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  • As I have reason to believe, however, that the full facts have never been revealed to the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a consid - erable share in clearing the matter up, I feel that no memoir of him would be complete without some little sketch of this remark - able episode.

    Sole Music 2010

  • The world is but a circumstance, a mis - erable corn patch for its feet.

    Marianne Moore and Revolution : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • He was conspicuously mis - erable at his own 30th-birthday party, arranged by his assistants last summer - a three-day bash with a $1 million price tag at his 17-acre, 60-room estate in Farmington, Conn.

    Will He Get Up? 2008

  • I've been trying to think of ways to thin the herd for the crapometer, and I'd like to weed out people who just drop in for the fun stuff and haven't been around long enough to know Miss Snark is not ms-erable.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Miss Snark 2006

  • Ahh, yes…I misbelieve the misinformation being mispoken in order to misconstrue the misbehavior of these mis..erable miscreants.

    Firedoglake » Word of the Day: “Misrecollected” 2006

  • And she was tired and miserable, so she might as well be miserable curled up against him than mis - erable out here on her own, she justified her weakness.

    The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002

  • But, there are consid - erable proven reserves of other minerals not currently exploited, including phosphate, kaolin, salt, and limestone.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • A shiver ran like ice water down her spine, and it took a consid-erable effort of will for her to keep from rushing forward and terminating the ceremony.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • I am authorized and prepared to offer you a consid-erable fortune in return for access.

    Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995

  • It was to Sam's consid-erable astonishment that the lady bartender greeted his escort by name, and asked if he wanted -his usual table.

    The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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