Example Sentences

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Edith Wharton, whose 150th birthday on Tuesday will be celebrated around New York — she was born on West 23rd Street — knew exactly what she was delineating.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2012

Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart; and once, when the window was half open, the sound of his voice reached her.

From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary