nine days' wonder

Example Sentences

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But the disappearance of the Florentine letters was a nine days’ wonder.

From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

The pursuit of Sheridan was an epic which aroused more than nine days' wonder; it led from London to Antwerp, from Antwerp to Paris, from Paris to New York and back to London again.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur

The affair had exceeded the time of the proverbial "nine days' wonder," and it was only in the City or to those deeply interested that the good news became really known.

From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.

IT was the morning of the 15th of January, and already Godfrey Pavely's disappearance had excited more than the proverbial nine days' wonder.

From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

She needn't marry out of pique because of a nine days' wonder like that.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)