= KEY: Unhealthy, [See HEALTHY].
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Every tree had its group of men, and behind each log was a crowd of sharp-shooters, who kept up so hot a fire that the rebel troops fired wild.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

He was himself of an uninteresting and inconspicuous appearance; of a feeble, sickly build and short stature; he had full, puffy cheeks which looked as though he were blowing them out; his eyes looked with a keen, unbJlinking stare; his beard was red and scanty, and when he was thinking he always put it into his mouth and bit it; moreover he often drank too much, and that was noticeable from his face and his walk.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Gipakaingun ku (ingun ku) ug si Husi ka, I thought you were Joe.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

When King Uther saw him, he said he was welcome.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

That spring, whenever possible, K. usually spent his evenings after work - he usually stayed in the office until nine o'clock - with a short walk, either by himself or in the company of some of the bank officials, and then he would go into a pub where he would sit at the regulars' table with mostly older men until eleven.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

So Ráma kept unshaken still His noble heart with iron will.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

" As may be supposed, I would have been quite content to waive explanations, but Edith was resolute that there should be no more kisses until she had been vindicated from all suspicion of precipitancy in the bestowal of her affections, and I was fain to follow the lovely enigma into the house.
— from Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy

“They can't keep up steam,” he added, rapidly, and made a grab at the rail against the coming lurch.
— from Typhoon by Joseph Conrad

“He keeps us sweet; he polishes our wits; but for him we should be wallowing swine: he brings strangers and visitors to enliven us; drinks with us, sings with us, makes wit for us from the treasures of his learning; condescends to call us his friends; pays our shot for us; lends us money; gives food to the starving, and drink—yes, drink, by gad! to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked.
— from The Chaplain of the Fleet by James Rice

You must have virtue, the place has got to be kept up somehow, hasn't it?
— from The Dark Tower by Phyllis Bottome

"Well, first, you know, Uncle Sam has some valuable seal islands in the Aleutian group.
— from Lost in the Air by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Twice they succeeded in breaking through, but Harry, facing his men round, received them pike in hand, the musketeers in rear keeping up so hot a fire over the shoulders of the pikemen that the Ironsides drew rein before reaching them, and presently fell back, leaving the party to retire without further pursuit.
— from Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

I didn't know U Saw had a steam yacht of about three hundred tons, for that's what Moung San's talk comes to.
— from Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore

"His last brain wave was to see if Cayman would take coal across for ballast and he could keep us some hefty lumps.
— from Kit Musgrave's Luck by Harold Bindloss