Example Sentences

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The colley shakes out her frill, and, raising the hair all down her back, stands grinning and snarling, while her puppy barks pot-valiantly between her legs.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

He pot-valiantly drew his sword, and laid it on the table.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William