The usher showed us to our seats. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As I've stated before, the best usher is one you never see if you don't need to see him (or her). From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Shaking] Reference
Rich Rachman, the main usher at the beach, says he wouldn't trade his job for any in the Padre organization. From Wordnik.com. [No. 10: Sun, sand, fun and baseball in San Diego] Reference
'The witness Védrine!' called the usher at the top of his voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877] Reference
"Just a moment sir" called the usher, and then a small boy walked in accompanied by his enormous grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
He hesitated and grew pale with anger, called the usher and gave him his card, with a few peremptory words, and slowly sat down. From Wordnik.com. [The Souls of Black Folk] Reference
They took "usher," an Islamic tax, from the wheat farmers: 10 percent of the harvest, according to villagers. From Wordnik.com. [Taliban takes hold in once-peaceful northern Afghanistan] Reference
Officially, Banks 'title has always been "usher," but the designation has never quite fit. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
Pastor Jesse Brown said she was the kind of usher who wouldn't just point out the water fountain. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
This week I've laid low on train to kind of usher in the new season and flush out the old ... no pun intended of course …. From Wordnik.com. [Spence Smith - Connecting People To The World Of Travel, Fitness, Culture and Blogging] Reference
And Dave Wannstedt better usher Miami back into the playoffs. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Tampa Will Repeat] Reference
Teachers usher crowds of schoolchildren through the exhibits. From Wordnik.com. [Snapshots Of Islam] Reference
Free choice does not automatically usher a country into Utopia. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Some clearly flustered security guards manage to usher them out. From Wordnik.com. [In Tobacco's Face] Reference
The aide had to utter pleasantries-and usher the Old Man into oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
And many are expecting her to usher in a similarly glamorous era in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [What Michelle Means to Us] Reference
Andy Card and the Bushmen were on hand to usher in the Clinton era eight years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Plotting Bush Ii] Reference
Travis hopes this new attitude will usher in an era of reform in the juvenile system. From Wordnik.com. [Children Are Not Too Old to Change] Reference
Next summer's World Cup in Germany is guaranteed to usher forth a host of new heroes. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty in the Beasts] Reference
Next fall the Chinese Communist Party will likely usher in a younger team of leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing Starts to Feel The 'Olympic Effect'] Reference
My motivation never has been about money, from the day I was an usher at NBC in New York. From Wordnik.com. [The Upside of Ego] Reference
Throughout the room folks were pledging to volunteer to help usher first-time voters to the polls. From Wordnik.com. [The Tipping Point in Texas] Reference
Newman tried to stop them, but presidential aide Dave Powers intervened to usher the hookers right in. From Wordnik.com. [Pool Parties In Camelot?] Reference
"At intermission in the room behind the Presidential box we found a W.H. usher on hand serving snacks & drinks.". From Wordnik.com. ['The Reagan Diaries': Sweet—And Steady] Reference
He is running, he says, "To usher in the responsibility era .... to restore honor and dignity to the Oval Office.". From Wordnik.com. [It's A Matter Of Trust] Reference
He called himself a witness from the Book of Revelation, predicting that 2000 would usher in the end of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium Madness] Reference
They were welcomed as the "New Generation," the one that would usher in something more like a functioning democracy. From Wordnik.com. [No Guiding Light] Reference
As any student of economic history knows, competitive devaluations in the 1930s helped usher in the Great Depression. From Wordnik.com. [Hong Kong Ain't Sheboygan] Reference
Similarly, after the first outbreak, Beijing vowed that SARS would usher in a new era of openness and official transparency. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
How much history do we have to repeat to underline that it is impossible to usher in "heaven on earth" by law and government?. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND] Reference
Would Clinton, as president, usher in a new era of tough-minded public altruism-or would he be the squishy prisoner of liberalism past?. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting The Squish Factor] Reference
The end of the Cold war did not usher in a peaceful new Age of Aquarius; it merely imposed a surface calm that conceals mounting pressures. From Wordnik.com. [Tomorrow's New Face Of Battle] Reference
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