Example Sentences

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The secret societies aided by English encouragement have honeycombed the country until the terror of the lodges invaded every institution and home in the land.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

At forty-five her life is objectlessly spasmodic, the old family-habit of talking of self and the family-fetish of discussing sickness have honeycombed her character and made her hopelessly tiresome.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.

Except where the prairie dogs have honeycombed the ground, you can drive almost anywhere, and the passage of a few wagons over the same track makes a road.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

The waters have here worked like enormous moles, and have honeycombed the foundations of the earth.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John