Then, without removing the pan from the fire, mash them thoroughly with a potato-masher, and put in the sauce, pepper, cayenne, and salt; strain all through a soup-strainer, and if the consistency be not perfectly smooth and even, strain it again.
— from A Handbook of Invalid Cooking For the Use of Nurses in Training, Nurses in Private Practice, and Others Who Care for the Sick by Mary A. Boland

"He is going to tell you," she said to Cleggett, including the Captain himself in her flashing look and her remark, "he is going to tell you that you really should get rid of me and my boxes at once—I can see it in his face!" Captain Abernethy stopped short at this, and stared.
— from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis

"Yes, dear; just fancy how eager she must be to hear, as they were called away so suddenly, and they are such faithful friends.
— from A Romance of Toronto (Founded on Fact): A Novel by Annie G. (Annie Gregg) Savigny

As he came 114 into view, a boy who was moving rapidly toward him, in a crouching attitude, suddenly stopped, and then as suddenly plunged into the nearest snowdrift, burying himself in it head and ears.
— from Don Gordon's Shooting-Box by Harry Castlemon

But there came a sudden shot, and then a shout, from somewhere uphill.
— from To the Front: A Sequel to Cadet Days by Charles King