That last sentence is the biggest downer I’ve read in a long, long time. ❋ Unknown (2005)
But I had just discovered them and I knew that I would never catch up with the others even if I tried — so I sipped my way through that month on crisp glasses of chilled gin and soothed my social awkwardness with the refreshing bite of the liquid entering my lukewarm exis tence, only to soften into the temperature of one who was destined to only watch and never dance inside the circle. ❋ Alison Earls (2011)
The last squire dragged out his exis - tence there, living the horrible life of an aristocratic pauper; but his only son, my stepfather, seeing that he must adapt himself to the new conditions, obtained an advance from a relative, which enabled him to take a medical degree and went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sen - tence. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Not quite the professional compe-244 tence and detachment of yourself, my dear Commander, but quiet, sincere, some natural grief bravely under control. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In teh hedlynz tunite, a ankshus nayshun heebz a sy ub releef az a tence drama comez tu a end. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Peacefully general astonishment assisted by regrettitude had put a term till his exis-tence: he saw the family saggarth, resigned, put off his remain — ders, was recalled and scrapheaped by the Maker. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Page 20 tence, by word and example, to whites especially, on the necessity of anti-racist action, has touched the lives of younger activists. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Nora tried not to cringe when he actually ended the sen - tence by combining a wink with a loud, double-clicking noise from the side of his mouth. ❋ Patterson, James (2005)
Turley said the prison sen tence was in line with most civilian manslaughter cases in the United States, although he is not convinced that the accident should have resulted in any charges. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The long sentence from lines 14 through 27 is a suspended sen-tence; that is, the main verb is postponed until line 25 (T ... have no delight to pass away the lime '), in order that Richard may dazzle us with an array of illustrations of his deformity and his rage. ❋ Bevington, David (2002)
He moved out of the central section of the village, away from the brighter lights and louder noises, and entered a cluster of hovels and shacks occupied by those who had fallen into a twilight exis - tence of drug-induced escape. ❋ Brooks, Terry (2000)
Walker was beginning to understand, was at the source of his insis - tence on adding his younger brother's name to the ship's roster. ❋ Brooks, Terry (2000)
She felt as if she'd been reprieved from a death sen tence, and was ashamed of the relief i joy that flooded through her. ' ❋ Craven, Sara (2000)
Abbot Braumin muttered a little prayer for himself, begging forgiveness for so using the unwitting servant, and promised to attend his own peni - tence session once he returned to St. Precious. ❋ Salvatore, R. A., 1959- (1999)
Braumin took it all in stride, whistling, singing some of his favorite hymns, even coaxing one flustered servant into an impromptu peni - tence session. ❋ Salvatore, R. A., 1959- (1999)
For now, he was in a nightmare exis tence, a dreamworld from which there would be no awakening. ❋ Weis, Margaret (1998)
"She [tried] to [relax] her tence [muscles]"
"Her body tenced up" ❋ Shiv U In The Butt (2018)
Person 1: Did you study this year?
Person 2: [Nope]. Only got 10 [credits].
Person 1: Really?! [Me too]! We are so tencee ❋ Missquackster (2013)
