deed
Example Sentences
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Then in through the door that took the typhoon wafted a mild breeze, smiling slightly, somewhat unfamiliar but with an apparent calm assurance: quick-eyed, with greying hair, quietly energetic, deedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were grim silent depths in Nic’s character; a small deedy spark in his eye, as it caught Christine’s, was all that showed his consciousness of her.
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Hardy, Thomas
Old Grizzie was bright as the new day, bustling and deedy.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George
Instead of a Baron there stood Jim, white-waistcoated, demure, every hair in place, and, if she mistook not, even a deedy spark in his eye.
From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Hardy, Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing deed
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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Back-Words: Palindromes
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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