Example Sentences

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“Have I said a word about it disappearing?” demanded the Manager, with a contempt-laden raucity that he made no pretence of softening.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest

It was late at night when we reached the place, but saloon and dance-hall were ablaze with light and loud with the raucity of phonographs and the stamping of feet.

From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson