences
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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
Now the fox heard the dog talking thus to himself, for the fox was always peeping about, in holes and corners, and he burst out a laughing when the dog was out of sight.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
There are three more bits of evidence," said the other, "that I have dug up in holes and corners; and I will give them in logical rather than chronological order.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
It illustrates, however, the kind of rumour of himself and his writings that was circling, in the year 1657, in holes and corners of German Universities.
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson
It's a lurker in holes and corners, indeed, a cringing, grovelling fellow.
From The Highwayman by H. C. (Henry Christopher) Bailey
