"The Souls of Black Folk" author, 1903

Usage examples of dubois.

It was in one of the less fashionable corners that Dubois found him again.

It has been suggested by Dubois, a very human man, that if she had not been pretty as a lily he would not have gone into the case.

He exchanged a glance with Dubois and sipped his wine and looked at Reggie.

He let himself be led through the narrow, winding streets while Dubois lectured on the history of Bourges and twilight fell.

He snapped at Dubois, he barked at his clerk, he roared at a policeman.

You have put us on the track of the villainy which my friend Dubois and I are come from Paris to seek.

At one of the little tables of a cafe his pensive eyes beheld the bulk of Dubois drinking syrup.

He gazed at Dubois, and his round face was prolonged by a solemn anxiety.

They paced the shorn grass, Dubois methodical but perfunctory, Reggie slow and stooping close, to examine each yard like a botanist searching for small rarities.

And while Dubois drank syrup Reggie ate two ices, and thereafter was lulled by the roar of the water to sleep.

It was truly said among the Guard that if you could survive Dubois, you could survive anything.

Rewards were one of the few legitimate perks of the job, but Dubois was of the old school and didn't approve.

He passed it to Dubois, who read it quickly and then questioned the Constable in a low voice.

If he hadn't known better, Hawk would have sworn Dubois was trying to avoid telling them something unpleasant.

But if you ever try to pressure us like this again, Dubois, I'll kill you.