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put upon

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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.

He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.

EXPRESSIVE VOICE CULTUREJESSIE ELDRIDGE SOUTHWICK

He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.

This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.

He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.

His 6,000 native auxiliaries (as it proved later on) could not be relied upon in a civil war.

All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985