"Man is but a ___ . . . ": Pascal

Usage examples of reed.

Though watery, on account of the artificial drains from the arable fields, the spot is on much higher ground than the brook, and it is a little singular that while reeds flourish in this place they are not to be found by the brook.

They asperged the body with water and Tibor said prayers for the memory of the dead sailor before lighting the dry reeds he had woven through the lower layers of the pyre.

Semerket made for the open waters of a far lagoon, weaving through the clumps of reeds with Assai in pursuit.

Though now he could not see Assai himself, he shot off obliquely to the side of the lagoon, toward another thicket of reeds.

The man, reed thin and ashen, bobbled the pack from his shoulder, losing his black cap in the process.

She watched the lamb step towards the water and saw the stillness of the surface, reflecting back the image of the reeds around the far side, the blueness of the sun and a scattering of fluffy white clouds.

Naar het scheen, had hij zich reeds in de eerste uren van zijn leven alle begaafdheden van zijn geslacht eigen gemaakt, zwom op den buik zoowel als op den rug, dook zonder moeite en langen tijd achtereen, gedroeg zich in een woord als een volwassene.

But when the hearing came up, Sutton placed Jim Reed and me in the witness-box, taking the stand later himself, and we showed that federal court that it had been buncoed out of an order of injunctive relief, in favor of the biggest set of ringsters that ever missed stretching hemp.

I have pens of reed and can make ink of various colours, who in the bygone days was no mean scribe.

In 1944 Justice Reed cited fourteen cases decided between March 27, 1937 and June 14, 1943 in which one or more prior constitutional decisions were overturned.

He saw Jenna snatch up two of the reeds - in his struggle to escape the slings, they had scattered all over the head of the bed - and then they were hurrying up the aisle, away from the bugs and from Sister Coquina, whose cries were now failing.

He remembered teaching the boy the difference between the calls of the two birds, showing him how, hidden in the reeds, the coucal arched its neck to gurgle out its last rising note.

He had often watched the white-browed coucals coming in on a long gliding flight to take cover here amongst the reeds in the breeding season.

Eugenio Torralba, tried by the Inquisition of Cuenca in 1531, about whom it was said that he flew through the air on a reed.

The fox grinned at her and vanished into the reeds while Daine looked at her new patient.