Example Sentences

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But he was too busy, too tearingly active in the incoherent race of delirium to observe.

From The Prussian Officer by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

They ducked their heads low and rushed tearingly to the next cover.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

It blew up tearingly from the south and there was menace in it and madness.

From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

If Eve was not satisfied she consoled herself with the thought that he was tearingly busy and terribly tired.

From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)