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Examples

  • Homer was trying to set a standard of conduct among his semi-barbaric listeners.

    Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

  • A little background, the princess loves her young man with a semi-barbaric passion.

    Revisiting 1994: Eerie similarities Shelfari 2008

  • A little background, the princess loves her young man with a semi-barbaric passion.

    Shelfari: Shelfari 2008

  • But it happens that those who are interested in analyzing the psychology of the semi-barbaric princess begin to think and talk.

    Shelfari: Shelfari 2008

  • But it happens that those who are interested in analyzing the psychology of the semi-barbaric princess begin to think and talk.

    Revisiting 1994: Eerie similarities Shelfari 2008

  • Auden noticed a retreat from universal principles in the 1930s - communism was fine in 'semi-barbaric' Russia but would have been a screaming outrage in a civilised country.

    MSM Catches Up Zoe Brain 2005

  • Auden noticed a retreat from universal principles in the 1930s - communism was fine in 'semi-barbaric' Russia but would have been a screaming outrage in a civilised country.

    Archive 2005-08-01 Zoe Brain 2005

  • Warrigal took it into his semi-barbaric head to ride into Turon and loaf about, partly to see me, and partly about another matter that your father laid him on about.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • It is not easy to withstand the panic fear of a black-eyed, semi-barbaric people.

    The Plumed Serpent 2003

  • A massacre of Jews in Moscow renewed his animosity for semi-barbaric Russia.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

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