astir
Example Sentences
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But th' owd lad wur i' sich a fluster, that istid o' stoppin' it, he swapped th' barrel to another tune.
From Th' Barrel Organ by Waugh, Edwin
It seemed very odd to me for a long while, the preachin' without book, an' the stannin' up to one long prayer, istid o' changin' your postur.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George
"No, I woon't: I'll be dee'd if I'll leather my boy to please you or anybody else, not if you was twenty landlords istid o' one, and that a bad un."
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
Vocabulary lists containing astir
Catherine, Called Birdy
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 3–4
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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