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At Cork, to which they drove across the hills, a reception awaited Sir Walter which rivalled in uproarious acclamation the one which had greeted his arrival in Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Edgeworth] Reference
Assemblies, or by what other name the poor Black wretches might choose to call their uproarious merrymakings. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
The sailors were said to be "uproarious" over the news. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mitchell: The Day After Hiroshima: When the Atomic "Cover-Up" Began, 64 Years Ago] Reference
Lutz, and the latter broke out into uproarious laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery] Reference
I forgot even Clara in the uproarious mirth that followed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
He received an uproarious greeting from his former friends. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
As night draws on the mirth grows uproarious; improvisations abound. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
With others he took part in the uproarious merriment of the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
It could even be uproarious and exuberant as only the really young can. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
The arrival of the first trains in camp was greeted with uproarious cheers. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Englishmen never were uproarious in their mirth, as Froissart once reminded us. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
But his mirth was so uproarious this morning that it caused the father to look worried. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The crowds in the stand, which had been uproarious a few moments before, were quiet now. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
Even in the uproarious din of unmet social needs, some ought to cry out louder than others. From Wordnik.com. [When Kids Molest Kids] Reference
"Four hundred and twenty-two dollars!" she announced; and the girls broke into uproarious applause. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
They dined with me, or rather wined and dined, and we afterwards spent a probably uproarious evening. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Such uproarious jollity, such full and perfect enjoyment, I had never seen in humanity, black or white. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
The crowd was by now getting uproarious and impatient of volunteer effort to humble Darrell's challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
"We can't let all that food spoil," she said, and assembled friends for an uproarious candlelight dinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Kay We Loved] Reference
He gives up his whole house to the uproarious band, beginning himself to tear down the battered shutters. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
By this time some of the uproarious crowd felt that he had descended to their level, and called for names. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Taggi and Togi, trailing leashes, galloped out of nowhere to hurl themselves at him in uproarious welcome. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Finished, he still stood on the chair, frankly happy in the uproarious response to his effort to amuse them. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
He had hardly uttered the words, when, sure enough, the door flew open, amidst a peal of uproarious laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
He runs grinning out on-stage -- and he really does run-to uproarious applause, then bows bobbing back and forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Piano Man] Reference
Only the Risler and Chebe party remained, and the festivity at once changed its aspect, becoming more uproarious. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The encore was uproarious: three times Baby Phyllis had to lift her little leg and strike the match on her nightie. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
And as the light filled the interior of the shed the boys saw a sight that sent them off into spasms of uproarious merriment. From Wordnik.com. [The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck] Reference
The jacks had fallen silent in comparison with their previous uproarious attitude -- sullen and threatening, it seemed to her. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
Spaniards, and, as the turnkey admitted and locked them in, they burst into a fit of uproarious laughter at our maladroit adventure. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
An uproarious welcome awaited the captain's daughters as they stepped out of their boat on the little pier belonging to the Vicarage. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
"If you and the other girls have no more careful a chaperone than Mrs. Cole, I am afraid your party will prove a rather uproarious one.". From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Away races the water in a turbulent pool about fifty yards long, rough and uproarious on either side, but more reasonable in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
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