"Where were you last night so late?" she said acridly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Here she broke off, to denounce acridly the draughts in the. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
"Is there anything to do besides standing there smirking?" she inquired acridly. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
The little man's manner was so acridly pleasant, Wintrow could not believe his ears. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
Liscannon, she added acridly, "Whomsoever he may have thus distinguished in the past.". From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
“My word is to them mere bitterness and my soul, pessimism,” Du Bois observed acridly. From Wordnik.com. [DARKWATER] Reference
Roads and pavements were covered with broken glass and shattered masonry and the air stank acridly of explosives. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
She'd wanted me to give up race-riding and become a softer shelled person, and when I wouldn't - or couldn't - we had shaken acridly apart. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
'I told you in my letter,' she answered, somewhat acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Whirlpool] Reference
"You might forget about my ragged linen in Paris," acridly. From Wordnik.com. [A Splendid Hazard] Reference
Borrowed from Dad, my own suit smelled acridly of mothballs. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"Ah, they don't understand," cried the other quickly, acridly. From Wordnik.com. [A Comedy of Masks A Novel] Reference
She stiffened visibly, as she acridly ejaculated a single word. From Wordnik.com. [Making People Happy] Reference
"That young lady, Mr. Mullaney, is engaged to me," stated Dodd, acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Landloper] Reference
"I'm sure Fennessy wishes to hear no more of it," said Barnet acridly to. From Wordnik.com. [All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches] Reference
"You are not Meg's mother that I ken of!" her daughter responded acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Dew of Their Youth] Reference
'You have not brought back French politeness, young man,' said Mrs Pansey, acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
"This is Manti, I suppose," she said acridly, shoving the curtain aside and looking out of the window. From Wordnik.com. ['Firebrand' Trevison] Reference
"I suppose you've all pretty well feathered your nests," she said acridly, "and can afford to retire.". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Gray] Reference
Swig -- who so acridly hated each other that nothing but a good dinner could bring them under the same roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1] Reference
'Only that one likes to know something about the people that are introduced to one's wife,' Widdowson answered rather acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Odd Women] Reference
"Some day I hope to meet the real estate agent who promised me that I would sleep here as I never slept before!" she murmured acridly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bat] Reference
I haven't any secret, "said Shakespeare, a little acridly. From Wordnik.com. [A House-Boat on the Styx] Reference
Dowd acridly inquired if he smelt anything wrong with the soup.). From Wordnik.com. [Quill's Window] Reference
When articulate thinking was possible she remarked, acridly, "Ye need. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Miles to Arden] Reference
Had acridly but honestly foretold. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Imogen. III. Captain Craig, Etc] Reference
"Oh, I see," he commented acridly. From Wordnik.com. [T. Tembarom] Reference
I quoted the Psalmist acridly enough. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Named Smith] Reference
"Ah, yes!" said he, laughing acridly. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
She will acridly want to know why I am late. From Wordnik.com. [The Highwayman] Reference
"Brown's purty stuck up now," he said acridly. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
Senator, acridly. From Wordnik.com. [All-Wool Morrison] Reference
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