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The rest of Zanasi's cast is exemplary, as well: from parents to grandkids and especially the two siblings, played by the smart and sensual Giuseppe Battiston, who is simply ubiquitous these days.— GreenCine Daily
When you turn on the news and hear vicious crimes described as tragic and horrific, or when you hear people's charitable works described as heartwarming and exemplary, that is good.— Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ]
Up to this time the conduct of the soldiers had been most exemplary, and they had borne their prolonged hardships without a murmur; and this outbreak was due as much to a spirit of revenge against the inhabitants, for hiding away great stores of provisions and liquor, with a view to making exorbitant profits, as from a desire to indulge in a luxury of which they had been so long deprived On the 15th the enemy's fire was hotter than ever; and the guns were withdrawn from our batteries, as they produced but little effect upon the Spanish batteries, and the men working them suffered a good deal from the besiegers' fire.— Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
[293:2] This venerable man, who had been acquainted in his youth with the Apostle John, had long occupied a high position as a prudent, exemplary, and devoted minister.— The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
For his private life it was exemplary--at least it looked so to the world, and the world is satisfied with what it sees.— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843

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