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  • Imagine the scenario where Clinton and supporters could wardance and laugh, "I told you so", or the alternative.

    Pressure Grows On Bloomberg: Make Up Your Mind, Already! 2009

  • It was probably at their suggestion that in the evening a wardance was got up about a hundred yards from our encampment, as if to put us in fear and force us to bring forth presents.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • 'Bloody hell!' exclaimed te Kiore, aborting another wardance in midstep, 'that's no Boegie popgun!

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

  • Te Kiore, getting visibly more impatient, suddenly launched into a silent haka across the afterdeck, prancing and posturing, rolling his eyes and grimacing in the classic Maori wardance, waggling his immense tattooed tongue.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

  • The Alaki then drank a lovingcup of firstshot usquebaugh to the toast Black and White from the skull of his immediate predecessor in the dynasty Kakachakachak, surnamed Forty Warts, after which he visited the chief factory of Cottonopolis and signed his mark in the visitors 'book, subsequently executing a charming old Abeakutic wardance, in the course of which he swallowed several knives and forks, amid hilarious applause from the girl hands.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • In his home he introduced "puss in the corner" and "the Presbyterian wardance" among the very elect.

    The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement George Spring Merriam 1878

  • To an American observer the whole exhibition seems cruder than a Comanche wardance.

    Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • According to the custom of the Indians, the father of the bridegroom was invited to lift the most important dish from the pot, whilst the warriors commenced their wardance around him.

    Canadian Crusoes Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

  • The Cult's debut LP, DREAMTIME (an appropriately earthy and religious title), made their intentions clear, with Astbury's grunting, panting, howling performances underlaid by Duffy's soaring, pulverising guitars and a thundering rhythm section that crossed the strut of Glam with an aggressive, pounding wardance.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • Cottonopolis and signed his mark in the visitors’ book, subsequently executing a charming old Abeakutic wardance, in the course of which he swallowed several knives and forks, amid hilarious applause from the girl hands. —

    Ulysses 2003

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