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The lieutenant twisted his derby in chagrined, ireful hands.
NO. 13 WASHINGTON SQUARELEROY SCOTT
In this ireful frame of mind, Mabel met the ladies of the Advisory Council.
COMRADE YETTAALBERT EDWARDS
There was the ireful consciousness that the narrow-gauge folks were giving him a raw deal on that dynamite matter.
JOAN OF ARC OF THE NORTH WOODSHOLMAN DAY
But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession.
DOCTOR CUPIDRHODA BROUGHTON
As she paces to and fro the ugly din fades out of her ears and the ireful red out of her cheeks.
DOCTOR CUPIDRHODA BROUGHTON
He sprang up again and turned his ireful face to where, in the crowd, sat the old politician.
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSELEROY SCOTT
Her ireful words he had borne with outward calm; he had learned they were borne more easily, if borne calmly.
THE WALKING DELEGATELEROY SCOTT
If you can Bear this with patience, we must say you have not The bitterness of spleen, or ireful passions Familiar to women.
THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGERPHILIP MASSINGER
He still made a jest of her remonstrance, trying the temper of the animal, and rejoicing in its dark flushes of ireful vigour.
THE SHAVING OF SHAGPAT, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
The Count at that word so ireful grew, He smote his wife that the blood out-flew.
TORD OF HAFSBOROUGHANONYMOUS

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