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Before he returns to London this time, Sir Walter will know whether his patient trotting back & forth has sufficed to keep open the way toward eventual direct three-way collaboration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thanks to his strong presentation of the case, forty thousand francs was appropriated for the beginning of the work: a sum that has sufficed to pay for the rebuilding of twenty of the tiers.

From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)

My hopes pointed to a very close relationship with your family; the last hour has sufficed to dispel those hopes.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

There is the sword, a burnished piece of cutlery, weighing just so many pounds; and the horsehair has sufficed for an hour, and why not for another—and soon?

From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The color of a man's gloves has sufficed to make his fortune.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James