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“There's no shame in perusing the local Wally world at 3am, especially if you enjoy night-fishing.”
“We represent a number of large record companies, including SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, as well as all of their subsidiaries ( "Record Companies,") in perusing claims of copyright infringement against individuals who have illegally uploaded or downloaded sound-recordings on peer-to-peer networks.”
“I have never yet felt the desire to study French novels of an erotic type; but if I ever do feel it, I shall have no hesitation whatever in perusing them in public – even on the top of a 'bus.”
“When in-doors, and disposed to read, he took much pleasure in perusing the poems of Robert Buchanan and Miss”
“Assassination is a crime which seems to have peculiarly and invariably the curse of Heaven upon it; for in perusing the annals of the world we find it has not only not been followed by success, but it has been usually a fatal blow to the cause in support of which the murderer has done the deed.”
“It is natural for us to be very much pleased in perusing a wise and kind letter, full of instruction and comfort, sent to us by an absent friend: how then should we prize this part of holy scripture, when we consider herein that our God and Saviour has written these letters to us, in which we have the great things of his law and gospel, the things that belong to our peace!”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“It doesn’t take long in perusing the comments on any news site (see, e.g.,”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Anonymous Comments and Modern Tort Law and Antidiscrimination Law
“Not that perusing is bad, but you’ll never actually finish and you’ll bring home 153 collected books of journals.”
Research Sources for Writers: A Guide to Backing up Your Words | Write to Done
“Skeeter was about to step out into the open to join him in "perusing" the menu when Kit Carson, Malcolm Moore, and-of all people-Margo Smith showed up, chatting animatedly.”
“Hennes and MccRory said they're emphasizing other options, such as perusing the county library's selections online, and a fledgling books-by-mail program aimed at the housebound.”
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Reading Vocab
ulterior, warrant, syllogism, precious, impiety, maroon, aigrette, batiste, topsy-turvy ago, midnight crush, cantankerous, slovenly and 180 more...
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nail01
sentimental, eloquent, inevitable, pretentious, verbose, aptly, stoically, grandiloquent, valedictory, assiduous, exorbitant, wreaked and 154 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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Wuthering Heights
From Wuthering Heights
sagacity, austere, surmise, corroborating, malignity, ensconing, copious, perforce, obviate, dilapidation, must needs, palaver and 154 more...
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How to Read a Book
obstreperous, humbug, imposture, pedagogue, obsolete, ruminant, rumination, conjecture, perusing, clairvoyant, clairvoyance, apparatus and 59 more...
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emiliana's list
Words I have come across, words that have stuck with me over time, words that I am not familiar with but suddenly see or hear in different contexts that drive me crazy because I can't wrap my littl...
tricky, trickily, out of sorts, sprachgefuhl, rodomontade, mordant, perusing, filicide, curiosity, latent, evocation, unwarranted and 3 more...
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Wuthering Heights
From Emily Bronte's book, here are some words that were used. I should learn them...
appellation, perusing, transgressions, minx, toilette, soliloquized, lattice, wrenched, spectre, caprice, brindled, querulous and 40 more...
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Vocabulary Unit 11
Second Semester; Anderson
perusing, extant, cozening, acolytes, fledgling, exculpated, junta, demurred, pilioried, propitiated, xenophobe, inveigling and 3 more...
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