Sukad mabansà ang Haway, Ever since Hawaii became a state.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“You shall dine with me, and his excellence shall hear of it.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

His fury made him take his hat off and put it on again fifteen times in as many minutes, and his extremely smooth hair stood on end with this mad gallop of his head-gear.
— from My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt

The tinker said never a word, only his lips parted in a coaxing smile which seemed to say, “Please go on believing in me,” and his eyes still held hers unwaveringly.
— from Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer

As regarded her appearance accounts were at variance, some representing her as young and beautiful, while others compassionated her frightful ugliness; and, more than ever perplexed by this conflicting testimony, Ibrahim pursued his march and his enquiries, still hoping by perseverance to arrive at a solution of the enigma.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various

We are wont to deride the rustic who expectat dum defluat amnis ; {125} but our derision only shows our own ignorance as much as his expectancy showed his.
— from The Cradle of Mankind; Life in Eastern Kurdistan by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram

The relief of knowing there was now a chance of all of them being saved had been too much, and his exhausted strength had broken down under the reaction.
— from The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling

"Seems to me you look quite spruced up," said Snorky when, to be more at his ease, Skippy had shed his coat and stood revealed in all the splendor of a flaming-yellow buckskin vest, with gleaming brass buttons; then noting the display of jewelry in the red and yellow tie, he added: "Where did you get the fancy stuff?"
— from Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Owen Johnson

The latter seemed to have recovered his usual spirits, for he was laughing at some remark made by the merchant, and he even shook hands with Tom and wished him a hearty good morning.
— from Go-Ahead; Or, The Fisher-Boy's Motto by Harry Castlemon

His demands for the most intricate and soul-trying concoctions she took a perfect joy in meeting and his enthusiasm stimulated her to the attempting of the most difficult feats.
— from Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess

He was far better-looking than his girl, and far more at his ease; sturdy, high-bosomed Katie was guilty of an occasional sniff of feminine sympathy; Philip looked on with the aloof superiority of the male.
— from Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse