Word usage examples
They detoured via the Wilmette post office so Brogan could mail his twin alimony checks.
That fellow with some Jewish name, and his office up in Wilmette, right?
The Continental Bank and Trust Company of Chicago is in correspondence with all those, as part of the international major monetary exchange body, and is also the major and almost sole stockholder in the State Bank and trust Company of Wilmette, Illinois, where I have one of my earliest links.
De fijn geschoeide handen in het kleine mofje verschuilend, soms van onder haar witte tulle voilette een kennis, vriendelijk glimlachend, toeknikkende, nam zij haar weg door de Javastraat naar de Princessegracht.
Er zweefde door het vertrek iets als de lauwheid van een warm bad, vermengd met den zoeten geur van Violettes de Parme.
Joel Duffle a 6 to 5 favorite over Miss Violette Shumberger all the way through.
Joel Duffle comes to New York several days before the contest with the character by the name of Conway, and requests a meet with Miss Violette Shumberger to agree on the final details and who shows up with Miss Violette Shumberger as her coach and adviser but Nicely-Nicely Jones.
In fact, Nicely-Nicely says he can tell at once from the way Joel Duffle talks that he is a dangerous opponent, and he says while Miss Violette Shumberger impresses him as an improving eater, he is only sorry she does not have more seasoning.
Miss Violette Shumberger names twelve dozen cherry-stone clams as the second course, and Joel Duffle says two gallons of Philadelphia pepper-pot soup as the third.
Miss Violette Shumberger and Nicely-Nicely whisper together again, and Violette puts in two five-pound striped bass, the heads and tails not to count in the eating, and Joel Duffle names a twenty-two-pound roast turkey.