| 单词 | plaintively |
| 例句 | Her little patent leather pocketbook plaintively matches her pumps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her muffled and restrained voice remarked plaintively: “You said you were happy just now.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Wrapping him in his cloak, they lowered Adaon into the earth and laid the turf gently over him, while Lluagor whinnied plaintively and pawed the dry ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The last letter is from nearly a year ago, and in it Momma plaintively wonders why I haven't written. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Cullen said gloomily, plaintively, “He ought to go to sleep. Now don’t fight it, General. Let it work. You just drift right on off.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "When are they going to fight?" he asked plaintively. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Farmer asked plaintively, not angrily, as he examined the girl. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He bleated plaintively and was answered by a rustle of straw within. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You promise me you will never forget?” she asked him plaintively as she hugged him close to her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bigger, honey. I—I don’t know,” she said plaintively. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The poor animal, too weak to even bark, sniffed plaintively at his feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Can I have your coat?” she asked plaintively, stroking it like it was a cat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Camilla brightened when Miss Pocket met with this rebuff; and she murmured, as she plaintively contemplated Miss Havisham, “Poor dear soul! Certainly not to be expected to look well, poor thing. The idea!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “But I thought he liked me,” she said plaintively. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then, plaintively: “At least tie it back. Keep it out of your face.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Are you still there? ” the voice asked plaintively. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The old man hiccupped twice and said plaintively: "There's a squall coming." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Lord, I get so tired of this I don’t know what to do,” her voice floated plaintively from behind the curtain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The scrawny kitten lingered, brushing itself against our legs, and meowing plaintively. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was stone-still; the white cat bounded past him and leaped upon the desk; it sat looking at him with large placid eyes and mewed plaintively. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Chester made a beeline for Mrs. Monroe and looked up at her plaintively. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “Now can we have the radio?” someone called plaintively. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Melody, if only I could make your hurt go away,” she says plaintively. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One could have believed that its whiteness, smoothness, and expanse had at one time cried out rather plaintively for India ink and block lettering. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z "I want to go home, Peeta," I say plaintively, like a small child. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Dunbar asked plaintively from the floor, wincing at the vibrating pains in his temples that his voice set up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t want no trouble,” he said plaintively. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were transporting her in a bus full of prisoners to one of their concentration camps and we tried to stop it—” He interrupted plaintively, “Must it be the murder first? Go back a bit.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We were embarrassed by the earthy harmonies they sang, but since the visitors were awed we dared not laugh at the crude, high, plaintively animal sounds Jim Trueblood made as he led the quartet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “What correspondence?” asked the chaplain plaintively in rising exasperation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He won’t look at me, he looks down at the floor, w here the cat is rubbing itself against his legs, mewing and mewing plaintively. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z From there viewers were invited to peer into a gloomy hollow, painted entirely black, from which a hundred or so childlike figures in tennis shoes gazed up plaintively. Pushing Petals Up and Down Park Ave. 2011-01-16T03:00:04Z Ms. Kelly brought the most commitment to a rendition of the Whitney Houston hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” sung slowly and plaintively at first, then accelerated and toughened up. Review: Laura Michelle Kelly Brings Her Broadway Voice to Cabaret 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z I'll set about, yelling insults at myself into the glass, or wailing plaintively, or addressing a class of schoolboys. Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z The little boy and girl sing plaintively for a crowd. Books of The Times: Mom and Dad and the Two Kids They Damage 2011-08-03T22:00:29Z “My love don’t love me,” he croons, bluntly and plaintively, in “Bloodflows,” a single from his debut album, “Tremors.” New Music: Albums From Sohn, Oran Etkin and Pedro Luis Ferrer 2014-04-07T21:31:47Z The premier had asked Snow, plaintively, why Iran hated the British so much. Film review: Women Without Men 2010-06-10T21:56:00Z With its minor chords and some lonely guitar picking, it’s a distant descendant of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” plaintively facing economics. The Playlist: Twenty One Pilots Jolt Awake, and 12 More New Songs 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z One eighth grade girl plaintively told us that she is tired of putting suicide prevention apps on her friends phones. Reviving today’s Ophelias: Mary Pipher on girls and mental health in the digital age 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z "Is there more to life than candyfloss?" asks Jack plaintively. All the Fun of the Fair 2010-05-04T21:35:00Z Singer Alexander played the teenager's mother, plaintively singing "Hope my baby's alright." Revisiting Emmett Till tragedy, in jazz 2011-03-28T23:50:00Z The Seventh Seal: As I plaintively wrote in Secrets of the all-TIME 100, “That movie changed my life, man!” Secrets of the New All-TIME 100 Movies List 2012-05-17T10:00:44Z It was delivered plaintively, not as a laugh line but as a weary, nervous plea. Review: ‘S.N.L.’ Targets Trump Again, With a Hint of Exhaustion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Golde seems forever to be slightly stooped with work or worry, and is plaintively dismayed at Tevye’s ability to see both sides — or rather several sides — of any issue. Review: A ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Revival With an Echo of Modernity 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Then, just a few pages later, she’s plaintively acknowledging the compulsion to move on too quickly from trauma. Review | Phoebe Robinson’s new essay collection is a sharp, sweet-salty pleasure 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z When were we going to move on to the weights machines, I asked plaintively. 5am ice baths and a strict vegan diet: my year of living (very) healthily 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z She was horrified by those “scary pictures of naked people looking plaintively at the camera, arrayed like mug shots.” ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “I liked the guy,” he says, almost plaintively. “The Jinx”: Would Robert Durst exist without Andrew Jarecki? 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The boys find a bench with a bronze sculpture of a saint at one end, seated, looking pious, his arm raised plaintively to the sky, palm upturned. What we tell our sons about rape 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z That seems deliberate and poignant: after one key argument, Field plaintively collapses to the floor in a sea of crinoline, exasperated by the great man’s verbiage. Jackie finally puts first ladies front and center on the big screen 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “There’s room for chairs, but the fire marshal said no more people can come in,” campaign manager Jonathan Hurst says plaintively to the line snaking around the outside of the Hal Rogers Center. On the trail in Kentucky, Bill Clinton gets practice playing second fiddle “I don’t recognize my own thoughts anymore,” she says plaintively at one point. In ‘Buzzer,’ a Relationship Strained on the Urban Frontier 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z “It’s plaintively spoken,” he said, “with no raising of the voice at the end.” Ronald K. Brown Choreographs a Love Letter to Alvin Ailey 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Consider his other role this fall, as a scruffy janitor in Contagion, plaintively appealing for help keeping his son safe from the plague. John Hawkes? Strange and Dangerous Sex Appeal 2011-10-21T20:04:15Z One boy plaintively dreams of going to England, where he has heard that Gypsies can pass themselves off as Pakistanis. | 'Gypsy': ‘Gypsy,’ by Martin Sulik, Fictional Portrait of the Roma 2012-06-26T21:20:58Z Handel doesn’t give us some Christian dogmatist, but rather a liberal-minded Roman officer who advocates tolerance, plaintively sung by Mr. Jaroussky. Review: ‘Theodora,’ Once a Handel Flop, Is Celebrated Anew 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z There was dead silence on the phone and then Harry plaintively said, “Oh dear, I’m afraid we’re all going to end up that way at some point, aren’t we?” He was behaving differently. He had lost something. I was the only one who noticed. 