Example Sentences

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But this time I set out merely to tell of the ordinary joys of playing with the floor, and to gird improvingly and usefully at toymakers.

From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

She decides to take a small walk however—small because she simply must get to bed before Mrs. Winters comes back and starts talking at her improvingly.

From Young People's Pride A Novel by Benét, Stephen Vincent

Not that they would always, or indeed generally, spend it improvingly, but it is their only day of rest.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

"A 'tate-ah-tay'!" said Coote, improvingly, "is a conversation alone together."

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The ledger might have been notes that she was dutifully and improvingly taking.

From Lady Baltimore by Wister, Owen