There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. From LearnThat.org. [Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924)]
A tonic reflex. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
tonic harmony. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The term tonic stress is usually preferred to refer to this kind of stress in referring, proclaiming, and reporting utterances. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 2 - Didier Drogbas controversial winner gives Blues a title tonic. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 2: Didier Drogba's controversial winner gives Blues a title tonic. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
And Fed rate cuts are usually a short-term tonic for stock prices. From Wordnik.com. [Why Mortgage Rates Aren't Falling] Reference
Another mouthful of that stuff she calls a tonic would be the death of me. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
But Puccini and Wolf translate the harmonies into a static loop where tonic is delayed. From Wordnik.com. [Honor among thieves] Reference
My gin tonic decided that this practice should be called “riffting,” and bands that practice it “riffters.”. From Wordnik.com. [Riffting] Reference
The short-term tonic of the first billion dollars was evident, though, in sales figures that automakers reported Monday. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Sarasota Herald-Tribune] Reference
And we know it, because it's the first full V-I cadence in tonic since measure 10, and only the second one of the entire piece. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Her sparkling prose is like brain tonic served in a coconut shell - it's packaged so whimsically we forget we're being schooled. From Wordnik.com. [I Love a Man in Uniform by Lily Burana: Book summary] Reference
That was -- you know, (INAUDIBLE) seizure with what are called tonic-clonic movements. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2008] Reference
Studies showed the so-called tonic could be dangerous, causing seizures and kidney damage. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Without medications, I suffer from grand-mal seizures also known as tonic-clonic seizures. From Wordnik.com. [I need a President Obama for medical reasons...I may die if McCain is elected] Reference
Mixing water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine produces a carbonated drink called tonic water. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Baths are called tonic because they call forth from the body a reaction -- a sort of circulatory rebound. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Major and minor keys having the same tonic, but different signatures, should be called tonic major and minor. From Wordnik.com. [Music Notation and Terminology] Reference
Using a technique called tonic immobility the sharks are put into a hypnotic state and the results are truly astounding!. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
Most people reckon a small glass of wine is acceptable, but why not a gin and tonic, which is so often deemed off limits?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Grande mal seizures are more accurately called tonic-clonic seizures, which describes the muscle action during the event. From Wordnik.com. [Baltiblogs] Reference
We tried blending it with simple mixers, such as tonic and orange-flavored seltzer water. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Liquor] Reference
Even the taking of such a drug as quinine as a "tonic" tends to develop a dependence upon stimulation which is equivalent to a habit. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
And I have found the cabin pressurization, during the flight to the conference, really is a kind of tonic in the paper-writing process. From Wordnik.com. [Ferule & Fescue] Reference
Bayern gain title tonic ahead of United return. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times] Reference
In the mid 19th century '' tonic '' wines became popular. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
She was a kind of tonic when any of us were depressed, and. From Wordnik.com. [Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate] Reference
My artistic friends are a kind of tonic to her -- they excite her so much. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
Yeah, growing up in the Boston suburbs, we always referred to it as 'tonic'. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
Tell me about this so-called tonic in light of what you know about poisons. ". From Wordnik.com. [Beacon Street Mourning]
Some, notes conservationist Priscilla Jiao, believe that tiger parts can be used as a "tonic" of sorts. From Wordnik.com. [Shanghaiist] Reference
She was leery: Southerners and New Yorkers usually mix like Scotch and tonic. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Charm] Reference
Fanatical crowds are a tonic that American swimmers generally have to do without. From Wordnik.com. [A Splash Of Records] Reference
But where did the idea that music could be a tonic to calm angry consumers come from?. From Wordnik.com. [On Hold And In Hell] Reference
The so-called Manchurian mushroom has been used for centuries as a folk tonic in China and Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Trends: Taking The Fungal-Tea Plunge] Reference
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