With my cross-bow I shot the albatross. From LearnThat.org. [Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
She was an albatross around his neck. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
S. O'BRIEN: How much -- I mean is the word albatross too heavy handed to use here?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006] Reference
Right now we are waiting to find out what our little albatross is going to cost us. From Wordnik.com. [Wrought iron railings] Reference
Together we will forever destroy America and this Healthcare albatross is just the start. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party sign threatens gun violence if health care passes.] Reference
'They are silent enough generally' – for the voice of the albatross is rarely heard at sea. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances] Reference
His real albatross is that he never has come back to win a major while trailing after 54 holes. From Wordnik.com. [Woods becomes un-Tiger-like in last round of U.S. Open] Reference
The albatross is a knowing bird, or he would not follow vessels for weeks. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
But, of all the birds they saw, the albatross was the most wonderful to observe. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
And is intended to help the Tasmanian shy albatross, which is an endangering species. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 4, 2005] Reference
Y'know Madeley, I avoided using the word "albatross" specifically to avoid someone using that line on me. From Wordnik.com. [In The Room #432: Also, "shame"] Reference
At least the albatross is gone or soon will be. From Wordnik.com. [Na Na Na Na, Hey K-Fed, Good-Bye] Reference
I can say that it's an albatross I carry with pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Epistemology Of David Byrne] Reference
That I know of, no one ever laughed at an albatross. From Wordnik.com. [The Macphersons: Week 49: Soaring In Kiwiland] Reference
Hours later, exhausted, I begged an albatross for help. From Wordnik.com. [Aviary] Reference
It seems I've somehow gotteninsidethe albatross habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Aviary] Reference
It hasn't been so much an albatross as an embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. ['An Evolution'] Reference
They hate it as much as wind, and sea lions, and albatross. From Wordnik.com. [Honduras] Reference
Will that incident always be an albatross around your neck?. From Wordnik.com. ['An Evolution'] Reference
The plan has been as much an albatross as an aid ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Ready For A Wild Ride] Reference
That was an albatross around my neck that I will always wear. From Wordnik.com. [Louis E. Newman: Senator Robert Byrd: Unorthodox Yom Kippur Role Model] Reference
Iraq hangs over his ship of state like some ghastly albatross. From Wordnik.com. [The Decent Thing] Reference
Then there is the matter of price, another albatross for cable. From Wordnik.com. [Satisfaction in Cable Lags] Reference
Perhaps that two-month layoff will help him shed the albatross. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Golfers Who Have Never Won A Major] Reference
Indeed, Veritas could prove an albatross that scares off acquirers. From Wordnik.com. [HEARD ON THE STREET: Symantec Needs M] Reference
Scientists have found that the albatross can fly and sleep simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [Aviary] Reference
The conventional conservatives have noticed what an albatross the loony right is. From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen Parker on the 'Glenn Beck Program'] Reference
If this is the case, how on earth does the albatross define and construct reality?. From Wordnik.com. [Aviary] Reference
The national airline, Alitalia, is an albatross the government cannot seem to unload. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Politics as Unusual] Reference
If your taste ever changes, a time share can hang around your neck like an albatross. From Wordnik.com. [The Trap In Time Shares] Reference
Zach stumbles and falls, the ground flying up to meet him like the breast of a great albatross. From Wordnik.com. [Corvus] Reference
"City Center still looks like a big albatross around MGM's neck," said Hudson Securities analyst. From Wordnik.com. [MGM Resorts' Gamble Leads to Loss] Reference
It's definitely an albatross, but I've had to accept it because there's nothing I can do about it. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm the Devil, Man'] Reference
The albatross by itself alone has the power to conjure up for me all beautiful mysteries of nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Macphersons: Week 49: Soaring In Kiwiland] Reference
That 2 percentage point albatross means you'll wait longer to see the benefits of tax-free earnings growth. From Wordnik.com. [Give It The New College Try] Reference
Ronald Reagan shook off the albatross of Iran-contra by joining Mikhail Gorbachev to wind down the cold war. From Wordnik.com. [History: The Five-Year Itch] Reference
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