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z As Gordon’s nearest and dearest rally to provide support, he sinks into self-defeating depression and wonders plaintively about all the songs he’ll never have the chance to write. Review: ‘A New Brain’ Gambols Tunefully Through a Vale of Death 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Lucy's mother plaintively asks at one point; and the answer, dramatically, comes rather late in the day. Review 2011-03-18T00:46:40Z He spoke plaintively of the communal lunches and couches at his now-shuttered office and a writing process that “puts you at great risk of inhaling somebody’s aerosol droplets.” Is Your Office Closed? Compensate With a Workplace Comedy 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z After playing county fairs, arts centers and bars, and splitting earnings so meager their wives stared at them plaintively, Anderson and his bandmates appear poised for something bigger. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “Fun Home” bucked the medley trend with a full rendition of the ballad “Ring of Keys,” plaintively sung by the 11-year-old Sydney Lucas. Critic’s Notebook: The Tonys Show Celebrates the Stage Without Any Real Theater 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z “I never want to see the sun set,” she sang, plaintively. A Kurt Cobain Opera Examines the Myth, Not the Man 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z On another collaboration with Kurstin, “Million Years Ago,” she swaps distance for time, plaintively taking stock of her regrets while an acoustic guitar tiptoes in the background. Adele’s ‘25’ and our problem with unstoppable sadness 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z "I insulted people, but it was a joke," he says plaintively near the film's end. 'Con Artist': Entertaining portrait of an art-world satirist and near-pariah 2011-03-24T22:23:15Z Rather, she asked, plaintively, to be taken to Hackney—to be inducted into its wonders, however little she may know of them or like them once she’s there. With “London Boy,” the English Delight in Some Fine Mockery of Taylor Swift 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In one shot Lotte, his youngest, clings to her nanny but stares plaintively at the camera. Art Review: Heinrich Kuehn With Stieglitz and Steichen 2012-05-24T22:03:09Z “They would stare at me from the perch above the fridge,” Ms. Tingle said plaintively. Solo Workers Bond at Shared Workspaces 2013-05-03T22:47:22Z The assembly plaintively asks, “Don’t you know any tale of banshees, goblins or witches?” Boo! The best ghost stories you probably haven’t heard yet. 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Elsewhere around the world, art galleries and museums remain shuttered, hemorrhaging staff and plaintively asking, What will it take to reopen? In Seoul, the Art World Gets Back to Business 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The answer's melody has been playing in the background all season long, but never so plaintively than on this grim day. "Succession" mourns the Roy "family way" in all its tragic glory 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z "I didn't do anything wrong or illegal," he says plaintively at one point. 'Art and Craft': The life and times of Mark Landis, devoted forger 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z “Chopped celery and made the soup, didn’t have much else to do,” Oberst sings plaintively. Bright Eyes’ Summertime Sadness 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z When the finale comes nearly three exhausting hours into the show and the cast plaintively intones, “Careful the wishes you make/Wishes are children,” you might find yourself thinking very loudly, “I get it already!” Stripped-down staging brings clever moments in this long, long journey 'Into the Woods' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z She added plaintively, “I don’t want diamond necklaces. I want that job.” Love Elaine Stritch? Thank the Parts She Didn’t Get 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z At one point, I almost wanted to say plaintively, “But what about my being bullied?” Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Marshall slows it down by a factor of four, splays the voices and leaves its melodies hanging plaintively in the air, echoing into the distance like a musical question mark. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Harry and Meghan do not drop bombs; at most, they point plaintively at existing craters. ‘Harry & Meghan’: What People Are Saying about the Netflix Series 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Yet this setting of poems by AE Housman embraced a different expressive tone, often heartbreaking with Atar Arad's viola lines plaintively echoing the vocal line. Mark Padmore/Prussia Cove 2010-10-01T21:00:00Z Nothing speaks more plaintively to fame and its discontents than “Rain on Me,” that big-voiced superdiva summit in which Gaga and Grande process the costs of fame in what feels like real time. Review | Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ is a collection of sad bangers, a club album at a time when there are no clubs 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z "About what?" he marvels plaintively, pretending to find such interest in him unfathomable. Psycho, genius ... fraud? 