He named his new, British one-band movement "punk rock", a title lifted entirely from the American music press. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
With the release of Quantum of Solace, a title lifted from a Fleming short story, the Bond well has just about run dry. From Wordnik.com. [MI6 :: 007 News] Reference
Edwin lifted up from his slate bright, penetrating eyes. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
This is lifted from the LATimes. com as reported on Google. From Wordnik.com. [A Just God Would Only Steer Hurricanes to the U.S.] Reference
Wayne ever again lifted the war hatchet against the Pale-faces. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
So, the captain lifted up the cardboard and Tom was unconscious. From Wordnik.com. [In the Front Line] Reference
A photograph straight lifted from the French investigation dossier. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2007] Reference
A 2-0 win lifted them from last but one in the entire League to 89th. From Wordnik.com. [Hereford fail to see the funny side as Barnet emerge with the points] Reference
Suggestions lifted from the laptop on how to pass unnoticed in the West. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Al-Qaeda’s Hard Drive] Reference
Plus, the sound at the end with the text is directly lifted from the STVI. From Wordnik.com. [Klingon Military Recruiting Video » E-Mail] Reference
More and more birds lifted from the land, the ruckus they made growing into a din. From Wordnik.com. [Where Birds Rule the Earth] Reference
These brief details were lifted from the official biographical notes on the General. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and its Land ForcesA French Canadian Soldier's View] Reference
Benjy, Butterface, and Anders at the word lifted a corner of their respective sheets. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole] Reference
And on the way out the next afternoon, I was again lifted into the air with her love. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer about Everything Is Illuminated] Reference
Shamelessly lifted from the same set as the New Year post at Barefoot in the Kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [New Year « Barefoot in the Kitchen] Reference
It was a happy child that Mr. Carleton lifted from the wagon when they reached Queechy. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
The political conversations often sound as if lifted from the worst episodes of The West Wing. From Wordnik.com. [Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?] Reference
Mood index: content: the clicking of my keyboard and the humming of my brain lifted from windrose. From Wordnik.com. [dropping by briefly to say...] Reference
Then Merlin lifted Arthur up and placed him upon his shoulders, so that all the people could see him. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
She was a girl again, in a scene lifted from the canvases of one of the impressionists she used to love. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Snapshots by William Norris] Reference
Such language could have been lifted from the NRA's amicus brief in the 2008 D.C. v. Heller Supreme Court case. From Wordnik.com. [Josh Horwitz: Glenn Beck, the NRA, and the Dangers of an Impolite Society] Reference
He raised his hammer, and Loveday fled to the window, and was lifted from the outside by three pairs of strong arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective] Reference
Much Zuckerberg's seminal drunken Facemash posts were lifted from the same post that crashed Harvard's computer system. From Wordnik.com. [Susanna Speier: The Social Network Politiku] Reference
I neither rose nor finished removing the sailor, until my streaming eyes had lifted from the last word of the last tale. From Wordnik.com. [PROLOGUE AND A MEETING] Reference
Mixed in were several keen-eyed old women in ragged skins, whose screeches in Old Norse lifted the hair on Skeeter's nape. From Wordnik.com. [Ripping Time]
At her previous school Erin lifted her students 'science scores from 15% below the state average to well above the average. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Stager: Education Nation & Ideological Blindness] Reference
His body half-lifted from the blankets, and quivered and shrank spasmodically, as though drawing away from a bed of nettles. From Wordnik.com. [Grit of Women] Reference
His body half - lifted from the blankets, and quivered and shrank spasmodically, as though drawing away from a bed of nettles. From Wordnik.com. [Grit of Women] Reference
In glowing sentences he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals backs. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm] Reference
He did so immediately; and Ellen barely waked up to feel herself lifted from the floor, and placed in the friendly rocking-chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
Cindy nestled at my feet, and at the mention of her name lifted her eggplant shaped ears and looked at me with a guilty expression. From Wordnik.com. [Gioia Diliberto: The Poison Ivy Chronicles] Reference
Investigation proved that it had been lifted from the others and brought to its present position within a very short space of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball] Reference
Think of the misery in that gentleman's house unless suspicion can be lifted from the young wife and directed to the proper quarter. From Wordnik.com. [The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective] Reference
According to Slate. fr, at least three passages have been apparently lifted from the French language edition of the online encyclopedia. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Heedless of the hot bread's "Tsing!" in a high treble as it was lifted from the fire, she added it to the six others which had preceded it. From Wordnik.com. [American Indian Stories] Reference
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