| 单词 | waste basket |
| 例句 | It was a little messy to get at them, and Mr. Coggin, the movie cameraman, was sick in a waste basket. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Leslie sat way up in the front corner nowhere near the waste basket or pencil sharpener, so there was no way he could pretend to be heading somewhere else and sneak a word with her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He crushed the paper into a hard wad and tossed it into the waste basket. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretended to be looking for Algernon under a waste basket. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I hacked, while mint-green "Exorcist"-like fluid sprayed out of my mouth and into a waste basket. No fries with that: An artist's guide to surviving while eating on the road 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Emptying the waste basket, we were rewarded with crumbled scraps of paper containing song lyrics. My Story: My Night With Leonard Cohen 2013-07-18T05:00:01Z The gum that I retrieve from the waste basket during the play has to be put in the waste basket and it can only be chewed by me. | Sarah Jessica Parker, Star of the Off-Broadway Play ‘The Commons of Pensacola’ 2014-01-30T14:01:00Z Just whack the knife on the side of the waste basket and the the pit will fall off cleanly. How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z You could see her eyes roll to the back of her head as she sighed and held out the waste basket. The strange history of how the Catholic Church declared beaver to be a fish — at least during Lent 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z My country slumber was disrupted when the discarded ashes made contact with a toilet paper roll in the waste basket. House Tour: Saugerties, N.Y. 2011-04-07T22:28:17Z So our prop mistress puts the waste basket next to my mirror every night and provides me the gum and the paper on which I will stick it. | Sarah Jessica Parker, Star of the Off-Broadway Play ‘The Commons of Pensacola’ 2014-01-30T14:01:00Z Roberts praised the Supreme Court's workforce, from the clerks serving the nine justices all the way to the employees who empty waste baskets at night. U.S. Chief Justice Roberts calls abortion draft leak 'appalling' 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z "After they engage, I will toss their criminal case referral in the figurative waste basket. No criminal charge. No criminal record. No jail." Seattle city attorney says some cases against protesters could be dismissed 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z A hotel housekeeper on the island discovered six live loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings in a waste basket on Tuesday. 5 sea turtles released after discovery in hotel trash can 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z “The plan the government tried to force on Yukoners to open the majority of it for development is finally in the waste basket.” Vast Yukon Wilderness Protected in Ruling for Native Tribes 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Look at the freakin’ waste baskets in their own little wooden cubbies behind each desk! Lexi Thompson's heartbreak, Snoop Dogg's Masters party, and all eyes on Augusta National - Golf Digest 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z A custodian entered the room to empty the waste baskets. We, the people, remain filled with rage: Race, Yale, p.c. and a nation spinning apart on Thanksgiving 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z That’s Kobe – there’s a reason you toss paper into your waste basket and shout his first name like a ritual. Kobe Bryant nears the end – but he seems happy to play a supporting role 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The gal there said, ‘If somebody doesn’t pick it up, I’m throwing it in the waste basket.’ Familiar Sunday morning voice: Man hosts radio broadcast 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z At first, armed only with a mesh waste basket and a broom, the couple looked over matched for the pile of snow that fenced in their car. Unofficially, parts of Chicago area got 22 inches of snow 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z A cigarette apparently set fire to a waste basket and was burning some furniture in a bedroom. Hawthorne fire chief contains small house fire 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z His left hand was protected by the purple foam the size of a small waste basket. Greg Norman recovering from chain-saw accident 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z But some residents say they don’t want the area to be Utah’s waste basket. Medical trash-burning facility plans Tooele move 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The penny-pinching extends throughout Spirit headquarters, where the 400 or so employees must also vacuum around their desks and empty their own waste baskets. Spirit Airlines thrives in the cheap seats 2013-08-03T02:26:00Z He saw the couple from his upstairs window struggling with their waste basket and asked his grandmother if he could lend them their shovels. Unofficially, parts of Chicago area got 22 inches of snow 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z And then the thumping Orioles lineup, the arrival of summer air and the cozy dimensions of Camden Yards crumpled history into a ball and tossed it into a waste basket. Nationals vs. Orioles: Ryan Zimmermann hits three homers but Baltimore rallies for 9-6 win 2013-05-30T02:37:45Z Now it is stationery, lead pencils and waste baskets.