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z To this day we can’t drive past a Dunkin’ Donuts without someone in the back seat plaintively or sarcastically mewling the book’s central question: “Who needs doughnuts, when you’ve got love?” Critic’s Notebook: A Splendid Little Book Club Has Ended Its Run 2013-04-24T21:59:48Z “I go building up walls, yet I wish to be found,” she plaintively sings. Theater Review: ‘First Date,’ a Musical, Opens on Broadway 2013-08-09T02:00:09Z "Who will we touch?," she plaintively asks her father, in the riveting duet that's one of the highlights of Machover's richly inventive score. COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z In that verse, Chance begins by singing plaintively, providing his own mini chorus: “When they come for you, I will shield your name / I will field their questions; I will feel your pain.” The Sound of Hope: Chance the Rapper 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “Why, why, why do educators insist on using ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as the introductory play?” one reader asked plaintively. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z The final “Lamentation” is an anguished setting of a Hebrew text from the Book of Lamentations, here sung plaintively by the mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. Review: Can a Busy Yannick Nézet-Séguin Do It All? 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Between crisis meetings and late-night awakenings to soothe his crying baby, Johnson is depicted as plaintively leaving voice mail messages for his adult children. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, there was so much retailing going on in the room that Aaron asked, plaintively, “Daddy, do they charge you to use the kaleidoscope?” Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: W Washington in Washington, D.C. 2010-07-08T18:00:00Z Publisher: Electronic Arts I’ve saved the best for last because if any sort of video game cried out – desperately, plaintively – for a motion-sensitive controller it is golf. ArtsBeat: Bowling, Golfing and Shooting With the Sony Move 2010-10-15T22:50:00Z For her, emotional commitment may be the act of self-destruction she plaintively desires. Todd Solondz's Dark Horse: Misery Loves Comedy 2012-06-08T10:45:56Z Ms. DiCrescenzo was living in New York City at the time — as crooned plaintively in the opening lines — and she reported being stunned when a brief encounter led to her being name-checked. The Song Is You … for the Rest of Your Life 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “Why doesn’t God take me?” she’d ask plaintively before she slipped over the edge and couldn’t ask anything anymore. Let’s talk about dying 2012-12-27T01:00:00Z Asked whether invading Iraq was a mistake, Mr. Rumsfeld plaintively says, “I guess time will tell.” ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z In conversations during the deployment and interviews after returning to their base in Italy, platoon members plaintively recall fallen comrades and ponder if any good came out of their sacrifice. Capsule reviews: `Knight and Day' and others 2010-06-24T20:48:00Z After take ten Dylan plaintively whines, “I can’t sing so loud,” before going onto two more takes, then giving up, for the moment. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z When the little girl ahead of me said plaintively, “That’s not a unicorn!,” As mead sheds its wenches-and-jousting image, I’ve started to come around 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z I even got a thrill from the film's one properly creepy moment, when Jack Frost peers into a hole in the ground and hears a voice from his past calling plaintively from the darkness below. Rise of the Guardians 2012-11-14T12:17:15Z Mr. Downs assumed the host’s chair immediately, if not confidently: at one point he looked into the camera and plaintively said, “Jack, come back.” Hugh Downs, Perennial Small-Screen Fixture, Is Dead at 99 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z As Jason departs, the weeping Hypsipyle — prefiguring Dido’s farewell to Aeneas — plaintively asks that “both abroad and safe at home, / you will remember me from time to time.” ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers Mr. Vogt began softly, almost plaintively, letting the tone swell slowly and gain intensity. Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Barren often breaks through the page, addresses the reader directly, almost plaintively asking for understanding. Review | ‘All Our Wrong Todays,’ by Elan Mastai 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Still separated from her friend and idol, Ms. Sischy called out plaintively. Fashion Diary: Wrapping Up Fashion Week in Paris, With an Iceberg and a Wake 2010-03-12T20:20:00Z One son plaintively asked when they found a room: “They don’t strike hotels, right?” Journalists in Gaza wrestle with issues of survival in addition to getting stories out 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “Hi Dad from your son … why every time I try to talk with u no respond?” one of his sons wrote plaintively, underneath one of Koffa’s last posts on his Facebook page. In Seattle, fentanyl’s tentacles reach all the way up to seniors 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The