amain

Example Sentences

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He would seize a rope end in his strong young teeth and pull amain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aias, from The Iliad In Toledo last week, a group of U.S. wrestlers strove amain, using some of the classic grips of Homer's time.

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To assist this second hope, the Press of the land last week got behind the market and shoved amain.

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Production of electricity proceeds amain with new needs demanding more power and excess power stimulating new needs.

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When Mrs. Haller fainted down went the Curtain and out came the Bag-pipe—at the heartrending, shoemending reconciliation the Piper blew amain.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John