A word oft-times is expressive of an entire policy. From Wordnik.com. [Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854)] Reference
Why do you call good Friday, "good" -- a term oft misundersood. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Her success gives people hope; to use a word oft employed by Obama. From Wordnik.com. [NewsByUs] Reference
A name oft mentoned was Alban Maginness who is now running from Europe. From Wordnik.com. [So many names...] Reference
For freedom's battle, once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Tho 'baffled oft, is ever won. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and the Empire] Reference
Though baffled oft is ever won, and you will go into the battle with some understanding of its significance and meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Certain phases of the War Problem] Reference
To steal a phrase oft used by the current President, let me be perfectly clear, "innate racism" is not anywhere on the agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
To coin a phrase oft-used by winning athletes, Beijing was a 'good games' for an increasingly mature dietary supplements industry. From Wordnik.com. [FoodNavigator RSS] Reference
To coin a phrase oft-used by winning athletes, Beijing was 'a good games 'for an increasingly mature dietary supplements industry. From Wordnik.com. [NutraIngredients-USA RSS] Reference
"How oft is the candle" (lamp), &c., quoting Bildad's sentiment (Job 18: 5. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
"Rude Kid" is a classic as well, particularly for coining the oft used phrase "Pi ckstick". From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
D'Estaing calls oft Newport; but abandons the Siege finally, taking his Fleet to Boston 77. From Wordnik.com. [The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence] Reference
15-Sep-2008 - To coin a phrase oft-used by winning athletes, Beijing was 'a good games 'for. From Wordnik.com. [NutraIngredients RSS] Reference
Perhaps most of all will be recalled her oft-repeated favorite phrase, "It's a great life if you don't weaken". From Wordnik.com. [Chesterton Tribune] Reference
He recalled the oft-repeated threats of Ramon Alfarez, and returned to his quarters by way of the lighted thoroughfares. From Wordnik.com. [The Ne'er-Do-Well] Reference
Merchant 'capital' does not always sit easily with capitalism and we could recall the oft-quoted discussion conducted by Marx in. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
How oft is beggar'd affluence forced to roam. From Wordnik.com. [The Age Reviewed] Reference
An 'oft's the time I've seen the red man fight an' put the boys to rout. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] Reference
The word oft means frequently, often. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
What headlong ruin oft involves the great. From Wordnik.com. [Poems] Reference
To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Whose lively liquor oft is curs'd and blest. From Wordnik.com. [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference
That man, there, has kissed me, oft'n an 'oft'n -- kissed me' pon the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales] Reference
"Rude Kid" is a classic as well, particularly for coining the oft used phrase "Pi. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
A clapping fierbolt (such as oft, with rownce robel-hobble. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Blunders] Reference
The Pharisees washed their hands "oft," more correctly, "with the fist" (R.V. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Global money flows are now vast with oft-unintended side effects. From Wordnik.com. [Globalization’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference
The oft-predicted paperless society hasn't happened -- and never will. From Wordnik.com. [The Endless Paper Chase] Reference
The oft-fired Martin proved to have considerably less staying power than the computer did. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Goes Digital] Reference
The oft-repeated statistic that one in two marriages ends up in divorce isn't exactly right. From Wordnik.com. [So Where’s the Epidemic?] Reference
The oft-stated national goal of reaching the second round, well, that was then, this is now. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Accomplished, But ...] Reference
"I want to come back, yes," the oft-retired (and un-retired) hoopster told the press last week. From Wordnik.com. [Not Again] Reference
It's an oft-told tale, but in Cameron's expert hands the oldest movie tropes seem newly imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Cinema’s Best of the Year] Reference
How else to explain the oft-repeated charge that Obama has yet to put "meat on the bones" of his proposals for change?. From Wordnik.com. [Electile Dysfunction] Reference
Still, the oft-repeated line that "" a CEO would be fired for what Clinton did '' is simply not borne out by the facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallout] Reference
Apparently, the oft-discussed "special relationship" between Britain and America won't end with Bill Clinton's departure from Washington. From Wordnik.com. ['What Unites Us Is More Important Than What Divides Us'] Reference
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