driver rolled down their window and spoke plaintively into the microphone. E. coli hammers a California town, sending patients to ER and shutting down restaurants 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z And after reading about this study, you may find yourself wondering whether the houseplant on your windowsill is plaintively wailing about the conditions you’ve left it in. This Is What It Sounds Like When Plants Cry 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Fox News host Laura Ingraham complained that Americans were "exhausted" by Trump's constant swirl of crimes and scandal, and plaintively asked for "someone who has all Trump's policies, who's not Trump." Of course DeSantis flouts the law and human decency — He's just following Trump's example 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z She added plaintively: “The world is watching us, so we cannot fail.” G-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war’s impact 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But something interesting popped up in response: videos of young adults looking plaintively into their own cameras and explaining why they considered Vaynerchuk’s content dangerous. The Accidental Media Critics of YouTube 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z At one debate, Dr. Oz, who has won Mr. Trump’s endorsement, plaintively asked, “Why is everyone attacking me?” What to Watch For in the Pennsylvania and North Carolina Primaries 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “Baby,” Miss Pope replies plaintively, “I keep asking myself the same question. How could it be happening right up under my feet?” Review | ‘Take My Hand’ exposes a dark episode in American history 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Our clingy cat would lose us and wander the two floors, yowling plaintively until we called out, guiding him in like a game of Marco Polo. Small, by choice: These radical downsizers find freedom in the tiny house life | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “Ms. Glancy, you don’t understand how hard it is to hear that word,” one child told her, plaintively. Column: The N-word doesn't belong in a fourth-grade classroom, even in poetry 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z As church bells rang out, “Silent Night” wafted plaintively out of an empty espresso bar into a deserted cobblestone alley. Covid Spoils Another Christmas in the Holy Land 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z As one man at a Turning Point event in October plaintively asked: "When do we get to use the guns?" Why Donald Trump exalts Kyle Rittenhouse: Nothing gets the base going like violence 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z In the face of such tragedy, she said, a touch plaintively, “I decided the best was to help my friends.” ‘A Special Sadness’: Floods Bring Death to a German Care Home 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z “I always had the kids,’’ he said plaintively in a conversation on his campaign plane after the event. Walter Mondale dead at 93, former vice president and presidential nominee 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z He added almost plaintively: “How much do you have to give? How good do you have to be?” James Levine, Former Met Opera Maestro, Is Dead at 77 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Speaker Nancy Pelosi could simply bring in a few more candidates for Johnson's job and ask plaintively, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome census?" Democrats can save themselves with this One Weird Trick: Reject the Trump census 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z “You’re supposed to represent our opinion,” a woman plaintively told him. Facing Backlash, Republicans Confront Trump’s Effect on Their Party 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z When a former White House colleague tweeted plaintively, asking who might take down Ms. Collins in the 2020 election, Ms. Rice fired off a two-letter reply: “Me.” Susan Rice Wants to Run for Office. Will Her First Campaign Be for V.P.? 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Somewhere, a bell tower chimed midnight — even though it was 12:38 a.m. — and a trumpet plaintively played the taps as munitions whizzed through the air. On Portland’s streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “You can trust respected medical authorities,” Dr. Fauci said this week in a virtual forum at Georgetown University, almost plaintively at times. Treacherous Times for Dr. Fauci in the Sacred Cow Business 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He plaintively addressed Assad as “Mr. President,” telling him he’s tired of the staff around his cousin “putting me always in the circle of accusations … that I’m the bad guy.” Syrian President Bashar Assad faces rare dissent from a top financial ally, cousin Rami Makhlouf 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “Am I going to get a ticket?” he asks plaintively. Using education to enforce Minnesota natural resources laws 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z “What about March Madness?” said