venturer

Example Sentences

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"Another turn to the wheel, M'sieu," said that intrepid venturer; "what next?"

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

I have always deemed myself a predestined bachelor, a lover of other people's children and a most timid venturer among spinsters.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

Romeo’s costume in exile is described in the poem as that of a merchant venturer, which is certainly a more appropriate dress than the conventional black velvet of the stage.

From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William

Also there was that venturer of the great beauty and the silken curls who had spoken so prettily.

From The Maid of the Whispering Hills by Roe, Vingie E. (Vingie Eve)

He had gone in a tubby wooden craft, the winds his carrier, across oceans that were pathless, except to the venturer.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James