hurrah

• Not a hurrah was heard, but for the most part a dead silence, or a deep, ominous muttering ran like a rising wave up the street toward Broadway, and again down toward the river on the right. —  From Canal Boy to President
• A dozen times it had sprung to its feet to cheer and wave and hurrah, as one person. —  Up From Slavery
• A thick, stout cudgel or a bright, sharp axe will be more effective than honeyed words in helping him cheerfully to assimilate new ideas; though no one will believe it here at home until the hurrah is all over and some of the truth gets into general circulation Illustration: A Mid-section of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez About one-sixth of the population in this island--the educated class, and chiefly of pure Spanish blood--can be set down as valuable acquisitions to our citizenship and the peer, if not the superior, of most Americans in chivalry, domesticity, fidelity, and culture. —  From Yauco to Las Marias A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan
• “Hurrah, hurrah, for Stirling, brave and strong. —  The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
• After an hurrah, a speech was delivered, of which I clearly recollect the following words: — “When your native land, and the natives of Europe offer you their homage, then may you never forget that the first public honors were conferred on you by the students of Lund.” —  The True Story of My Life

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