moil

Example Sentences

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Last week, he dashed into a moil of rioting Juliette Barnes fans to save Maddie when a shelf fell on her head.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2013

Ill-health having retired him from the moil of politics, he has been teaching law at the University of Colorado since 1917.

From Time Magazine Archive

They say good-bye in another convenient tur moil of Zeppelins and searchlights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Theirs was the moil of days, nights* and holidays caused by 3 and 4 million share days.

From Time Magazine Archive

He snorted as the accumulated must stimulated his nostrils; but there was more than must—the smell was that of an opened grave which had been covered with moil for a century.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander