"Okay, Susan, play 'Sheik of Araby,'" said Gina bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Kristy And The Secret Of Susan]
'I'm afraid you can't come in here,' he was saying bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
"No more work, " Sadie said bossily, proving Claudia's theory. From Wordnik.com. [Hot For Him]
'You mustn't have tried hard enough,' Lorraine told her bossily. From Wordnik.com. [The Demetrios Virgin]
I saw how important it was to arrange seating bossily in advance. From Wordnik.com. [Putting Guests in Their Place] Reference
"Pull it off, Archie B.," said his sister bossily, "I'm goin 'to stan' by an 'see.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
'All in favour of the DA?' said Hermione bossily, kneeling up on her cushion to count. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]
'I don't suppose you are intending to bring the chauffeur Worldic gave you,' Evan said bossily to me. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
I had even bossily told him I got to choose the names, which he accepted with a loving grin and kissed my forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Just because it is the right decision doesn't mean it is easy] Reference
Towards the end of my Enid Blyton phase, in late primary school, I bossily founded a writing club, which I called the Bluebell Club. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » THE BLUEBELL CLUB: Or, Confession of a Literary Crime] Reference
Outside men with walkie-talkies bossily order the exceptionally well-behaved crowd to remain behind the rope, which they were already doing. From Wordnik.com. [Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 24 June] Reference
How is including certain books over others in the collection not informing (bossily and intrusively) the community what the librarian thinks is important?. From Wordnik.com. [Bagging our principles] Reference
A waiter was hovering, waiting to take their order, but bossily Lorraine shook her head, telling Megan and Saskia firmly, 'There won't be time for us to eat now. From Wordnik.com. [The Demetrios Virgin]
It is an impossibility that bossily demands that we totally reimagine what it would mean to think about the one we love, lest thinking itself threatens to become our own worst enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking about the Other in Romantic Love] Reference
He devised a game whereby they dealt out two packs of cards to each other "First one to collect all the aces rides," he told her bossily, then, she was pretty sure, he cheated to let her win. From Wordnik.com. [Bottled Spider]
What makes my jaw drop is that people today should base their lives on such an appalling role model as Yahweh - and, even worse, that they should bossily try to force the same evil monster (whether fact or fiction) on the rest of us. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
Beverly continues bossily to hold sway over Leigh's female firmament. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
If you are in the packet-bread-sauce camp, may I, bossily, plead with you to try making your own?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"Children ... cannot and should not work with music or the television on," says the Parent Planner bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Latest education news, including the university guide 2010, RAE results, higher and schools news, schools tables and further education | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I got in a fight with JB this morning and while I was in the midst of raising my voice in escalating frustration Riley came over to harangue me - wagging his finger and bossily telling me to stop shouting at his daddy - and in a chaotic moment of feeling picked on and misunderstood and marginalized by everyone, I barked at him to SHUT UP. From Wordnik.com. [All & Sundry] Reference
"I'm afraid you can't come in here, 'he was saying bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
Instead, he’d left a note on the kitchen table instructing me—rather bossily—about which freezer dish to put in the oven and for how long, and which bottle of wine I should open and when. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady Agency and the Prince] Reference
Come off it, she finished rather bossily. From Wordnik.com. [A Hopeless Romantic] Reference
She bossily still seeks to tinker in his life. From Wordnik.com. [Zero Progress] Reference
Is this your first Christmas catering for family and friends? "asks the fly-leaf to a book that starts by bossily telling the reader to" sit down in mid-October with your diary … to mark off four full days (or the equivalent) for your Christmas preparations. ". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
'Get into the trucks,' said Losenwoldt bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
She says bossily. From Wordnik.com. [The Bitch is back, and a bucket of tragedy ain't gonna stop me] Reference
"Fat," Citrine said bossily. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
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