Example Sentences

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Glasgow could not spring up in inland Leicestershire, nor Manchester in coalless Norfolk.

From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant

We of the Navy, coalless and probably by that time rumless as well, will rush blindly from our harbours, our masts decked with Jolly Rogers and our sailors convulsed with hornpipe, to seek the enemy.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various

It was a sad day for him when, after a couple of months' snug lying, he had to betake himself to his attic under the roof, where he shivered in the coalless city.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

The prospect of a coalless winter alarmed political leaders and citizens in general.

From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.

A small fire burned in the grate, a bit of grateful warmth in almost coalless Paris.

From Face to Face with Kaiserism by Gerard, James W. (James Watson)