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With the more abundant material now available, such an appraisal would be worth-while.
A SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN BATS OF THE GENUS PIPISTRELLUSWALTER W. DALQUEST
The youthful pair start beneath the smile of a blue sky, flecked with milk-while clouds merely to heighten the effect.
THE PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE, COMPLETEHONORE DE BALZAC
She seemed one of the most worth‑while girls I had ever met.
THE FIRE PEOPLERAY CUMMINGS
Why, on the campus now, the really worth-while girls rave over her.
MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTER
“It is as though the bearer had run for a paternoster-while, and then leaped the river,” Dick observed.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 8 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
When fighting for gold he forgets his appalling poverty in the really worth-while things in the world.
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
If they read of some one doing a great thing or making a worth-while accomplishment, they say: "I never could do such a thing."
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
I get the worth-while news from my paper by the headlines and by trained ability to separate the wheat from the chaff.
THINKCOL. WM. C. HUNTER
It made what had hitherto seemed the big worth-while things of life look so small and petty, so ephemeral!
THE WITNESSGRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LUTZ
But ere-while they grew deafened and deadened, forgetful and asleep!
OUTLINES OF ZUI CREATION MYTHSFRANK HAMILTON CUSHING

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