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Usage examples of spate.

The news that the Nonesuch had another cousin staying with him, and one who was an out-and-out dandy, rapidly spread, and was productive of a spate of notes directed to Sir Waldo, and carrying the assurances of the various hostesses to whom he and Lindeth were engaged that they would be most happy to include Mr Laurence Calver amongst their guests.

His impatient spate of orders faded and resurged, as some busy horseboy gathered slack reins and led off his lathered mount.

There was a spate of recoveries whilst the fleet sat in the calm harbor of Anfa Antiqua, taking on fresh food and water and waiting for the small contingent of Afriquan mercenaries to get themselves, their gear, and their animals aboard the ships that would be joining the fleet.

The creek is running high all the Thames tributaries are in spate today and floodwater backs up under the bridge carrying the new A13 road and spills over into Dagenham sewage works.

His impatient spate of orders faded and resurged, as some busy horseboy gathered slack reins and led off his lathered mount.

In the eighth and early ninth centuries Khurasan had been the scene of a spate of rebellions in a religious guise against Islamic orthodoxy and Arab rule.

Michael Otei first issued a spate of orders to various subordinates, then sought out Abdullah and closeted with the Spanish knight.

THING that the Motes were extremely good at was whipping up the frenzy of a mob, repeating their exhortations to worship the worms of the desert, crying out in unison for divine intervention to point the finger at the guilty person in the ville who was responsible for the spate of bad luck.

The river would be in full spate, especially now with the spring snowmelts from the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Gregor struck a match on his boot and relit, the cannabis rush roaring in his ears like a burn in spate.

From my point of view, this spate of alarmism and yup pie penance rang false.

The words arose easily to his lips as they had when he had babbled, and Diskan let them come, content to listen himself to what might be a subtle message concealed in a spate of vague information.

The news that the Nonesuch had another cousin staying with him, and one who was an out-and-out dandy, rapidly spread, and was productive of a spate of notes directed to Sir Waldo, and carrying the assurances of the various hostesses to whom he and Lin-deth were engaged that they would be most happy to include Mr Laurence Calver amongst their guests.

Gently turningMiss Charing to face the mirror again, she pointed out to herthe many excellencies of the gown, and in a spate of volubilitycontrived to say that it was more economical to purchaseone expensive dress than three cheaper ones, that the sight ofmademoiselle in such a toilette must infallibly strike thebeholder like a coup de foudre, that she believed she hadconfused its price with that of the cerulean blue satin whichhad not become mademoiselle, and, finally, that to oblige sogood a customer as miladi she would make a reduction.

There had been a spate of bank robberies over the last few months, at least four on the Witwatersrand and during one of them a bank guard had been shot dead.