"blaauw" hidden in books

been late also as usual was

Sam, who had been late also, as usual, was having a cocktail and was ordering the dinner.
— from The Deluge by David Graham Phillips

benevolently like an aged uncle while

Lawson smiled benevolently, like an aged uncle, while Elsie told him of their climb.
— from The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

builder lambencies apricating aculeated using words

I note at random, such as novel-ish erector (for builder), lambencies , apricating , aculeated ; using words not rarely, etymologically, and for some recondite sense attaching.
— from English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 4: The Later Georges to Victoria by Donald Grant Mitchell

been lighted and an uncle with

When the men landed they were met by a very white-faced little girl who gasped out a rather disjointed story of a light that hadn't been lighted and an uncle with a broken leg and a sister tied in her chair, and would they please see to Uncle George at once, for she must go straight over to the other Dipper?
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

barge landed and awaiting us with

The situation was an awkward one, for not only was the skipper of the opposition barge landed, and awaiting us with an uncomplimentary eagerness on the bank, but the driver, whip in hand, was standing beside him, and the dog, showing his teeth, beside him.
— from Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed

be led across an unbelievably wide

With half-reluctant feet they turned away from the mysterious unseen lure and let themselves be led across an unbelievably wide veranda into the bright light of a hall, where everything was clean and shining, and a great fireplace filled with friendly flames gave cheer and welcome.
— from The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill

being looked at and unless we

Here they are pressing in upon our eyeballs, all round us, insisting on being looked at, and unless we resolutely avert our eyes, we shall not see anything else.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren

be left alone and undisturbed With

The knight Sanpeur was on his battlements, Silvered with light from the full summer moon, And heard his seneschal with loud replies Denying entrance, as his orders were; He would be left alone and undisturbed With memory and thought of Gwendolaine.
— from Under King Constantine by Katrina Trask

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

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