nine days' wonder
Example Sentences
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The whole winter did this state of things continue, until the At Home days at Ye Dene were no longer a nine days’ wonder but an established fact.
From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange
She needn't marry out of pique because of a nine days' wonder like that.
From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Was it not enough to make the world stare? to furnish something to the gaping crowd, even though it were but a nine days' wonder?
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
We do not, of course, allude to magnificent entertainments, such as are celebrated in the newspapers, and become a nine days' wonder; and are cited as costing, not hundreds, but thousands of dollars.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
The ice carnival and John's escape were a nine days' wonder.
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
