My children were clean, well-fed, and had new clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Her last good year] Reference
She sighed the sigh of the well-fed when it was all over. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
The well-fed, smooth-faced young man swung the machine beside him. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
This humiliating process was too much for many well-fed U.S. soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Grenades] Reference
To us, Thomas only looks like an ordinary, sleek, well-fed, tabby cat. From Wordnik.com. [More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme] Reference
What well-fed hound ever went among wolves without being torn to pieces?. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
Sleek and well-fed, they were chattering like so many flocks of blackbirds. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
When cattle, although well-fed, do not become fat, they are called skentin. From Wordnik.com. [The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire] Reference
But alas! he was well-dressed, well-fed, well-housed; sent to a good school. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Make sure everyone is well-rested, well-fed and wearing comfortable shoes too. From Wordnik.com. [Eileen Ogintz: A Fall Weekend Is a Great Time to Visit the Smithsonian Museum] Reference
Judicious "hardening" means ample exposure of well-fed and well-clothed children. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
A pompous, well-fed man was Willets Starkweather -- and always imposingly dressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
"We must take the time to enjoy the pleasures of food," declared the well-fed Italian. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Time For The Finer Things] Reference
What a grand, healthy, well-fed and physically fit-looking people the New Zealanders are. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
She has graciously taken me in, as well as my three cats, and I'm safe, well-fed, and dry. From Wordnik.com. ['We Are the Lucky Ones'] Reference
A wave of anger against this unwieldy hypocrite and well-fed malefactor swept over the jester. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
And you write that you think your daughters were probably well-fed but not always well-attended-to. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption'] Reference
It was opened by a fat, well-fed servant, in livery, who demanded, in a surly tone, what he wanted?. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Outside it was misting heavily, but little did they mind it, as they were warm and dry and well-fed. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
But the contrast between the starving squalid poor and the legions of well-fed priests is very painful. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Those well-fed trees with plenty of sun, air and plant food are distinctly superior to the other trees. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
It was getting near milking time, and the sleek, well-fed cows were sauntering one by one into the yard. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Poor and hungry people are vastly more likely to fall into violent conflict than rich and well-fed populations. From Wordnik.com. [Land, Water And Conflict] Reference
This is important, as a well-fed pike should be of some considerable depth, and not a lanky monster like a snake. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
A story is told of the familiarity between the laird and his riding horse, which was well-fed and full of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
But the fantastic glasses and hat were gone; the new Elton is a sort of well-fed, affluent version of his old self. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome Back, Captain Fantastic] Reference
After rabbit and chicken, horse manure from well-fed animals like race horses or true, working animals may come next. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
I was hungry, and cold, and lonesome, but at that time I had my good warm, well-fed dreams, so I did n't mind so much. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
After lunch, clean and well-fed and happy, we lay in deck-chairs on the loggia and looked lazily down at the Mediterranean. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914] Reference
Max had become quite disgusted with angling for fish, which were too wary, or too well-fed, to favour him with even a nibble. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The Appointed Way was the Big Road, and was kept in good order by well-fed and contented slaves who had not then dreamed of freedom. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
A young peasant was riding to market on a stout, well-fed nag, when he overtook an old Scotch shepherd, who was trudging along on foot. From Wordnik.com. [Up! Horsie! An Original Fairy Tale] Reference
Court of Appeals declared it unconstitutional, in a smug and well-fed decision, which spoke unctuously of the "hallowed" influences of the. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
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