My sire I seek, where'er the voice of fame Has told the glories of his noble name, The great Ulysses; famed from shore to shore For valour much, for hardy suffering more.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

All dem wey say dey wan' go nah town, he gie um four, four stick cassada; [17] he say: 'Aintee me pusson?
— from Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by Henry W. Ward

"What I started to say," said Ernest quietly, "when you began your brain-storm, was that if you'd sell your laboratory equipment up home it would guarantee us food for six months.
— from The Forbidden Trail by Honoré Morrow

Particular kinds of lines, generally used for fishing snood, mackerel, whiting, cod, albacore, &c.— Hand-line.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth

We had to connect the Genoese maiden with the reserved and taciturn neighbour who had given us food for so many conjectures.
— from Aliens by William McFee