Example Sentences

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And high above me now the bridge seemed to move off to where I could not see, striding like a robot, an iron man, whose iron legs clanged doomfully as it moved.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

I didn't see Mrs. Whelply about Kathleen's" wreath that she wrote about——" "You'll be drowned," said Mrs. Mangan, doomfully; "and sure if Larry comes over, what'll I say to him?"

From Mount Music by Ross, Martin