But "I was hitting the the wombat" is not only active voice, but an image of strength and muscularity. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Down the False Passive] Reference
There is also a small, clumsy, inoffensive animal called the wombat, which is never found outside of these Australian regions. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Actually, pretty much every possible title gets better if you stick the word wombat in it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Anst, here we have a wonderful beastie called a wombat which eats , roots and leaves… applies to male human species as well. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Fear: Cycling Fashion's Reign of Terror Continues] Reference
NOTE: The koala's closest living relative is the wombat, which is a stationary burrower rather than a nomadic arboreal like the koala. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Often, ironically, in areas identified as wombat reserves. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Often, ironically, in areas identified as wombat reserves. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Thus, with "wombat" for example, the "wom" would be the male of the species, and the "bat" the female. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CLUNKY COMPOUNDS.] Reference
With a name like "wombat," you don't expect something this cuddly, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
A stuffed "wombat" and a large bundle of sarsaparilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Caxtons — Complete] Reference
A young wombat I saw with mange in Deua National Park. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
You've got a lot of competition in the wombat category. From Wordnik.com. [This Just In: BSNYC Slaycation Announcement! (and Friday Fun Qiuz)] Reference
And profit by your knowledge of the wombat and the bear. From Wordnik.com. [Ned Kelly's Farewell to Greta] Reference
It was quite a nice wombat; I wish I could remember its name. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Night] Reference
Never accept a free drink from a wombat with an ugly daughter. From Wordnik.com. [Why do ducks have webbed feet? To stamp out fires. Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks] Reference
The squat, heavily built wombat was clad in light-brown cloth. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
Some English children living in Tasmania once had a pet wombat. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Why you hidin 'that dead-wombat under the green cap in your pic?. From Wordnik.com. [Gibson: Why Not Just Agree To Share A Ticket, Already?] Reference
I smell something, and it's either a Nobel Prize or wombat dung. From Wordnik.com. [This Just In: BSNYC Slaycation Announcement! (and Friday Fun Qiuz)] Reference
That's a marsupial, like the koala, the wombat, animals like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
They left the wombat waving to them as they filed into the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Time of the Transference]
And compared to Pompei, we are more like a wimpy wombat with dandruff!. From Wordnik.com. [Most Miserable City in America: My Home Town] Reference
Perhaps the RSPCA, with its small-wombat mascot, will step up to the plate. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
XIII Trancus the outfitter was a wombat, overweight as were most of his kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Time of the Transference]
At least his avatar no longer exposes us to the dead wombat on his pointy head. From Wordnik.com. [North Carolina TV Station Rejects Obama/Wright Ad] Reference
The wombat is an herbivorous animal, which burrows in the ground like a badger. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
Laura Ruykys has looked into mange in the southern-hairy nose wombat population. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
| A ZooPass If you have yet to cuddle a koala or warm to a wombat, now's the time. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Light: Sydney] Reference
Even this wombat Walters from the Mail is not quite saying what you're saying Iain. From Wordnik.com. [Cruddas Targeted in Labour Dirty Tricks] Reference
He wasn't positive about the wombat, but he was pretty sure the thylacine was no fool. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
What do stuffed birds, lanvin gowns, Victorian wombat heads and rare books have in common?. From Wordnik.com. [BUT DOES IT GO?] Reference
I was reading in an Australian paper today about a journalist in Japan who has a pet wombat. From Wordnik.com. [Journal 1] Reference
It was like waking up each morning and finding a wombat on your bed instead of the family cat. From Wordnik.com. [A Magnum Blast From the Past] Reference
Check out the wombat posting and see if it squares with the hard truths as you know them to be. From Wordnik.com. [Jan. 15, 2001: Enter Wikipedia, for Better and Worse] Reference
It was warm and comfortable in the saloon, and the wombat seemed to fit my shoulder pretty well. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Night] Reference
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