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The next woman was leaning against her car. âHeâ ™ s in luck! â she said, when I introduced myself. âI was between Clinton and Obama, but I wanted to know what the church said, so I called my sister. â Her sister told her that the Church didnâ ™ t believe in women as leaders. âThat isnâ ™ t exactly my reason, â I said, rolling my eyes, and she laughed.
The Canvass Teachout, Zephyr 2008
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Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.
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So you see, what I did was I gave your sister sweets every day, and at the end of the fifth day, your mother and I stood, and we called your sister.
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She sat on the edge of the bed in her nightgown, praying silently and waiting for the tiptoed return of her baptized sister.
Covenant Lewis, Beverly 2002
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Stephen, and an Arab who rode at a short distance behind him, she called her sister.
The Golden Silence 1901
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Aunt Lois went to the door, and I heard her call my sister.
A Christmas Posy Mrs. Molesworth 1880
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Jeannette told me afterwards that she never felt so proud in her life as when Ludar's lips touched her forehead, and she heard him call her sister.
Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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= Mone´ses = (3 _syl. _), a Greek prince, betrothed to Arpasia, whom for the nonce he called his sister.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.
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Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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