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Some gigantic hand must have grabbed him by the head, squeezing it like a paper ball till the eyes started from their sockets, and then thrown him into a waste basket. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The blue one he tore up and dropped into the waste basket. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Does he corner the wheat market or clean out waste baskets? The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He knows everything there is to know on a football field, but when they give him his game plan on Wednesday he probably takes it and throws it in the waste basket. The Fifth Down: A Deeper Look at the Stabler Hall of Fame Debate 2012-02-29T15:00:10Z Such inquiries, if signed by initials only, are liable to be cast into the waste basket. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z These, with the replies, are printed; the remainder go into the waste basket. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Then he rose and distributed the pieces in the several yawning waste baskets which strewed the aisle leading to the city desk. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Everything was new, even to the capacious waste basket. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z But he spit out the cottony-feeling, brown, bad-tasting stuff into the waste basket, and having got rid of it, went on with the apple, his zest undiminished to the last mouthful gnawed off the core. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Mom took the clotted mass in her hands and clipped the length to my shoulders, discarding the ashen-gold into the waste basket. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z “And you did not go near that waste basket?” The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z "Quit joking with me on Wednesdays," admonished Wallingford, and taking the note he tore it into little bits and threw them into the waste basket. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z The present writer has seen many a manuscript, after a year or more of juggling with shifting interests, given up in despair and thrown into the waste basket. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z On his study desk were plans and detail drawings which must soon cumber a waste basket. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z The porter says he first saw flames rising from the waste basket between the big desk and the file cabinet,” Mr. Mayo said. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z Here is the only part of the letter I could dig up from the waste basket: Here the specimen of handwriting that had caught Kent’s eye was pasted upon the document. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z The editor laughingly called my attention to it and threw it into the waste basket. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Here the metal workers pounded their sheets of brass and copper, building up handsome patterns upon future trays and waste baskets and lanterns. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z The envelope was empty and hardly worth returning, but as she took it to drop into the waste basket, she looked, as one will, at the postmark. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z This food, which alone is sufficient to attract and sustain a small army of rats, is commonly left in waste baskets or other open receptacles. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z Then she crumpled the leaf in her hand, threw it into the waste basket, and deliberately spat upon it. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The Crane flew up on the mantelpiece and the little rabbit crept into the waste basket and pulled a photograph album on top of him. Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z I was cleaning up my desk at the house, and threw away about two hundred of them as useless into the waste basket. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z A pipe dumped into a waste basket has many times started costly fires. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z The editor crumpled a sheet of paper and hurled it into a waste basket. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z "I'll just sit over here on the waste basket until the smoke has a chance to get out," he said. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile The habit of letting the mind become a waste basket for sensation and scandal is not worth ten thousand a year. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Any drop into the waste basket by chance? The Riddle of the Night If, after you receive the proof, you think you cannot successfully compete, you merely throw the proof in the waste basket. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 She crumpled the note in her hand thoughtfully, but, on the verge of dropping it in the waste basket, she smoothed it again, and for the third time went over the contents. The Garden of Eden From the position of the paper in the waste basket he felt reasonably sure it had been recently written. Ye of Little Faith The former belonged in a detective magazine, and the latter in the waste basket. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 “Well, what have you to say, Miss Bartlett?” asked Randolph Fenton, tearing up the message and throwing the pieces into the waste basket. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone They open enough letters to fill that day’s column, and consign thousands, unopened, to the waste basket. The So-called Human Race Criticisms he refers to the managing editor, who reads them and throws them into the waste basket, or else keeps them for a reply in a later issue. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It gave Fred a chance to put the piece of paper in his pocket so that when he put everything back in the waste basket his mother would dismiss the whole search. Ye of Little Faith J. Wilton Ames, who had been apprised of its advent, threw it into the waste basket––and then drew it out again. Carmen Ariza The latter group being narrowly defined, the former had to be a waste basket containing whatever did not seem to be a purely emotional reaction. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type A petition of 8,000 names was presented, which had been quickly collected, but it was treated with discourtesy, one member tearing up the sheets from his district and throwing them into the waste basket. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI The billets sometimes reach my desk, although I have given orders to put them all into the waste basket unopened. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He went on searching the waste basket, giving his mother no hint that he had already found what he was searching for. Ye of Little Faith Then, without examining its contents, he tore the envelope into shreds, and cast the pieces into the waste basket. Carmen Ariza She took from the desk the piece of paper that contained Alice Watson's address, and tearing it into bits, dropped them slowly into the waste basket. The Film of Fear Dr. Bird read it and dropped it in a waste basket. The Solar Magnet He fished the paper out of the waste basket, found the envelope, placed the strange message within and put it in his inside coat pocket. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Meg closed her book, stepped to one side to avoid the waste basket, and put her foot squarely into Mr. Hornbeck’s high silk hat which he had placed carefully on the floor beside his chair. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School In the waste basket at his feet lay crumpled the newspapers with their shrieking, red-lettered versions of the slaughter at Avon. Carmen Ariza Ruth sliced open half a dozen more letters with her ivory paper knife and prepared to drop them into the waste basket. The Film of Fear He crushed the telegram in his hand and threw it into the waste basket. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron He crumpled the paper and tossed it in the waste basket. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Come and put it in the waste basket.” Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School Jack had since removed it, but in searching in the waste basket for a message discarded by mistake he had since come across what appeared to be crude sketches of the Universal Detector. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code They stole stationery, spittoons, waste baskets, by God! A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Reads another and hurls it into the waste basket. A Man of the People A Drama of Abraham Lincoln A waste basket is placed on the teacher's desk or hung higher if possible in the front of the room. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium The Sun gets its regular share of these documents each week, which go into the waste basket with a regularity that is truly remarkable, considering that we are not a railroad monopoly. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The pen stopped its deliberate movements, the paper was roughly crumpled and flung into the waste basket. Tabitha at Ivy Hall He picked them up, tore them into a great many pieces, and threw them into the waste basket. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk If you can use it all right; if not, consign it to the waste basket, and no complaint will be coming. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Dishes belong in the cupboard; clothes in the closet; boxes on the shelves; loose papers in the waste basket; tools in the tool-chest; wood in the wood-shed. Practical Ethics All this time he had been looking around for his hat, and now Nattie fished it out of the waste basket, into which he had unwittingly dropped it. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes There must have been some difficulty in writing the note, for several attempts went the way of the waste basket. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Most of them are thrown into the waste basket.” The Blue Birds' Winter Nest Monkeys, bear cubs and alligators mounted erect with card trays are quite striking while foxes or raccoons peering over the edge of umbrella jars or waste baskets are equally so. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration She began a novel, working on it in spare moments, but when it was finished she was so dissatisfied with it that she threw the manuscript into the waste basket. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day "We found it, all in little bits, along with other stuff from Doris' waste basket!" Miss Pat at School She tore the paper into bits and carried the pieces to the waste basket. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's When you buy a single item, such as a desk or a chair or a waste basket, do not lose a lot of valuable time trying to save too much on those articles. Dollars and Sense Ordinarily, he would have swept the crumpled thing into his waste basket. