— dihapun, hapun thin, colored tissue paper for wrapping, kites, lanterns, decorations, and the like.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Everybody noticed that the king looked dull and preoccupied.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Lionses, Phariance, Ulfius, Brastias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the butler, Griflet le Fise de Dieu, Mariet de la Roche, Guinas de Bloi, Briant de la Forest Savage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle [of] Maidens, Flannedrius of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians that was King Bors' godson, a noble knight, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens le Castlein, one Blois de la Case, and Sir Colgrevaunce de Gorre; all these knights rode on afore with spears on their thighs, and spurred their horses mightily as the horses might run.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Li respondis ke la filo de tiu virino estas perdita, kaj li donis al mi la sekvantan priskribon de la infano, laŭ la vortoj de la patrino: la knabo estas agema brunhara sesjarulo, kun bluaj okuloj, kaj li estas ruĝe vestita ( dressed in red ).
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

But Mr Kearney continued to stroke his beard and Kathleen looked down, moving the point of her new shoe: it was not her fault.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

Haste, to his father let the tale be told: Let his high roofs resound with frantic woe, Such as the house of Promachus must know; Let doleful tidings greet his mother's ear, Such as to Promachus' sad spouse we bear, When we victorious shall to Greece return, And the pale matron in our triumphs mourn.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Ay nà siyag paintraha sa dráma kay líbà, Don’t assign him a role in the play because he is a great bungler.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"Jes," respondis la ruza juna viro, kaj li donis sian nigran ĉevalon al tiu, kaj prenis la blankan ĉevalon.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

He did not reply, and Katrine looking down in surprise, caught a frowning of the forehead and pursing of the lips which betrayed obvious disapproval.
— from An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

[Incantation text] Tallquist, K. L. —Die Assyrische Beschwörungsserie Maqlû. (Leipzig 1894.)
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

Ayaw kug litsilitsíha, Don’t you say litsi to me!
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"Why should that be, sister, when his name signifies that he is of the gentle breed?" asked Kara, laying down his violin.
— from Red Money by Fergus Hume

"Third knight, Lieutenant Délavai, in honor of Miss B. Bond; squire, Captain Thorne; device, a heart aimed at by several arrows, and struck by one; motto, Only one pierce me.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Katherine looked down upon her thin, arrogant lips; and as there always comes to the innocent—when dealing with those of other mould—a warning, a feeling of repulsion, took possession of her and she withdrew her hand, and, in a moment, her presence.
— from Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne

The king lay down on the soft grass, and looked up at the white clouds sailing across the sky.
— from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin