“Ya walud,” came the now-familiar voice, pitched low. From Wordnik.com. [O Jerusalem]
He waited for the now-familiar blush and return to silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
I got up and dialed the now-familiar number for The Castles. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
In the mid-1960s, a now-familiar fashion revival took hold: vintage. From Wordnik.com. [What Goes Around Comes Around] Reference
All of these now-familiar fixtures emerged from the crucible of the 60's. From Wordnik.com. [Rosy View of a Riotous Year-With Awkward Ironies Omitted] Reference
The now-familiar lift of dark eyebrows made her stomach lurch with anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Bride]
It had his name written on the outside in the now-familiar neat handwriting. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
Beijing is playing a now-familiar record: China's auto industry needs to get leaner. From Wordnik.com. [China's Unruly Auto Sector] Reference
Fay sighed and gave simultaneously with Pooh-Bah the now-familiar triple-jointed shrug. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
I would just remind you of the now-familiar pattern by which these things are established. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
The now-familiar hum of the Rook's engines was gone, and not even birdsong signaled dawn here. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
More broadly, Klein repeated his now-familiar argument that bloggers don't do enough reporting. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
He made his way to the royal apartments, down the now-familiar hallways and stairs and turnings. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
This now-familiar strategy has seen the Lincoln Zephyr renamed MKZ and Mercury Montego branded Sable. From Wordnik.com. [Bold car-naming moves] Reference
And, reporting on it all, journalists with now-familiar names looking, at the time, frightfully young. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter's Legacy] Reference
But the financial ties go beyond job issues and the now-familiar decision to move back home for a while. From Wordnik.com. [Daddy's Little Money Pits] Reference
And there's the now-familiar face of David Boies arguing once again before a court in Tallahassee, Florida. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Florida Supreme Court Grants Gore Campaign a Reprieve - December 8, 2000] Reference
Alleyn led him along the now-familiar train of events and at no point did his account differ from the others. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
With the U.S. divorce rate hovering around 50 percent, most people recognize the blended family as a now-familiar occurrence. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Sarah: Moving in with The Man] Reference
The street swayed and vanished and I felt the now-familiar dip and swirl of blackness before the world straightened out again. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
Then, having followed the second valley to the point where it opened onto a third valley, he came across a now-familiar scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Flood]
And then — as the now-familiar story of journalism goes these days — the Internet happened, and so did the imploding economy. From Wordnik.com. [Get Me Rewrite! Once Variety Ruled the Holywood Press, But Twittering Stars and Cutthroat Blogs Have Put Blood on Sunset Boulevard] Reference
A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much of a Great Thing] Reference
He inclined his head, with the now-familiar flop of his curly hair, and said, "I do hope to have the pleasure again, Miss Haviland.". From Wordnik.com. [Violists] Reference
The now-familiar attacks on ACORN are a smokescreen to cover highly effective state-by-state assaults on computerized registration lists. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman: Beware the Twin Towers of Electronic Election Theft] Reference
And in response, he walked briskly through his now-familiar list of economic policies designed to assuage middle-class economic anxieties. From Wordnik.com. [Debate Tactics Reflect Shift in Contest's Dynamics] Reference
One stray click and I'm rickrolled, prankishly diverted to the now-familiar footage of Rick Astley being devoured by a pack of London cannibals. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Brown Leads a Guided Tour of the Most Awesome Depression Ever] Reference
The final national poll from Marist is now out, and it's presenting a now-familiar number: Obama 52%, McCain 43%, with a ±3.5% margin of error. From Wordnik.com. [John McCain] Reference
The first two were put on the defensive in the late twentieth century, and rankism itself is no more likely to survive scrutiny than the now-familiar isms. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Fuller: How Nobodies Can Be Somebodies (FAQs re: The Dignity Movement against Rankism)] Reference
You can hear it at the 12-second mark, just before Palin launches into her now-familiar (and false) claim that McCain is too modest to discuss his POW service. From Wordnik.com. [McCain-Palin Supporter Shouts: "Obama Bin Laden"] Reference
And now, it seemed I'd no sooner had the book accepted than I was confronted with the now-familiar headline about the imminent and certain demise of books, fiction in particular. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick deWitt: Books Aren't Dying] Reference
That list included the now-familiar broadband Internet buildout, getting medical records into electronic form, school construction, and "making our economy more energy efficient.". From Wordnik.com. [Harry Shearer: What's Missing From Obama's Infrastructure Plan] Reference
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