Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. From LearnThat.org. [Albert Camus (1913-1960).]
If that Government have troops they are willing to "expend" in Mexico, it is not the British residents who will object to their presence. From Wordnik.com. [The Joint Expedition to Mexico] Reference
Winter, when convenient, will really expend for such labor. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
"One of the reasons I was eager to expend time was to enlist you.". From Wordnik.com. [Liberal blogger directly confronts David Axelrod, accuses White House of "hippie punching"] Reference
Do our bodies expend more calories when we're healing from a wound?. From Wordnik.com. [ASK TIP SHEET] Reference
One cannot expend one's self with impunity; that would be too good. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Men whose muscles are overworked have no vitality to expend upon vices. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The shots are fired without careful aim and expend themselves harmlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Sherman suggested they get a dime changed and expend their nickel for the sweets. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
It's slightly counterintuitive, but the less energy you expend, the less you have. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Office Energy Drains] Reference
He didn't waste time worrying, didn't expend energy considering everyone's feelings. From Wordnik.com. [Me And Igi And The Fickle Finger Of Fame] Reference
Because the effort they expend in being a consumer will be more than rewarded in kind. From Wordnik.com. [Gadi Ben-Yehuda: Becoming Citizen 2.0: Step One, Consumer] Reference
This is causing a huge bubble of imbalance to expend, threatening the world's economy. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Johnson: Welcome Home, Tire Jobs] Reference
The effort you expend becomes its own reward, regardless of the money or status it brings. From Wordnik.com. [How To See The Glass Half Full] Reference
He had offered to expend vast amounts of his cafeteria-worker earnings on my dinnerware. From Wordnik.com. [He Oppressed me with Kindness] Reference
I did not reply, and we both soon found it wise to expend no unnecessary breath in talking. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Reagan didn't have to expend much political capital to get his first piece of major legislation. From Wordnik.com. [The GOP’s 'No' Problem] Reference
Nor did Donna expend time and emotion decoding HMO brochures or poring over her 401 (k) prospectus. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Anxious? You're Not Alone] Reference
And when Tiger has to expend energy on making his partner comfortable, his own game appears to suffer. From Wordnik.com. [America: A Paper Tiger?] Reference
No politician likes to expend a lot of effort when the barriers are, for the time being, insuperable. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Aborted Revolution?] Reference
"Feel great from Obama win, but now need to expend this positive energy," wrote one 30-year-old Manhattanite. From Wordnik.com. [Change You Can Conceive In] Reference
If you turn out a great player, one half the genius you expend upon it will conquer a kingdom or found an empire. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Then you expend jaw-dropping quantities of energy and water to grind up the earth and extract tiny bits of crude. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brune: Reality TV or Horror Movie?] Reference
We're designed to expend energy for relatively short periods of time -- no more than 90 minutes -- and then recover. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Schwartz: Six Invisible Secrets to Fostering Your Creativity] Reference
Sufficiently large majorities, however, are willing to expend time and play procedural hardball on their top issues. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the filibuster] Reference
Professor ADRIAN BAUMAN (Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Sydney): We don't expend energy doing anything. From Wordnik.com. [100 Years Ago, Exercise Was Blended Into Daily Life] Reference
Nations expend millions yearly in erecting forts and maintaining, even in peace, large armies and navies to preserve the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
To be sure, the Indonesian president needs to expend a lot of political capital to gain any meaningful traction for reform. From Wordnik.com. [Where Big Is Beautiful] Reference
For starters, I would immediately expend trade so that Eastern Europe could become an engine of increased economic activity. From Wordnik.com. [Question For The Candidates:] Reference
But among them, John McCain has the least conviction and is the one least likely to expend political capital to save the cuts. From Wordnik.com. [Bush’s Tax Cuts Are Dead] Reference
Sloppy defense - one error by Ian Desmond, one by himself - forced Zimmermann to expend pitches, which he has in precious supply. From Wordnik.com. [Jordan Zimmermann not in command] Reference
Perhaps worst of all, after winning the gulf war, he refused to expend any of his huge popularity on pushing a legislative agenda. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Character Issues] Reference
Blassemarre, deeming it best to suffer her ill-humor to expend itself harmlessly, awaited better moments in congenial taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Miss Eliza was not one to expend money for anything, when what she already had was still perfectly good, albeit a trifle out of date. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
This time, ignoring, to the best of my ability, the beetles on the floor, I proceeded to expend my curiosity -- and occupy my thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
On my return home, I found our commission had concluded to close the asylum work, and expend its means in supporting schools in the South. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
The wave of enthusiasm for the conservation of our national resources must reach the children or it will expend much of its force uselessly. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Parents expend more energy wallowing in helplessness and hopelessness than taking control of the child's socialization and moral development. From Wordnik.com. [Mom, What's Monicagate?] Reference
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