counting noses
Example Sentences
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“I’m not going to be counting noses as to who would support or not support that at this stage, but I may down the road.”
From Fox News • Jan. 28, 2020
A surprise enrollment surge triggers a campus housing crunch After counting noses for fall registration, a fair number of colleges are just beginning to come out of shock.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In 1950 this good temper was a little harder to explain, for beyond simply counting noses, the Government was setting out on a curbstone character reading of the country.
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Factually describing nonsense is about as profitable as counting noses at Times Square.
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When only one more day remained before the time arranged for the departure of the troop, Paul, on "counting noses," found that he might expect just twenty-two besides himself to make the grand march.
From The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain by Warren, George A.