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But the Rumanian siren, speaking sonorously in a participial dialect of her own, is a fresh creation; and Hume Cronyn's Freddie Potts might be something straight out of the early Booth Tarkington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm: The favorite participial utterance of a distinguished corps.

From Time Magazine Archive

What participial adjective is formed from the verb "dignify"? Ans.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

Sometimes for emphasis a participial phrase or an adverbial clause precedes the subject.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

What is the case of the object in participial construction?

From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)