To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. From LearnThat.org. [Bernard Baruch (1870-1965).]
Ethyl was in fifteen feet of fast-moving icy water. From Wordnik.com. [Would You Risk Almost-Certain Death for Your Dog?] Reference
The young ones will email me back within fifteen seconds. From Wordnik.com. [A Talk with Sabin Willett] Reference
Gide's collected works have been published in fifteen volumes. From Wordnik.com. [André Gide - Biography] Reference
He returned the call fifteen minutes later from a crime scene. From Wordnik.com. [Missing Justice]
He found that in fifteen years great changes had been wrought. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
He was back in fifteen minutes, chuckling as he lugged a big hamper. From Wordnik.com. [Just Patty] Reference
I got the word fifteen minutes ago, and I have already passed it along. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Heel] Reference
We probably had four such in fifteen years, but all of them were trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Travellers Tales] Reference
I have seen him dive in fifteen fathoms, and he could stay down two minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheriff of Kona] Reference
Search efforts were begun within fifteen minutes and continued for four days. From Wordnik.com. [Owen, Timothy S.] Reference
She would come round with the machine and we were to be ready in fifteen minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Tish] Reference
Miss McCoy's sympathies were enlisted and in fifteen minutes the task of transforming. From Wordnik.com. [Just Patty] Reference
Sam told me that if I paid the fine within fifteen days, the fine would be half price. From Wordnik.com. [An Interesting Expat] Reference
The YMCA education committee offered classes and lectures in fifteen different subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference
His complete works were published in fifteen volumes in 1924, ten years after his death. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Heyse - Autobiography] Reference
The allergy appointment was 7: 50 AM, and could I please come in fifteen minutes earlier?. From Wordnik.com. [March 30th, 2007] Reference
It was selected as a Target Bookmarked pick, and has been published in fifteen countries. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda Eyre Ward biography] Reference
Taylor gave him an address a few blocks away, and told him to be there in fifteen minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Free Excerpt 5/5: Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson] Reference
Maybe in fifteen years they can have a Superbowl in an open stadium in the north …. yippee!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Are you ready for some football global warming?] Reference
We luckily got in fifteen minutes before the Americans, and secured some rough beds and food. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
"Early!" exclaimed Guy, looking at his watch; "do you call fifteen minutes past twelve early?". From Wordnik.com. [Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him] Reference
The race was not lost until one or the other won, and in fifteen miles many things could happen. From Wordnik.com. [THE RACE FOR NUMBER THREE] Reference
Characters from cave-dwelling cultures will say something like "I'll meet you in fifteen minutes.". From Wordnik.com. [World-building Bugs 1] Reference
I imagine this has changed a lot in fifteen years as China has lurched unevenly toward capitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Ingrid Hill - An interview with author] Reference
Within fifteen minutes the guards noticed the empty cage and blew the whistle signifying an escape. From Wordnik.com. [Brookens, Norman J.] Reference
General M'Culloch, at the head of 15,000 Confederates, was within fifteen miles of Lexington on the 21st. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America] Reference
She can dress in fifteen minutes, and when she goes swimming she beats the boys out of the dressing rooms. From Wordnik.com. [BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN] Reference
The first page, for example, would have the five primitive colors, in fifteen shades from lightest to darkest. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
I once took movie star Gary Cooper hunting and in fifteen minutes he had fifteen ducks hanging around his neck. From Wordnik.com. [The sunniest Acapulco] Reference
Japan could place her fleet on the coast of British Columbia in fifteen days and on that of Australia in sixteen days. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Naval Strategy] Reference
Governor of Jersey has called for all the infantry militia that can be raised in fifteen days for one hundred days 'service. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial Intelligence] Reference
The AFSC initiated operations in fifteen German cities and by July 1920 the Quakers fed over 800,000 children on a daily basis. From Wordnik.com. [Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I] Reference
It is staffed by 400 people, including sixty scientists and professionals, working in fifteen small and seven larger buildings. From Wordnik.com. [Of Microbes, Man and Survival] Reference
Bear left at the third stump past the chokecherry, bank right again fifteen degrees when the pond shaped like an acorn comes into view. From Wordnik.com. [Notes from the field: In praise of November] Reference
"Well," said the friend, "I certainly would think that in fifteen years your wife would have discovered that you don't like peanut butter.". From Wordnik.com. [Power and Responsibility] Reference
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