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Sooner the stars, torn from their spheres, shall hiss, Extinguished in the bottom of the sea, Than the dear memory, and love of you, Shall suffer loss, or injury.

From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick

"I took that extinguished looking man over there in the corner for the bishop—" "Extinguished?"

From Heart of Gold by Brown, Ruth Alberta

Extinguished embers of a fire were before it.

From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.

Thackeray's summary of the characters of these two illustrious rascals can scarcely be improved upon: Extinguished!

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber

While dancing there, joy on thy brow Resplendent shone, anticipations bright Shone in thy eyes, the light of youth, when Fate Extinguished them, and thou didst prostrate lie.

From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick