nine days' wonder
Example Sentences
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His mysterious disappearance had been a nine days’ wonder some ten years ago.
From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Blackwood, Algernon
In Battisford, sooner than in Wandsborough, Hubert Dorrien’s sad fate ceased to be a nine days’ wonder.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
Now it became a nine days’ wonder that they should have been so foolish as to admit faithless Mignon into their club.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine
The news of my uncle's enterprise soon spread through our town, and it became a nine days' wonder among our neighbours and the townsfolk.
From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert
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)
