Example Sentences

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Mrs. Barnes, I think, had been rebuking her with more than ordinary thoroughness.

From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von

She really spoke as if she had been rebuking some infringement of decorum, and Rachel was quite startled.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary