Example Sentences

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“Not Curtis Morgan?” said Judge Maxwell, lifting his eyes in startled surprise, staying the stream of liquor that he was decanting into a glass.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

She was decanting the oil, drop by drop, into the salad dressing when Delia appeared in the kitchen.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher

Carter's only answer to both these remarks was to drain a glass of the port which Forbes was decanting.

From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher

"And a restaurant," added a small, elderly man, who was decanting a bottle of claret by means of a glass syphon: "you forgot that, sir."

From The Red Thumb Mark by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)