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day A farmer will read practically every letter that comes to him; many business men will throw every circular letter into the waste basket unread. How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence It was his firm persuasion, he said, that Smudge never went away at all, but remained in the office altogether, sleeping in a waste basket, his head pillowed on the débris of destroyed correspondence! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. He threw the letter in the waste basket and did not even answer it. Robert Hardy's Seven Days A Dream and Its Consequences She started to put it in the waste basket, but the professor noticed the action, being, like most scholars, impatient of having his books and papers touched. Molly Brown's Orchard Home All he does there, though, is spread out that paper, read it through hasty, and then tear it up and chuck it in the waste basket. Torchy, Private Sec. "Ever since I could lift a waste basket," says I. "Are you ambitious?" says he. Torchy With a shrug of her shoulders the newspaper girl tore the papers across, then into bits, tossing them into her waste basket. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College He tossed the gilded invitation fiercely into the waste basket, and, rising, walked his room thinking, thinking. Robert Hardy's Seven Days A Dream and Its Consequences He had a strange eagerness to see his contribution in print; a manifestation, no doubt, of that peculiar trait in human nature which fills the editorial waste basket with unaccepted contributions. The Cow Puncher So I fills the inkwell, chases up a waste basket for him, and turns on the electric fan. Torchy, Private Sec. Now I didn't like pawin' through the pigeon-holes or drawers; but when I happens to glance at the waste basket I feels more at home. Torchy Stepping over to the waste basket she dropped them into it. Jane Allen: Right Guard We read the letter together, laughed a little over it, and threw it into the waste basket. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua He had turned over the pages of his life history, scanned them with a gloomy and critical eye, and cast them with decisive finality into the waste basket. The Hidden Places I shoves it at her next day133 when I comes back early from lunch and finds her brushin' her sandwich crumbs into the waste basket. Torchy, Private Sec. But don't get your hopes up; for he turns down enough propositions to fill a waste basket every day. Torchy She could only hope, as she carefully reduced Dorothy's note to bits and dropped them into the waste basket, that this was the end of the matter. Jane Allen: Right Guard I wish all our waste baskets of fruit could be emptied out in that Hollow, and so be of some use. Wych Hazel Again one has to pick up numerous little articles to throw into the waste basket and the pocket holds such articles until the waste basket is reached. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The back part of the bottom drawer is where that belongs, Torchy—or in the waste basket. Torchy, Private Sec. And I chucks the sign into a waste basket and hangs my cap on a hook. Torchy "I threw the things into the waste basket." On With Torchy It sneezed all over my poor bus, and threw some junk into me as if it thought me nothing better than a kind of waste basket. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy Convenience for the Sewing Room.—A good sized waste basket should be continually close to every sewing machine. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Not until I gets a chance to explore the waste basket did I get any line. Torchy, Private Sec. "Do you see that waste basket?" he asked, pointing to a large receptacle filled to overflowing with manuscripts. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I The flood of them was so continuous that the House of Representatives, forgetting its traditions, adopted in 1836 a "gag rule" which prevented the reading of appeals and consigned them to the waste basket. History of the United States Every meal they put into their waste baskets necessarily extracted one day from the other end of their excursion via the fire escape, and that is one reason why they returned so soonly. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope A threw it into the big waste basket that stands near my husband's shoe cleaning apparatus. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada At the lower landing she paused to tear Jimmy's card to atoms and drop them in a waste basket which was standing there. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware In response Page would take the manuscript and, holding it aloft in two hands, tear it into several bits, and throw the scraps into the waste basket. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Naturally some of these find their way into the waste basket; some are preserved for reference, while the favored ones which are accepted must be studied for use in recital. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers It wouldn't have made a respectable branch for Ethel's tree, and the trimmings were so cheap and poor that Celeste would have thrown them into the waste basket immediately. A Little Book for Christmas "Where are they?" he asked, throwing a mass of stuff into a waste basket. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life I remember going to Marshfield with my mother, his niece, and sitting on his knee while he looked over his large morning mail, throwing the greater part into the waste basket. Memories and Anecdotes Idepski removed his cigarette from his lips and dropped the ash of it in the waste basket. The Man in the Twilight As he glanced at the note again, the bored and discontented look came back upon his face, and he tore the envelope carelessly across and flung it with a jerk into the waste basket. The Wheel of Life That Amy Gregg left the candle burning when she went to supper and it fell off her table into the waste basket. Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Then very bluntly before her eyes the Senior Surgeon took the malted milk bottle and poured its remaining contents out quite wantonly into his waste basket. The White Linen Nurse He dashed off one at a sitting, read it over, tore it up, and flung it in the waste basket. Memories and Anecdotes Now and then he emptied them into the waste basket. Westways The pledge for all who signed it was but a scrap of paper, of no more binding force than others that had gone their way to dusty death in the diplomatic waste baskets. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index There had been no waste basket by the desk and Nancy, after a wretched sleepless night, had torn up the letter and dropped it in the nearest vase. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Then he noticed the crumpled note which, aimed left-handedly, had missed the waste basket earlier, when he opened his mail, and he went over and picked it up. The Rim of the Desert But his wife, who liked the rhythm of the despised jingle, took it from the waste basket, pieced it together, copied it, and sent it to the committee. Memories and Anecdotes Let there be no "machine letters" sent out, all ready for signature; for such letters are a waste of effort, and belong in the waste baskets to which they are quickly consigned. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Hamilton tore up the letter and threw it into the waste basket. The Conqueror After a few moments he thrust the crumpled sheet into a huge waste basket and turned to his desk, where he speedily lost himself in a mass of letters and papers. The Rules of the Game Tisdale crumpled the invitation again and dropped it deliberately in the waste basket. The Rim of the Desert He crumpled the sheet of paper and dropped it into the waste basket. Broken to the Plow When a man becomes so unfortunate as to be unable through diffidence to explain himself, his big idea goes into the waste basket and with it all of the hopes he has built upon it. Laugh and Live He tore the original sheet into fine bits, and put the pieces into the waste basket. A Spinner in the Sun He dropped the fragments into Martinson's waste basket, picked up the bundle of scripts and his hat, and went out with his mouth pulled down at the corners and with his neck pretty stiff. The Phantom Herd And the form letter would go into the waste basket. Analyzing Character She reached out, gathered up the faded blossoms ruthlessly, and dropped them into a convenient waste basket. Broken to the Plow "And who are you?" he next inquired, turning his resentful gaze on the chocolate-colored office-devil clearing out the waste basket. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations The straps were cut, and consequently useless, so he wrapped them up in a newspaper and threw them into the waste basket. A Spinner in the Sun There is hardly anything else in the room except the waste basket under the table. Hodge and His Masters Dropping the scraps of paper into the waste basket, he dusted his hands together with a significant gesture and looked at his watch. The Eyes of the World He took up the paper wrapper from the waste basket and examined it with renewed interest. Madcap He rose, dressed himself, went down to breakfast, then entered the writing-room and penned a letter which, after reading it over, he tore into small pieces and threw into the waste basket. The House Behind the Cedars After each flight its feathers will be a little more rumpled, its wings more weary, its course more wavering, until, battered, spent, broken, it will flutter to rest in the waste basket. Buttered Side Down: Stories And the way we tear it up, or crumple it, and throw it in the waste basket. Fanny Herself Philip was disappointed over that note and instead of keeping it he tore it into bits and dropped them into the waste basket. A Girl of the Limberlost Taking up the two letters he tore them slowly into fragments and dropped them into the waste basket. The Calling of Dan Matthews Yes, here's an umbrella, and a waste basket, and some books. Marjorie's New Friend "Most of them, sir; those that did not, I threw in the waste basket." The Face and the Mask She straightened a rug, carried the waste basket from the desk to the spot near the living-room table where it had always served to hide the shabby, worn place in the rug. Fanny Herself Saying which, he took off the placard, tore it up, and threw it into the waste basket. Revenge! The next moment, with quick impatient movement, he crushed the pages of the manuscript in his powerful hands and threw them into the waste basket. The Calling of Dan Matthews Then, with berserker fury, crumpling her Sentinel into a ball, she venomously hurled it to the depths of a waste basket and religiously rubbed the feel of it from her fingers. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors A Minister of War receives many letters that, as a matter of course, he throws into his waste basket, but this particular communication had somehow managed to rivet his attention. The Face and the Mask Much of it was in the waste basket of credulity, in the open mouth of tradition, and in the dull ear of memory. