A great throng of girls, growing larger every moment, was congregated in the hall, cheering wildly.
— from Head of the Lower School by Dorothea Moore

The discovery and publication of texts in the old Gothonic (Germanic) languages, especially Wulfila’s Gothic translation of the Bible, compared with which Old English (Anglo-Saxon), Old German and Old Icelandic texts were of less, though by no means of despicable, account, paved the way for historical treatment of this important group of languages in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
— from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen

In fact, what we're probably going to have to do is play one against the other, getting grants, loans, economic assistance—" "Technicians, teachers, arms," Bey continued the list.
— from Border, Breed Nor Birth by Mack Reynolds