Example Sentences

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"My beautiful red shoes; I am blacking them; and now they are spoiled forever."

From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

"I am blacking my red shoes," Elizabeth wailed; and so she was, the blacking-sponge on its shaky wire dripping all over the carpet.

From The Iron Woman by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell