Sandwich Island Kanaka ua like pu na haole—all 'e same a' you!"
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Ang ákung yútà muhálin na karun ug labaw pa sa dubli,
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Dúna giyuy kaping kabubut-un ang paghátag, kay unyà lisud pagbalíbad, There are strings attached to that gift, because she’s going to have a hard time refusing him after she has accepted it.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mamalhin kami ug láing puy-anan kay kanúnay lang kung magsakitsakit (masakitsakit) dinhi, We have to move to another place, as I always get sick here.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Mawagut ang kamúti ug linghud pa kaáyu, Very young sweet potatoes are small and fibrous.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Unworthy of his mournful fate, The mighty king, unfortunate, Lay prostrate in unseemly guise, As, banished from the blissful skies, Yayáti, in his evil day.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Duties of the same kind upon law proceedings fall upon the suitors.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

“And you did it just out of the goodness of your kind, unselfish, little, palpitating heart, Dalton?”
— from The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson

[Hrant KHACHATURYAN]; United Labor Party
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And as she dragged her weighted feet through the cinders, kicking, up little puffs of black dust, she felt what she admitted to be an unreasonable resentment toward these Westerners and their barren, isolated, and boundless world.
— from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

[Gabriel KYUNGU wa Kumwunzu]; Unified Lumumbast Party or PALU [Antoine GIZENGA] note: President KABILA, who has banned political party activity indefinitely, currently leads the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire or AFDL International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, ECA, FAO, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

P. Wappler: Die Stellung Kursuchsens und Landgraf Philipps von Hefssen zur Täuferbewegung .
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

Surely a girl would not shrink from her uncle in this manner, not from a big, kindly uncle like Plummer.
— from The Candidate: A Political Romance by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler