Earl of Rothes broke the silence with a few well-chosen words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of the Covenanters] Reference

It was a well-chosen spot to view what Abraham wanted: territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walking in Palestine] Reference

Government Bulletins and some well-chosen periodicals and magazines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

Or perhaps not verbal enough to ward them off with a well-chosen quip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uneasy Days For Schools] Reference

A few well-chosen pieces for initial material will soon be supplemented by.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catalogue of Play Equipment] Reference

It is worth while to make a thorough study of a few well-chosen selections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference

The Doctor's boy had fairer gifts than he to offer, and no lack of well-chosen words.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference

His few well-chosen words were the smartest, best performance I've seen at Davos so far.    From Wordnik.com.  [SWFs Seek Acceptance in U.S.] Reference

The mind never unbends itself so agreeably as in the conversation of a well-chosen friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Auld Lang Syne] Reference

He that revels in a well-chosen library has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII] Reference

From a few well-chosen large proportions the eye may be led on to enjoy the smaller varieties.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Practice and Science of Drawing] Reference

On Madame Desvarennes replying in the affirmative, he showered well-chosen compliments on Pierre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

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Maretzek has led, and we have had a range from Mozart to Verdi, which was, on the whole, well-chosen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

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Don't smile sweetly your partner and inform him in a few well-chosen words that you have seven trumps in your hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference

They excelled because of a superior ability to utilize the brains and command the loyalty of well-chosen subordinates.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference

Runty took the chair, and in a few earnest and well-chosen words, he dispatched the Ossified Man for a pitcher of beer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference

Father Jerome raised up his kneeling audience with a well-chosen word of praise, promise, or encouragement for each one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference

With the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule less than 100 days away, they were making their point at a well-chosen time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dalai Lama Gets Back At Beijing] Reference

Central to clime — here is no rust, moss, nor frosts to destroy, nor earthquake — a well-chosen spot for such a pillar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference

Midgley offers a bit of culinary history, a touch of botany, a little nutrition information and a handful of well-chosen recipes.    From Wordnik.com.  [BEANS 'N' GREENS GO GLAMOROUS] Reference

Waverley Novels, and Shakspeare, and Soyer's Cookery, and one little book of mine own writing: a very well-chosen library indeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference

I was charmed by the agreeable tones of the lady, her well-chosen words, and the great good sense and tender kindness of her remarks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

The witnesses all heard, John Steele, for the defense, spoke briefly; but his words were well-chosen, his sentences of classic purity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half A Chance] Reference

It is imperative now, in the wake of the BP catastrophe, that Philippe's well-chosen and carefully-crafted words reach a wide audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Georgianne Nienaber: Facing the Oil: Women of the Louisiana Delta Nourish Hearts and Souls] Reference

They consist mostly of pleasant, well-chosen words, sympathetic, hearty tones, sprightliness, and certain winsome modulations of voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference

National Academy, opportunities to sketch from life, as well as from casts, and has, moreover, access to a well-chosen library of books.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference

A few well-chosen smaller parts could allow him to demonstrate that he's as committed to the craft as he is to cultivating his own image.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Zac Efron, advice on reaching movie star maturity] Reference

Every one would soon be involved except Prof. who only laughed and inserted from time to time a well-chosen remark to keep up the interest.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference

But the well-chosen, and well-disposed, and well-told tale, full of masculine sense, lively with humour, made present with painting -- for all this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference

Then in a few well-chosen words he praised the great valour and intrepidity of the fallen queen, and expressed his willingness to resign the body at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference

Borrodale, being difficult of access, was well-chosen as the landing-place of Charles; whilst around, in most directions, were the well-wishers to his cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference

General Grey, moving on separate lines of march, found the enemy drawn up in well-chosen positions at Maharajpoor and Punniar, and prepared to resist their progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference

The most important fact for the girl to learn about employment is that when she does well-chosen work in the right spirit, she will find in it happiness and usefulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference

Dr. Dibdin thus speaks of Archibald Alison: "The beautiful and melodious style of this writer, renders his works deserving of a conspicuous place in every well-chosen library.".    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference