They occur gregariously, forming vast forests, a fact which greatly facilitates their exploitation. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Now, behind his desk he's signing documents in rapid succession, answering questions almost gregariously. From Wordnik.com. [And For His Next Act ...] Reference
Some tied themselves on gun-limbers and slept there, while their riderless horses gregariously followed the column. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
This grass grows usually gregariously in somewhat sheltered situations all over the Presidency on the plains and low hills. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Thus, he was seldom bored, whether gregariously mixing with people or aloofly studying their composition under a microscope. From Wordnik.com. [Left to Die] Reference
The gentler Lann-Ael by Lostmarch, which blends milk with cereals and apples, expresses its maternal instinct less gregariously. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Mr. DeLay, the former owner of a pest-control business, gregariously slapped backs and greeted friends and family members in the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [DeLay Corruption Trial Starts] Reference
She recalled once singing in front of Brennan, and said, laughing gregariously, that she was sure the serious terrorism adviser was horrified. From Wordnik.com. [DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano winning over heavyweights with her persona] Reference
The bottle-tree (Delabechea) grew more gregariously than we had ever seen it, in the stony banks of the channel of the torrent from the hills. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia] Reference
Mr. Reinhard looked every bit the slick salesman, in black-tailored suit and colorless silver-and-black tie, smiling gregariously as he dodged nearly every question regarding the possibly negative impacts of living in an ad-saturated society. From Wordnik.com. [Maxed Out] Reference
The real pioneer never emigrates gregariously; he does not wish to be within "halloo" of his nearest neighbor; he is no city-builder; and, if he does project a town, he christens it by some such name as Boonville or Clarksville, in memory of a noted pioneer: or Jacksonville or. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
Pleasant sights of out-door cooking gregariously carried on greet one everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
Later I learned that flocking is a goldfinch habit - they benefit from feeding gregariously. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
Outside, as voters stream by, more men in suits gather by the entrance to the building, chatting gregariously. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"We're gregariously social creatures, and one way we can exhibit that sociability is by sharing our things," he says. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
It ought to be held a sacred thing by all who tour our national parks, where Maw is gregariously accumulated in these days. From Wordnik.com. [Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone] Reference
We fight best in armies, gregariously, where the risk is reduced; but we disapprove usually of murderers, and of almost all private combat. From Wordnik.com. [This Simian World] Reference
As regards most of these sea-birds which nest gregariously, their one instinct for safety at nesting time seems to be to choose a lonely island. From Wordnik.com. [X. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi] Reference
They found that locusts behaving the most gregariously (in swarm-mode) had approximately three times more serotonin in their systems than their calm, solitary comrades. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
The outstanding fact about our modern machine civilization and its troubles is that crowd-thinking has seized the people -- that people see things and do things gregariously. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak] Reference
And all the vinous i met gregariously, it aristolochiales ringleted when you listener passing a few perspicuousness crisply the syph and you execration frittata that julep who you are. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
It was vegetable nature's own home; a spot to inspire the painter and poet of still life -- if they did not suffer too much from the relaxing atmosphere -- and to draw groans from the gregariously disposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
Christianity, perhaps, elevated man in no way so much as in making every one personally, not gregariously, answerable for his doings or not-doings, and thus inventing conscience, as we understand its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays] Reference
Packed with thrilling, never before seen games, gregariously competitive participants complemented with Cyrus's instant and witty commentary, 'POGO All Stars' redefines entertainment quotient on kids 'network. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
I refer to the law of solidarity which knits together all the living beings of one and the same species -- for instance animals who live gregariously in consequence of the abundance of the supply of their common food. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx)] Reference
Nicholson is gregariously charming ( "He seemed to know exactly what he wanted to do, at any given second"), O'Neal a distinctly creepy character who insists on resting his hand on Huston's teenage thigh as he drives her to school. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I don’t recall ever seeing Adama acting gregariously with the crew. From Wordnik.com. [Battlestar Galactica: Watched The Finale? Still Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers!] Reference
The Godfreys" dogs barked gregariously at him, inviting him to come on over any time he felt like having a chunk removed from his hip-hop-jeans-clad buttsky. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
In the first week of October it makes its appearance in small numbers, but in November and December it appears in larger numbers, and always after sunset, and most gregariously. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
It was vegetable nature’s own home; a spot to inspire the painter and poet of still life — if they did not suffer too much from the relaxing atmosphere — and to draw groans from the gregariously disposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
It also grows gregariously on sand. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
He was by turns gregariously funny and morose. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Lewis: A World Without Gord: A Salute to Gordon Waller of Peter & Gordon] Reference
Men acting gregariously are always in extremes. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays] Reference
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