When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. From LearnThat.org. [Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), U.S. Democratic politician, president.]
What's the long term swell forecast for this winter?. From Wordnik.com. [North Coast Journal Comments] Reference
HURRAY – looks like a grassroots swell is a-comin '!!!. From Wordnik.com. [Specter faces angry crowd at town hall meeting] Reference
If you hear the word swell, it doesn't mean that Wally and the Beaver are on board. From Wordnik.com. [The Buffalo News: Home] Reference
The first native to surf a German swell is said to have been Uwe Drath, a lifeguard on Sylt, in 1952. From Wordnik.com. [Munich’s Malibu] Reference
Were he to attend the WWDC, of course, the news would dominate, and ensure Apple a short-term swell of media attention. From Wordnik.com. [eWeek - RSS Feeds] Reference
From the head of the lawn, on the first soft swell from the valley-level, looked down the deep-porched, many-windowed house. From Wordnik.com. [The Southland] Reference
And the ground swell, that is and was from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Off the clock] Reference
"I suppose," I agreed, "that the little girl is what you might call a swell, too.". From Wordnik.com. [Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man] Reference
And nearer, -- greatest of all delights to me, -- riding on the swell was a fleet of ships. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
The very next morning the gale, of which the swell was the forerunner, came down upon us with a sudden gust. From Wordnik.com. [My First Cruise and Other stories] Reference
Me sisters made what is called swell matches, an 'not bein' used to bein 'cooped up, their lives was failures. From Wordnik.com. [Some Everyday Folk and Dawn] Reference
The current of the air impels the water and causes a swell, which is the regular rising and subsiding of the waves. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
It will be apparent that the swell is the basis of shading, a quality that is so highly appreciated in this refined age. From Wordnik.com. [Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)] Reference
On the swell is a bas-relief, sculptured in the old Greek style, and in the centre is an altar on which these words may be decyphered. From Wordnik.com. [Paris as It Was and as It Is] Reference
But it looks like we will get some waves, '' said Lanchester, who noted the swell was a little flat compared with conditions last year. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
Flensing in a swell is a most difficult and dangerous undertaking; and when the swell is at all considerable, it is commonly impracticable. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
How swell is that?. From Wordnik.com. [Your Three Mexico "Must Read" Books] Reference
Thus a man who is noted for his dress is a "swell," a. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
They are as 'swell' as anything we have here, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
In London he was a "swell," with a cigar in his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
We had also a "swell," who was as irreproachable in his dress as. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
At the same time Claude Towne, the "swell" of the company, exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference
Only gender and time (no one used the word "swell" anymore) separated us. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Weissman: Right or Wrong: J.D. Salinger Wants Holden to Stay "Forever Young"] Reference
Spotless flannels no doubt are nice -- and snowy linen is "swell" and sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I heard a rumbling and the walls kind of swell out a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2006] Reference
The captain mentioned something about a "swell" before we left, but yuck, it was so awful. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
The snake-swift "swell" and the splashing 'ARRY, the puffing launch, and the trim outrigger. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891] Reference
When a Moorish "swell" wants to amuse himself, instead of passing the time at a café he goes out for the day into the country. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
Because of the latter condition, the term "swell" is used in the commercial canning industry to designate this kind of spoilage. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
He was a fine fellow, not at all "swell," as he had supposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened] Reference
He wanted to dress himself up, and "swell" round among bigger men than himself. From Wordnik.com. [Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter] Reference
Warrington was a "swell"; he had nothing in common with the man who carried the dinner-pail. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Rogue] Reference
The letters 'swell' before 'street' constitute the last half of Ipswell, the name of the street. From Wordnik.com. [A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta] Reference
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