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. The two-page letter which a man would toss into the waste basket unread may be read by a woman with increasing interest at each paragraph. Business Correspondence He looked toward the waste basket where lay his sermon on "The Christian Ministry." The Calling of Dan Matthews She drew from the waste basket the maltreated Sentinel, unfurled it to expose the offending matter, and smote the column with the backs of four accusing fingers. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors He also emptied the waste baskets and cleaned the cuspidors. The Century Vocabulary Builder "With a wider field I can do something," murmured the lawyer, as he gathered up the loose sheets of paper lying around and threw them into the waste basket. Marguerite Verne So, if form letters are to escape the waste basket—if they are to win the prospect's attention and convince him—they must have all the ear-marks of a personally dictated communication. Business Correspondence Next he filled his cigarette case, tossed the empty box thoughtfully into the waste basket, and settled the case in his vest pocket. Tales of the Jazz Age He tore the letter across, and tossed the pieces into the waste basket. The New Boy at Hilltop "That's the square deal, and the West Point ideal," nodded Greg, who was rapidly forgetting the letter, the fragments of which were now in his waste basket. Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point "I will never open it," he thought, and instantly the missive lay a mass of shreds in the waste basket. Marguerite Verne It is the long, rambling sentences that topple a letter over onto the waste basket toboggan. Business Correspondence "I don't know; I toss them in the waste basket when I come across them." A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" Van Meter insisted upon the item being printed, but the young city editor scowled and threw it in the waste basket. The One Woman Greg, his face again flushing painfully, tore the sheet into small bits, turning and tossing them into his waste basket. Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point I tore up the letter and threw it into the waste basket. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Over ONE-HALF of all the form letters sent out are thrown into the waste basket unopened. Business Correspondence Pile of handkerchiefs at back of table within reach and a waste basket in front of table where she can throw handkerchiefs when used. Writing for Vaudeville Le Temps has done me the service of making me rummage in my waste basket. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Now, I don't want to file these letters in the waste basket. The Dream Doctor The Rip van Winkle Institutions": "And then there is the media - the waste basket of post communist societies, the cesspool of influence peddling and calumny. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Steer your letter away from the hold-over file as dexterously as you steer it away from the waste basket. Business Correspondence Page was at great pains to gather them up carefully and drop them into the waste basket. The Pit Captain Zelotes sat at his desk, the copy of the Boston morning paper which he had been reading sticking out of the waste basket into which it had been savagely jammed a half hour before. The Portygee Slowly he picked up the paper, tore it across and tossed it into the waste basket. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today The Marshal tipped the ash of his cigar into the waste basket. The Puppet Crown There is no danger that the letter will be shunted into the waste basket without a reading. Business Correspondence The rejected tickets he deposits in a large waste basket provided for the discards. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization I even tried a few furtive test "wishes"—wished that the waste basket would fall over, that the inkstand would fill itself; but they didn't. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Mrs. Pierce seemed to care nothing for evidence or deduction in the matter, but began to lament the carelessness of the chambermaid who had not emptied the waste basket the day before. The Gold Bag When he had done the Colonel tossed back the missive, and the minister tore it into shreds and dropped them into the waste basket. The Puppet Crown Such an apologetic note, with such a lack of selling talk, such a street beggar attitude could never escape the waste basket. Business Correspondence He read it over, then suddenly crumpled the sheet into a ball and dropped it into the waste basket. Red Pepper Burns My clientele increased, and there we stood blithely peeling and eating and aiming at the waste basket. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' "I suppose she did," I returned; "would she not be likely to throw them in the waste basket?" The Gold Bag The major began to tear the note into small pieces and throw them into his waste basket. Roads of Destiny She tore his photograph into bits and threw them into her waste basket, and having thus housecleaned her room set to work to houseclean her heart. The Breaking Point It is only a legend that there are waste baskets in editors' offices. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million Orde crumpled the paper and threw it into the waste basket. The Riverman She did not count the roses, she merely took two of them to pin on her dress, and when she retired, she carelessly threw those two in the waste basket. The Gold Bag These he tore lengthwise and crosswise and dropped into the waste basket. Martin Eden He tore the contract in pieces and threw it in the waste basket. The Riverman |
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