Example Sentences

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From him we learned that the Indians and some Spaniards had been parleying with our men all day.

From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by Gilbert, W. B.

While the station-master had been parleying with me he had ordered the engines to put on steam.

From With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia by Ward, John