amain

Example Sentences

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

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

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The sturdy oaks in the greenwood stand, When the storm comes down amain, But the hazel and the birchen tree Are rooted from the plain.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin