Example Sentences

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By nature I am peaceful, and I am exceeding slow to wrath.

From The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice by Field, Eugene

"I am," says he, "filled with comfort; I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation."

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

I am exceeding glad of your great promotion.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

"I am exceeding glad to see thee alive and happy."

From Hero Tales by Baldwin, James

If I am exceeding my moral right in making use of these notes, it is I who will have to pay.

From Havoc by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)