Example Sentences

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The cause of Kirk's Samsonian ire was the Supreme Court's January order directing "immediate" desegregation in a number of school districts in Florida and four other Southern states.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, in the third quarter, after Nebraska had staged a Samsonian goal-line stand, the stadium suddenly shook with a thunderous roar.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second was obviously a true-blue tar—a regular sea-dog—about thirty years of age, of Samsonian mould, and, albeit running for very life, with grand indignation gleaming in his eyes.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Pearson, Francis B.

"I have never seen such an able, Samsonian fist," he went on.

From In the Days of Poor Richard by Bacheller, Irving

A tall, lank woman, smoking a cob pipe which had grown black with age and Samsonian in strength, came from the next room.

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood