Cloots
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Cloots glared at him, astonished, unable and unwilling to believe, picturing the collapse, waiting from one tick of time to the next to see the fellow crumple on the stones.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
Cloots had taken the measure of him months before and once for all, he would have said, in his smoky little village.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
"Meaning thy daughter, Moung Poh Sin?" asked Cloots directly to show himself quite cool and firm.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
Cloots reckoned that he had perhaps five minutes before the stated limit.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
I presume Clarence Hervey stands at this instant, in your imagination, as the representative of all the gentlemen in England; and he, instead of Anacharsis Cloots, is now, to be sure, l'orateur du genre humain.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria
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