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How to use re-straining in a sentence
Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANBut first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThey are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINA ray of Consciousness is passed over that impression and you re-read it, you re-awaken the record.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)Motionless she stood, straining eye and ear; she could hear nothing, but the gestures told much.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONTo add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONIn the next two days he re-wrote the twenty thousand, and on the fifth day he tore it into shreds and threw it to the winds.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXThey threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYI might as well have laid down and gone to sleep on that pinnacle for all the good my waiting and eye-straining did me.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIROne teacher has re-arranged Series in Foreign Grammars in such a manner that he finds a natural suggestiveness between the words.
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