Example Sentences

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Bells, beyond the forest ringing, lo, I hasten to the world again; For the sun has smote the empty windows, and the day is on the wane!

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

Death has smote Them to perpetual oneness who were twain.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

"Similar thoughts has smote my colossal intellect, Butch!" responded the bean-pole Hicks, gladsomely.

From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by Elderdice, J. Raymond

“Here stands the furious boar that wastes our grounds: “My hand has smote him.”

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

"Y-yes, I suppose so; and the flaming sword has smote us, so we have to be circumspect forever and ever."

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch