Example Sentences

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Tidings were carried to Peredur of the snare the Britons had limed.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene

True—we had limed ourselves With open eyes, and we must take the chance.

From The Princess by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron