1 "That's a debatable question," said Old Miss.
2 The Welly Brys, after much debate, and anxious counsel with their newly acquired friends, had decided on the bold move of giving a general entertainment.
3 In the debate as to whether there should be veal loaf or poached egg on hash, she had no chance to be heretical and oversensitive.
4 She spent four winters in building up the Debating Society, and when the debate really was lively one Friday afternoon, and the speakers of pieces did not forget their lines, she felt rewarded.
5 Seeing the throng, Marija abandoned precipitately the debate concerning the ancestors of her coachman, and, springing from the moving carriage, plunged in and proceeded to clear a way to the hall.
6 They would ask Jurgis if he had worked there yet, and if he meant to; and Jurgis would debate the matter with himself.
7 The contest gradually grew warmer, until it was quite evident the feelings of the speakers began to be somewhat enlisted in the debate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19 8 The instant the matter in discussion was decided, the debate, and everything connected with it, except the result appeared to be forgotten.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19 9 Many of the men engaged in a spirited debate.
10 As he walked along in careless line he was engaged with his own eternal debate.
11 He got the one glance at the foe-swarming field in front of him, and instantly ceased to debate the question of his piece being loaded.
12 The youth, who had been holding a bitter debate with himself and casting glances of hatred and contempt at the tattered man, here spoke in a hard voice.
13 Then, they made me dress up, every day; and gentlemen used to come in and stand and smoke their cigars, and look at me, and ask questions, and debate my price.
14 I heard a very warm debate between two professors, about the most commodious and effectual ways and means of raising money, without grieving the subject.
15 A grand debate at the general assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how it was determined.