A staple food of Ireland

Usage examples of murphy.

I liked it better, other than to say it had a certain grace that the larger Ahu Tongariki lacked, something Brian Murphy attributed to the sensitive restoration work of his hero, Bill Mulloy.

But the heavy winter clothing she was wearing could have easily concealed a small handgun, and Anse was beginning to suspect that Noelle Murphy was someone who was often full of surprises.

Murphy was a NASA astrophysicist until 1998, when he left the space agency to become a freelance writer.

Defensively, coordinator Ray Rhodes made a great move by switching cornerback Leroy Butler to strong safety, replacing retired veteran Mark Murphy.

Rob Weisbach Books and William Morrow: Bill Wright, Patricia Alvarez, Jacqueline Deval, Michael Murphy, Lisa Queen, Sharyn Rosenblum, Elizabeth Riley, Jeanette Zwart, Richard L.

In the early hours of the morning two prisoners were captured by the farmers near their position, one of whom was a Fenian captain named Murphy, and the other one of his men.

Bly walked on to where Shadow, an evil-eyed grulla, was being saddled for Deke Murphy, who perched on the side of the chute.

Murphy, who had to fight and claw and play dirty with the hairiest men in Chicago to get as far as she has.

Major Hinton was among the dead, while Captain Murphy was wounded so grievously that no one was certain that his name would not soon be added to the grim tally.

Major Hinton was killed, the Legion lost not just a commanding officer but a friend, a sidesman of the church, a brother-in-law, a creditor, a hunting companion, and above all, a neighbor, and if Murphy died they would lose another.

The Quarter has always been a cash cow the city is not about to give over to jackrollers, crack dealers, Murphy artists, and indiscreet hookers.

The diary was the one kept by the Labadist missionaries--Dankers and Sluyter--and was only recently unearthed by Henry Murphy at The Hague.

Murphy, seizing me by one of my ears, which he pulled so unmercifully that he altered the shape of it very considerably, making it something like the leeboard of a Dutch schuyt.

Murphy, semidomesticated and enjoying her closeness to Harry, had no desire to see the nondomesticated animals killed.

Still nothing as Mrs Murphy came in, her hem sagging, her coat smelling of bonfires, her legs still ulcerating but according to the notes this was now due in the main to hardening of the arteries.