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  • noun plural of messenger
  • verb Plural form of messenger.

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Examples

  • I formerly, sent up to kites, along the string, which we called messengers; some of them the wind used to blow away, others were torn by the string, and but few of them got up and stuck to the kite.

    Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

  • Valkyries riding out of Valhalla to point out which soldiers would die in battle, or that they were portents of war and disaster or messengers from the spirit world.

    A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

  • Let's see one that can generate "mechanical function", such as protein messengers within a cell.

    Attached to Strings 2009

  • Speaking of spring – another of those spring messengers is my beloves asparagus!

    Spring Fruit Sensations: Rhubarb (and asparagus) « Were rabbits 2008

  • Leferic watched the dawn come to his winter castle, and then he called his messengers to make that promise real.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • But ere he had done speaking, his Chamberlains entered with messengers from the King who was approaching, and amongst them the Wazir who had accompanied Taj al-Muluk.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Whether the Democrats are deploying the right messengers is more questionable: a liberal San Francisco Democrat and a civil union-signing Vermont governor may not be the party's best bet with evangelicals.

    May 2006 2006

  • Many said, that Nadân was the culprit; in short, messengers have been sent all over the country to seize them both, and carry them dead or alive to Tehran.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • Every now and again messengers came to him with news of the battle.

    This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917

  • The poor relations grew impatient for the feast, and the babies in their laps began to fidget and cry; while the bride grew faint and the bridegroom's party began to send frequent messengers from the house next door, demanding to know the cause of the delay.

    The Promised Land 1912

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