in holes and corners
Example Sentences
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Begging is repressed by the new police regulations, and want skulks in holes and corners, and prefers its petitions where it can not be overheard by men armed with the authority of the law.
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen
She does not obey impostors, their miracles are wrought in holes and corners, in deserts, within closed doors, where they find easy dupes among a small company of spectators already disposed to believe them.
From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Evil-doers, by forcing Marat to hide in holes and corners, had turned him into a bird of night, the bird of Minerva, whose glance pierced the dark recesses where conspirators lurked.
From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie
Now the fox heard the dog talking thus to himself, for the fox was always peeping about, in holes and corners, and he burst out a laughing when the dog was out of sight.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The scurrying noises made by bats and owls, who, scared by the lighted candles, were hiding themselves in holes and corners of refuge, startled me not at all—I was well accustomed to such sounds.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
