pulangkì 2 red (humorous). À, kapulangkì nímug sinínà, What a red dress you’ve got on!
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"Saturday was a rainy day," York commented, knowing Laura would answer no questions if he should ask them now.
— from The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter

Then, after a moment, she said, with a rush: "Did you think I was going to let him suppose we were piqued at his not coming?
— from A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete by William Dean Howells

Then, suddenly, with a roar, 'Darn your eyes, glory rallaluley!'
— from John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 1 (of 3) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

I want you to get news of the temporal affairs of our late good Sister Marie Renée (Trunel) from the General of the Feuillants, and to ask his opinion; the first paper which Sister Péronne Marie (de Châtel) sent was a rough draft; you will have received what we wrote to you by M. Voullart.
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint

The poor woman, stung with a real delight, yielded herself up to the most shameful usage, of which on the morrow neither herself nor her husband would have the least remembrance.
— from La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet