Labihang nakausbung sa iruplánu nga dyít, How the jet plane soared.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The forest seemed interminable; nowhere did he discover a break in it, not even a woodman's road.
— from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

But why, in 1780, when the departure of De Guichen for Europe left Rodney markedly superior in numbers during his short visit to North America, from September 14 to November 14, should no attempt have been made to destroy the French detachment of seven ships-of-the-line in Newport?
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

it so sone day to be; And, for the sonne him hasteth thus to ryse, Ne shal I never doon him sacrifyse!'
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

After stating that some (impliedly negligible) disturbances had occurred in Samar “two months since,” they add that “the constabulary of the province took the field” against the bands of Pulajans, or outlaws, and that “as a result, they were soon broken up, and are being pursued and killed or captured” (p. 3).
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

But the facts adduced by Perrot do not lend themselves to any such inference, nor does he himself draw it.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Such screaming I never did hear!!
— from American Historical and Literary Curiosities: Second Series, Complete by J. Jay (John Jay) Smith

Sing on: sometime, and at some new moon, We’ll learn that sleeping is not death, Hearing the whole earth change its tune, Its flesh being wild, and it again Crying aloud as the race course is, And we find hearteners among men That ride upon horses.
— from The Green Helmet and Other Poems by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

Having practised under- and over-glaze work on pottery, as well as porcelain etching and decorative etching on metals, she is now devoting herself to making the porcelain known as Losanti Ware.
— from Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

“Why should it not, dearest husband?
— from True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best by Theodore P. Wilson

His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim,— He knows the way He taketh,
— from Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary Wilder Tileston

Such screaming I never did hear.
— from Ten Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

He did not see it, nor did he hear of its presence at Puget Sound.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

"And why should I not demand her in marriage of your sister?" said the young man.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Thus equipped, Young felt sure of bringing his undertaking to a successful issue; nor did he disappoint his subscribers.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

Her waving black hair hung about her shoulders, but the sharp wind did not seem to stir it nor did her white dress flutter, and on her beautiful face was stamped a look of awful rage and agony, the rage of betrayal, the agony of loss.
— from A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard