Example Sentences
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Forfeits in the City Section have a long, disturbing history, starting with the 1977 season when Lincoln refused to come out of the locker room at halftime after trailing 63-0 to Wilson.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024
Some, haply, Cards adopt; Of it to Forfeits they the Sport confine, The happy Folk, adjacent to the fire, Their Stations take; excepting one alone.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis
In some collections the lines are headed "Rules for Seemly Behaviour," and in others "The Barber of Thirsk's Forfeits."
From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William
Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where’er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
There are various kinds of games of Forfeits; they are almost as various as the forfeits themselves.
From The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories by Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister)
