perished
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Perished is all that grieves; And lo, our old-new joys Are gathered as in sheaves, Held in love's equipoise.
From Dreams and Days: Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons
Gone are all those ancient people, Perished now for many ages.
From The Legends of San Francisco by Caldwell, George W. (George Walter)
Alas! it grieveth me, the learned leech Perished in a tumult many years ago, Accused—our learning's fate—of wizardry, Rebellion, to the setting up a rule 250 And creed prodigious as described to me.
From Men and Women by Porter, Charlotte Endymion
Finally she hailed a tramp And, contriving to decamp To the shores of Patagonia, Finding them too chill and damp, Perished of acute pneumonia.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 by Various
Perished of thirst on Southern Nevada desert, in Muddy Valley section.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by McClintock, James H.
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