Adjective, : tall rank weeds. ,a rank cigar. ,a rank amateur; rank treachery. ,a rank sight of carnage. ,rank language. From Dictionary.com.
He struggled to recall the ranker's name before finally coming up with it. From Wordnik.com. [Cadmian's Choice]
There's so much ranker on both sides of the aisle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2009] Reference
Maybe I was a ranker, but I'm not ashamed of that. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Bet you wouldn't think much of some ranker like me. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Often he is a ranker or a man disowned by his family. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
The lowliest ranker who deserves a hearin 'will get it. From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
He was ranker than most, as the saying goes, so he got it. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
"Over there!" he called to the ranker slightly behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Soarer's Choice]
The younger guard swallows as the gray haired ranker elbows him. From Wordnik.com. [Scion of Cyador]
They didn't seem to care who they charged ... officer or ranker. From Wordnik.com. [The Magi'i Of Cyador]
"I, a patrician Cornelius, to march as a ranker in a legion?" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
Clearly, they now expect months of ranker perhaps not seen since Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2005] Reference
The fat man and his tales of being a ranker had soured the circus for me. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
The shot went wide, and Mykel concentrated once more as the ranker fired. From Wordnik.com. [Soarer's Choice]
The underreported (ph) one was the calmness, but the best story was the ranker. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2009] Reference
WEISSKOPF: You know this is beginning to suggest the ranker of the Vietnam War. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference
The influential ranker of mutual funds isn't a great fan of current prospectuses. From Wordnik.com. [Funds, In Plain English] Reference
Out here one learns to appreciate the ranker more, and the commissioned man less. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
There was also a ranker stench that made the hairs on the back of my neck prickle. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
And everyone from highest officer to merest ranker soldier was allowed to get drunk. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
And if the man is the genuine article, a ranker, it'll be altogether more convincing. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Tiger]
My father had been a ranker before me, but he'd never risen higher than master sergeant. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Smelling of blood and sweat and something ranker, he towers over little Francis Crozier. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
KORNACKI: You want to talk about ranker, I would get Michael Vick coming back to the NFL. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2009] Reference
The Power still filled him, the flow from saidin sweeter than honey, ranker than rotted meat. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Reborn]
The ranker " Mykel finally recalled his name, Einsyl " eased the tray down in front of Mykel. From Wordnik.com. [Soarer's Choice]
There is a European variety, not as pretty as the common variety, which grows taller and ranker. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Racial prejudice, inflamed by cabinet ministers and public men, was ranker than a decade before. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 20] Reference
But as a ranker rather than an officer born, he has far too much sympathy for the common soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Kutuzov had spoken to the gentleman ranker, he addressed him with the cordiality of an old friend. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
The weaker things had been smothered out of existence, but the ranker and hardier ones flourished. From Wordnik.com. [Dread Companion]
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