moil

Example Sentences

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Last week, he dashed into a moil of rioting Juliette Barnes fans to save Maddie when a shelf fell on her head.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2013

Ill-health having retired him from the moil of politics, he has been teaching law at the University of Colorado since 1917.

From Time Magazine Archive

IX Amid Homeric moil and treachery the city of Shanghai changed hands, last week, falling to China's best detested War Lord, Chang Tsung-chang, called "Chang of Shantung."

From Time Magazine Archive

The New York Herald Tribune hissed: "L'Universite, c'est moil" On the bulletin board of Columbia's Law School appeared a scrawl: "Heil Butler!"

From Time Magazine Archive

In a short time, "The heavy moil that shrouds the dead" was entirely removed.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay