单词 | croquet ball |
例句 | I shall have a bump the size and colour of a croquet ball for the next fortnight, and an eye to match. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z He brought his plane down without hitting a stump, and then zig-zagged wildly from stump to stump like a croquet ball trying to miss wickets. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z "At the same time, they've doubled the compression of the balls, which are as hard as croquet balls, to make them go faster and farther." Hitmen for Hire 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z There it was, sure enough, away back under the heavy roof of earth and roots, a snug round structure of green moss, little bigger than a croquet ball. Upon The Tree-Tops A croquet ball is a romping substitute when it hits the green cushions. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" They even tried how it would go; and there was no doubt of one thing, the time went almost as fast as the croquet balls. What She Could Diogenes played football with the croquet balls and bruised one of his toes, besides hitting the landlady’s child in the eye. Our Next-Door Neighbors Explain why you should face forward when alighting from a street car; why a croquet ball keeps rolling after you hit it; why you feel a jolt when you jump down from a high place. Common Science Celia, between them, looked down, tapping her croquet ball with the tip of her shoe. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Is she ready to lay violent hands upon every member who fingers a card or handles a cue, or strikes a croquet ball? Amusement: A Force in Christian Training He had the choice between eggs and bacon and sausages, he chose the former and whilst waiting, attracted by the pleasant summery sound of croquet balls knocking together, he looked out of the window. The Man Who Lost Himself He smiled at her and picked up Mun Bun out from under the box from which the croquet balls had fallen. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's Without any formula of introduction, he said rather abruptly: "Professor van Huysman, will you oblige me by taking a croquet ball and holding it in your hand as tightly as you can?" The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension The croquet balls were live hedgehogs, and the mallets live flamingos and the soldiers had to double themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland He could snuff a candle with his Colt at twenty paces and couldn't hit a croquet ball to save his soul. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier And when other girls played "catch" with dainty rubber balls, the twins took unto themselves a big and heavy croquet ball,—found in the Avery woodshed. Prudence of the Parsonage Mun Bun, trying to roll out of the way, knocked a box down off a trunk, and the box had some croquet balls in it, which rumbled over the attic floor almost like thunder. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's "Anyhow," went on Bunny Brown, "we couldn't play croquet in the woods here, 'cause we haven't any croquet balls." Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While As he came to her under the quaint trellised arch, "I always feel like a croquet ball going through the hoop," he said. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Lady Splay succeeded and, carrying the four croquet balls with her, went round the rest of the hoops and pegged out. The Summons A young man did juggling feats with the croquet balls for the amusement of two young women. The Spinners There was not a sound to be heard outside of an occasional rifle shot in the trenches, sounding for all the world like the click of giant croquet balls. A Volunteer Poilu As to the grapes, a house is being kept back on purpose to be ripe just at that time; and the croquet balls are all sent to be painted. Fated to Be Free I can hear the click of croquet balls in the Vicarage garden as I write, so the hooping season has begun. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 When I lived on the coast of Florida I had a tame tarpon, which could swallow anything—croquet balls, door scrapers—and once ate an entire cottage pianoforte in half-an-hour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Each cake weighs about ten pounds, is about the size of a croquet ball, and is worth from ten to fifteen dollars, according to its purity under assay. Modern India Ripe fallen fruit lies scattered like croquet balls on the sidewalks and gutters. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier You pick up the croquet ball, and find it hot and feverish, so you throw it into the shade of the woodshed. Remarks See, he wants to play with one of those croquet balls. Queen Lucia All the croquet balls leapt wildly up into the air to fall like a wooden hailstorm around us. Station Amusements in New Zealand "I feel very important," said Archie, coming on to the lawn where Myra and I were playing a quiet game of bowls with the croquet balls. The Holiday Round She strolled across the lawn to where Cecil was still knocking the croquet balls about. Jeanne of the Marshes Then he glanced obliquely down the road, where a slim little figure in white moved under the cherry trees of the York front yard, aimlessly knocking croquet balls here and there. A Daughter of the Land Later on I heard the noise of croquet balls, and looked out again, and it was Charles Wilcox practising; they are keen on all games. Howards End Later on I heard the noise of croquet balls, and looked out again, and it was Charles Wilcox practising; they are keen on all games.� Howards End It is stated by good authority that the rolling of croquet balls across the floor during recitation was objected to, under the fiendish excuse of its interfering with their studies. Drift from Two Shores Nothing has come through but two croquet balls and a china horse. The Brick Moon and Other Stories |
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