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  • He felt the comer's fear and claustrophobia as he sat there in the dark next to his girlfriend, to whom he had so earnestly grumbled about the whole idea.

    Why They Cried: Ted 2010

  • With the new - comer's aid, Stoddard managed a sitting position.

    The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

  • As the bartender poured out the liquor, the new comer's eye fell upon me.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • She was busy at the moment hearing from Mr. McNeil all about the process of ostrich-feather plucking which was to begin next day, but she did not miss a word of the late comer's apologies or the merry raillery with which they were met by his hostess.

    Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley

  • "I hope that no other girl who enters Briarwood Hall will ever be neglected and left alone as Amy Gregg was, no matter what the new comer's disposition or attitude toward us may be."

    Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Alice B. Emerson

  • Scriptural figures upon it illustrated, and Miss Jencks, every ready, had explained to her the parable of the labourers in the vineyard and the marvel of the late comer's good fortune.

    Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon 1918

  • Mariana's gaze rest swiftly on the latest comer's obvious good looks; and the scrutiny, he was certain, held a cold feminine appraisal.

    The Three Black Pennys A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

  • As the stream poured out of the gangway, the doctor glanced at each new comer's face, and then seizing him by the wrist uncovered it.

    Hawtrey's Deputy Harold Bindloss 1905

  • A single coat of white paint would wipe out the first tenant's name sufficiently to paint over it the next comer's.

    Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899

  • The new comer's two trunks were being removed from the stage when Mrs. Slocum passed, on her way to the store.

    A Fancy of Hers 1892

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