Example Sentences

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"Charley—honey—" * * * * * At eleven o'clock a small, watery moon cut through a sky that was fleecily clouded—a swift moon that rode fast as a ship.

From Gaslight Sonatas by Hurst, Fannie

Her flowing, white, blue-ribboned dress, fleecily invested her.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman