Example Sentences
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The very horses had caught the inspiration of the moment, champing bits in their effort to forge to the front rank, while the blood-stained slaver coated many breasts or driveled from our boots.
From The Outlet by Adams, Andy
"I oughtn't to have driveled about that accident," he said.
From An Unpardonable Liar by Parker, Gilbert
So Mrs. Finch driveled mildly on, in her large loose untidy handwriting, to the bottom of the third page.
From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie
He had driveled along respectably so far, he thought, but he had the sentimental longings of years, starved of expression, culminating in his heart.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth
Then his reflections driveled off into stupor, and he sat on an empty keg with the conical crown of his old felt hat pointed forward, and his hands hanging limply between his knees.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Graham, Margaret Collier
