It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. From LearnThat.org. [George Eliot]
We searched the files thoroughly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a thorough search. ,thorough enjoyment. ,a thorough worker; a thorough analysis. ,a thorough actress. From Dictionary.com.
I like that chap's style -- what I call thoroughly Venetian. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892] Reference
Read the plant label thoroughly and retain it for future reference. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
She would explain thoroughly what sort of a life she meant to lead. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
They never succeeded, perhaps, in thoroughly expressing the relation be. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
A neighborhood I haven't explored thoroughly is the area around La Soledad. From Wordnik.com. [Page 3] Reference
He trusts his Lord Chamberlain thoroughly, for he has tried and proved his fidelity. From Wordnik.com. [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted] Reference
Add the eggs and mix in thoroughly, but use a low speed, such as 2, if using a mixer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Another comprehensive article, which I'll be bookmarking and reading thoroughly, is here. From Wordnik.com. [tribute to henry morgentaler] Reference
It was a question of getting the fruit to the English markets in thoroughly good condition. From Wordnik.com. [Energy and Common Sense in Education and Empire] Reference
It was, in short, thoroughly a love letter to how great it was that Americans had invaded Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Somervell County Salon] Reference
The character of your post, if in fact you read my post thoroughly, is in the nature of blaming the victim. From Wordnik.com. [A Grim Reminder about safe travel] Reference
Everything you talk about, is in thoroughly disrespectful fashion, as though you felt everything was going wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The British Empire and World Health] Reference
There was nothing superfluous in it; but it was close, direct, and to the point, — in short, thoroughly businesslike. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson] Reference
Also, in thoroughly thrilling news, Facebook's "Which Avenger Are You?" app decided that I was none other than Captain America. From Wordnik.com. [Day in the Life of an Idiot] Reference
When I saw the women afterwards who had undertaken this much more disagreeable job than mine, I felt again thoroughly ashamed of myself. From Wordnik.com. [Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences] Reference
The reason the Germans documented all this so thoroughly is that they thought they were totally in the right to be taking these actions. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Uncle Leo's Medals] Reference
Tip it into a sieve (strainer) and drain thoroughly. From Wordnik.com. [Flank Steak Served 2 Ways: “Flank Steak Bun Thit with Grilled Onions” & Flank Steak with S.E. Asian Red Cargo Rice Salad] Reference
He is known as thoroughly to history as any of the other families of men. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
SANCHEZ: It's called thoroughly vetting the people you're going to have on the air. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2008] Reference
In order to arrive at this conclusion I have read the book thoroughly, which is hard work. From Wordnik.com. [Accuracy In Media] Reference
Still, Adam's every other word thoroughly cracked me up - as I suspect it does a lot of people. From Wordnik.com. [Viewfinder BLUES] Reference
When they are beginning to look solid, add the Chipotle Turkey Chili Verde and mix in thoroughly. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Seagulls were able to sit back and watch the Dons sneak a thoroughly fortuitous 1-0 home win over Hartlepool. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Court, being accompanied by a merchant, Koetomi, who is described as thoroughly conversant with Chinese conditions. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
What he spoke could scarcely be styled a broken tongue; it was rather what we may call thoroughly smashed-up English!. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Otter] Reference
She had the idea of thoroughly examining those trunks, which Chirac or somebody else must have fetched from the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
The woman, who seemed to be a cross between a cook and a market-woman, might be described as a thoroughly jovial soul. From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Net] Reference
Paris was an old journalistic comrade whom many a special-correspondent expedition enables me to know as thoroughly reliable. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
All the inhabitants of the island now, it must be understood, professed Christianity, and might justly be called thoroughly civilised. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific] Reference
"Irrigation," etc. A useful and practical work by a writer who is well known as thoroughly familiar with the subject of which he writes. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
As in thoroughly dominated. From Wordnik.com. [Hi-de-ho hepcats or slang! « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.] Reference
And then you read this kind of thoroughly pedestrian, bonkers stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Proof that God exists!] Reference
If Keller was not "thoroughly" briefed at these meetings, the fault is his, not mine. From Wordnik.com. ['The Enemy Within': An Exchange] Reference
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