ejaculations

Then his attention became attracted by occasional groans and muttered ejaculations from the room above.

Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons 1919

All which prayers of our Saviour, and others of like brevity, are properly such as we call ejaculations; an elegant similitude from a dart or arrow, shot or thrown out; and such an one

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823

She said brief prayers while she worked, simple pious pleas called ejaculations that carried indulgences numbered in the days rather than years.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

She said brief prayers while she worked, simple pious pleas called ejaculations that carried indulgences numbered in the days rather than years.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

She said brief prayers while she worked, simple pious pleas called ejaculations that carried indulgences numbered in the days rather than years.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

His joy overflowed, not in long phrases, but in short ejaculations.

The Underground City 2003

His joy overflowed, not in long phrases, but in short ejaculations.

The Underground City 1877

His joy overflowed, not in long phrases, but in short ejaculations.

The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern Jules Verne 1866

I use the word "ejaculations" advisedly, as the first two Evadne Mount novels were exercises in knowing reproductions of the style of, respectively, the mid-1930s and mid-40s, in which decades the novels are set.

And Then There Was No One by Gilbert Adair 2010

"room" to "room" were of lightning swiftness, and accompanied by a running fire of slang ejaculations, chiefly sarcastic, but, on the whole, enlivened with a vein of playful humour not to be Englished politely.

Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886