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multitudinous associations that sprang up everywhere

She was afraid to offer them now, or even to make her appearance among the multitudinous associations that sprang up everywhere in a frantic effort to make America ready in two weeks for a war that had been inevitable for two years.
— from We Can't Have Everything: A Novel by Rupert Hughes

miracle and then shown up everywhere

The thing to do was to get the thing really believed everywhere as a miracle, and then shown up everywhere as a sham miracle.
— from The Trees of Pride by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

meanwhile at the strange unreal event

Stooping down, young Warlow gathered up the priceless gems, trembling meanwhile at the strange, unreal event, and after securely placing them again within the casket, and rearranging the room, he mounted his horse and galloped back over the swelling hills.
— from A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral: A Tale of the Santa Fe Trail by John Dunloe Carteret

Marshal and the same unfaltering eyes

But he noticed now that he had the same tight lips of the Marshal, and the same unfaltering eyes.
— from The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

more animation than she usually evinced

Before she had come to any decision on this important point, Ellen awoke, and with more animation than she usually evinced at such an early hour, exclaimed, "Why, Mary, not up yet—and our school to begin to-day!"
— from Aunt Kitty's Tales by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh

moisture and to shut up early

To accomplish this it is advisable to allow a free circulation of air during the early part of the day, with an abundance of atmospheric moisture, and to shut up early in the afternoon with a high degree of temperature.
— from In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William, gardener

moment and the substance under examination

If the plate is then allowed to stand for a moment and the substance under examination contains arsenic, a mirror-like spot is soon deposited upon its surface.
— from Legal Chemistry A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., as Applied to Chemical Jurisprudence by Alfred Naquet

mop and towel stirred up everybody

This quiet arming of herself, with mop and towel, stirred up everybody else to duty.
— from Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

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