Finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'When we spoke of this subject, after our inquiries were over, you reproached me with taking what you called the superstitious view. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice] Reference
Some people call it superstitious or just plain crazy. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Extra Innings ...] Reference
Now I wait in superstitious dread for number three. From Wordnik.com. [real magic can never be made by offering up someone else's liver.] Reference
Rational mind or no, to achieve the best outcome, always remain superstitious! mo-wo Said. From Wordnik.com. [Peering At The Backside Of The Moon | Her Bad Mother] Reference
He says he's scared to have Dr. Moody come out anyway – every time he comes, a horse dies, and he's gettin 'superstitious about it. From Wordnik.com. [Purple Springs] Reference
‘When we spoke of this subject, after our inquiries were over, you reproached me with taking what you called the superstitious view. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Hotel] Reference
Hephzibah is not what I should call a superstitious person. From Wordnik.com. [Kent Knowles: Quahaug] Reference
The so-called superstitious ages were not merely transitionary. From Wordnik.com. [Pages from a Journal with Other Papers] Reference
Emerson is not what you would call a superstitious man, by any means -- but, he left!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.)] Reference
But, in those days, people were very superstitious, that is, they found a meaning in things that had no meaning at all. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
Why these particular beliefs have been selected as solely deserving to be called superstitious it is not easy to discover. From Wordnik.com. [Pages from a Journal with Other Papers] Reference
Paraskevidekatriaphobia, more commonly known as the superstitious fear of Friday the 13th, affects 10 percent of the American population. From Wordnik.com. [The Battalion] Reference
I do not understand the "superstitious" reference. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Wins Guam By A Hair, Even Delegate Split Likely] Reference
'' I'm kind of superstitious about it, '' Harris said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Harris' mask now a talisman] Reference
I guess they're kind of superstitious, not surprisingly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
Of course I'm getting all my "superstitious" stuff from memory, of my Grand mother. From Wordnik.com. [found some of my stuff at the tianguis] Reference
An 'I tole Cap'n that I've got kind o' superstitious 'bout them boats as make a near call an 'then sidle off. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Latterly, I must confess, the mysteries of the toilet rites have impressed me with a kind of superstitious awe. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
But I think we also need to be worried about the harm that the kind of superstitious dread that surrounds genetic research might cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Planet of the Pigs?] Reference
In 1888, Wood noted many instances of "superstitious" prayers being given along with offerings of flour and liquids in Sagala communities. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
"You're not speculating?" she cried, with a kind of superstitious terror. From Wordnik.com. [The Touchstone] Reference
I'm getting kind of superstitious; like if I talk about it, it'll run out. From Wordnik.com. [DasBecca] Reference
"I'm getting kind of superstitious," Maroney said, "and I don't want to mess up the program.". From Wordnik.com. [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference
Everything connected with love was made a mystery of, and treated with a kind of superstitious awe. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
I had acquired, I know not by what means, a kind of superstitious terror for statuary of all kinds. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)] Reference
She was herself greatly moved by a kind of superstitious awe of the old woman's cryptic utterances. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Storm Country] Reference
"We're kind of superstitious in a way and we don't talk too much about when things are going really good," Gerstenmaier said. From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
A famous study providing random rewards to pigeons demonstrated that the birds developed a variety of "superstitious" behavior. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Once a fairly causal fan that maybe owned a T-shirt here, a fitted hat there, has now morphed into some kind of superstitious weirdo. From Wordnik.com. [Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories] Reference
There would be a kind of superstitious haste in the notion that what is convenient and economical is necessarily and by miracle beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory] Reference
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