Example Sentences

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Mr. Thomas, likewise unharmed, was quickly sorted from the mail by postal employes, returned to his wife who cried, "Oh, Squibs!"

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s mental, if you could steal magic there wouldn’t be any Squibs, would there?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Already he felt the confidence most men placed in Squibs Bailly.

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth

Squibs are straight cylindrical cases about 6 in. long, firmly closed at one end, tightly packed with a strong composition, and capped with touch-paper.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The smallness, the untidiness, the pure joy of Squibs Bailly's study!

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth