They found the apparent lunatic struggling in the grasp of two or three gentlemen and uttering imprecations of the most violent kind. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Then, with a stuttered imprecation, he turned and fled. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery] Reference
A torrent of imprecation rose to his lips, but he left it unuttered. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
The peasant abruptly halted, also turned, and a fierce imprecation escaped his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Meanwhile Mr. Krone, with an imprecation, declares he has power to elect his candidate to the Senate. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Then facing both hands, with a terrible imprecation, he swore vengeance if they persisted in requiring the death of HIS NEPHEW!. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The imprecation is justified in Ps 28: 5. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The excommunication was interpreted as an "imprecation" that cursed all Freemasons and doomed them to perdition. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Witches 'council under tree, 14; imprecation, 338. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
He muttered a fierce imprecation in his native tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
Garry flung himself into a chair with a muttered imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
And he told her of the old woman's imprecation when he was seven years old. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Gedney Raffer snarled out an imprecation when old Toby had replied as above. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
The latter favored the boys with a look of hatred and a muttered imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
'Put on the highest you can,' again shouted Mr Clay, with a muttered imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
Mentu interrupted him with a growling imprecation and Hotep's fair face darkened. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Dog's face, by witch's imprecation, 29; dogs substituted for queen's children, 19. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
A muttered German imprecation, like a snarl of baffled chagrin, was his only answer. From Wordnik.com. [L.P.M. : the end of the Great War] Reference
This was too much for Captain Broom, and with an imprecation he turned to strike Juarez. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
It was an imprecation, and in its very deliberation I glimpsed the flare of an undying hate. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Roosevelt began by hurling a solemn but hearty imprecation at the head of the Postmaster General. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
The words that came finally were half a groan, half an imprecation, hissed through clenched teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
With a muttered imprecation he went to his desk, jerked out a checkbook and wrote the desired check. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Before the entrance to Crest Chambers Harrison Smith stopped and broke into a torrent of imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
The woman wonders that her imprecation has taken effect so soon, and readily consents to Tony's visit. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
With a muttered imprecation the man let the pistol fall and, seizing the oars, began rowing for the shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
Miss Herron caught just a glimpse of their white faces, and the end of their father's torrent of imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
As he passed along the narrow, ill-lighted passage toward his cabin he heard a voice raised in ugly imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
It proved to be the party, for they heard a low growling imprecation from Green as he stumbled over some object. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers] Reference
This was rather a prediction of what was to happen, with an approbation of the divine justice, than an imprecation. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Do you remember the imprecation she pronounced on you, -- that you could not marry until you found Snow-white-fire-red?". From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
A few seconds later, two feeble reports were heard, followed by an imprecation from Monsieur de Camier, whose caps flashed in the pan. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I can do nothing to you, for you are the king's son; but I can bestow upon you an imprecation: May you be unable to marry until you find. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Mr. Lamotte forgot himself so far as to utter an angry imprecation between his shut teeth, and to wrinkle his forehead into a dark frown. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
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