fetched
Americanadjective
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Origin of fetched
Example Sentences
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Bernard Shaw, 92, was finishing up a new play called Far Fetched Fables�a story about the state of the world after a round of atomic warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sure did. Fetched a pretty penny for it, too. God bless home equity and hipsters lookin’ to ‘revitalize’ or whatever the heck they’re calling it.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
Ever darker hell on high Reared its strength upon the sky, And our footfall on the track Fetched the daunting echo back.
From Last Poems by A. E. Housman by Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward)
Early in the morning When the first cock crowed his warning Neat as bee, as sweet and busy, Fetched in honey, milked the cows, Aired and set to rights the house,...
From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
"Agin the crumbly crooknecks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The old queen's-arm that granther Young Fetched back from Concord busted."
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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