And grampus replied "I can't lad it wants a new washer". From Wordnik.com. [Jonah and the Grampus] Reference
Brianna was incandescent, and breathing like a grampus. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Providence has got his hand on the tiller of this craft or I'm a grampus!. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
But though she was breythin 'hard loike a grampus, she didn't spake nothin'!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Achardus gave a great whooping exhalation of breath, like a surfacing grampus. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
The Senator was blowing like a grampus; Jack-o'-Lantern's bit was foam-flecked and. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and a southwester couldn't blow harder if he chose. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
He was in poor condition and puffed like a grampus, and he seemed to have no sort of head for heights. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
The Governor will blow like an old grampus, I know he will, — well, we must stop till he gets his wind again. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
"So far, so good," said David, puffing and blowing like a grampus with his exertions, and Jonathan following suit. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
Water; sharks are frequently observed off the back of the island, and sometimes even the grampus pursuing its prey. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island.] Reference
He breathed like a grampus for a bit, though, and finally, his complexion began to fade back to something like normal. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
The fellow puffed like a grampus when he got up behind, making no doubt it was all right, and he hadn't been found out. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
He now frequently demanded the half of a whale instead of a tenth, or took, without asking, the whole of a grampus or finback. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
“Your father is letting himself go,” she said severely: he had puffed into the room that afternoon like a veritable grampus. From Wordnik.com. [Two Tales of Old Strasbourg] Reference
The Resident, very red-faced and out of breath, had slowed down into a shambling walk and was puffing and blowing like a grampus. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
We had not yet reached the stage of open rupture when I could exclaim: 'For goodness' sake stop swilling down soup like a grampus! '. From Wordnik.com. [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference
He roared like a grampus but had an immense success. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Anton Chekhov] Reference
"Of course not, when you're puffing like a grampus.". From Wordnik.com. [Five Little Peppers at School] Reference
It rose close to the bank and blowing like a grampus. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Handicap] Reference
"But how do you know that the grampus is not the pirate?". From Wordnik.com. [Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader] Reference
He was blowing like a grampus, for the pace had been fast. From Wordnik.com. [With Haig on the Somme] Reference
Vernon, puffing like a grampus, was striking out towards him. From Wordnik.com. [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference
There he lies, flat on his back, blowing as hard as a grampus. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
The grampus, thirty feet long, never killed on the same account. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from an American Farmer] Reference
Le Rue was working like a steam engine and blowing like a grampus!. From Wordnik.com. [Wrecked but not Ruined] Reference
See here: his line is quiverin 'as if a grampus was nibblin' at the end of it. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters] Reference
But I could not resist giving that grampus Corbucci one bad moment on account. From Wordnik.com. [Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman] Reference
When I got there, I found him all doubled up with asthma, wheezing like a grampus. From Wordnik.com. [The Brentons] Reference
"My dear grampus, the mere love of luxury doesn't argue that a person is dishonest.". From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Trail] Reference
Puffing like a grampus, he reached the road, and then ran with all his might, as if the Sea Cliff House was on fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock] Reference
Passing the washstand, he secured an enormous sponge, which an instant later flew souse into the face of the grampus. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill A Romance of Friendship] Reference
A still more interesting sight was that of a great grampus, which rose close to the ship, exposing his body as he leapt through a wave. From Wordnik.com. [A Boy's Voyage Round the World] Reference
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