in holes and corners
Example Sentences
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Who died there in those months, in holes and corners and dark places, the magistrates may have known, no others.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
Deception and forgery skulk, and try to spread themselves at first in holes and corners, but he that doeth truth cometh to the light.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert
In winter very large hauls are made; then the fish congregate in holes and corners.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)
And Clotilde leagued with this servant, plotting with her against him in holes and corners, seeking her aid to set traps for him!
From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
Only not at the price of Mialism; that is, of a doctrine which leaves the Nonconformists in holes and corners, out of contact with the main current of national life.
From Culture and Anarchy by Arnold, Matthew
