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  • The next woman was leaning against her car. “He†™ s in luck! ” she said, when I introduced myself. “I was between Clinton and Obama, but I wanted to know what the church said, so I called my sister. ” Her sister told her that the Church didn†™ t believe in women as leaders. “That isn†™ t exactly my reason, ” I said, rolling my eyes, and she laughed.

    The Canvass Teachout, Zephyr 2008

  • Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • 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.

    Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (Part 2) 2004

  • 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

  • Stephen, and an Arab who rode at a short distance behind him, she called her sister.

    The Golden Silence 1901

  • Aunt Lois went to the door, and I heard her call my sister.

    A Christmas Posy Mrs. Molesworth 1880

  • 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

  • = 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

  • Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • Here Jeanie could only distinguish the word sister.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

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