Doolittle, a huge hoops fan, almost plaintively. Perspective | Baseball must act: Cancel spring training games or play without fans 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Who wants to spend a first date plaintively explaining why working in Big Oil doesn’t make them a bad person? With every flood, public anger over the climate crisis is surging | Gaby Hinsliff 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z “I didn’t think I had a choice, actually,” he said, almost plaintively. How Alabama’s Senate Primary Became a Trump Loyalty Contest 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Labour meanwhile were caught in the middle on both issues, plaintively asking if voters wouldn't rather talk about something else, like inequality or the NHS. Is Labour's position on independence changing? 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “You can’t beat Wellington on a good day,” they say, plaintively, imagining the handful of days each year when the harbour is still as glass. Voldemort? Winston? Wellington's disruptive wind seeks a name 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “Christians and Christianity are mocked, belittled, smeared and attacked,” declared an essay on Fox News’s website, plaintively titled, “How Long Will I Be Allowed to Remain a Christian?” Opinion | We’re Less and Less a Christian Nation, and I Blame Some Blowhards 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z “You spend a whole lifetime learning a craft and then it disappears,” he said plaintively. Column One: One of Hollywood's last scenic painters can't quite put down his brush 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z TV hosts interrupting them - sometimes plaintively, sometimes dictatorially - and trying to make sure everyone had his or her say, or at least that they got in a few pithy sentence fragments for the ages. Analysis: Tell us everything (but keep it to 60 seconds) 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “Can we turn it off?” asked a boy seated next to me, quietly and plaintively. In Chicago, reparations aren’t just an idea. They’re the law 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Cummings closed the hearing plaintively: “We have got to get back to normal.” Michael Cohen Depicts a Life More Like ‘The Sopranos’ Than ‘The Apprentice’ 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z They are haunting drawings: black, white and Latina women, most of them youthful, with bright lips and lined eyes, staring plaintively at the viewer. F.B.I. Hopes Samuel Little’s Drawings Will Help Identify His Murder Victims 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Just look at the new report from the summit organisers that begins by asking plaintively, “Is the world sleepwalking into a crisis?” Panic is on the agenda at Davos – but it’s too little too late | Aditya Chakrabortty 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “I am in the White House waiting for you!” he tweeted plaintively to Democrats on Saturday. Opinion | Please help Donald Trump find work during the shutdown 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “What about us?” they sang plaintively as impassive delegates hurried past. Scientists called for ‘unprecedented’ action. But the global climate talks aren’t built for that. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z He was down, but still wriggling, his arm emerging plaintively from the heap. Cristiano Ronaldo lights up Old Trafford with a cross, a smile and a selfie 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In 2011, Adele’s “21” cemented a new austerity in pop; all she had to do to sell 11 million records was stand in one place and sing plaintively about heartbreak. Lady Gaga Isn’t Done Shape-Shifting Yet 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Gahler wondered plaintively at a Friday morning news briefing, referring to the three deadly attacks. Rite Aid shooting: ‘There’s just no way to make sense of something that’s so senseless.’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z I once brought a non-Jewish boyfriend to various family holiday dinners, and he asked plaintively, “Why do all of your holidays involve talking about the suffering of your ancestors?” It’s Jewish new year, a time to eat and talk – and there’ll only be one topic at the table 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z “What did I do that was wrong?” she asked plaintively. She Gambled on Her Claim to Link Russians and Trump. She Is Losing. 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Thone stops suddenly, bent over, phone in hand, and asks almost plaintively: “Am I right?” Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s excellent ‘Frost/Nixon’ brims with power and pathos 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “I just want to play,” he said plaintively. Andy Murray considering hip surgery as career hangs in the balance 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z On three separate occasions, locals asked me plaintively, “Are you FEMA?” ‘Are You FEMA?’ A Reporter Returns to the Islands to Find Despair 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Koby, the Siberian husky, barked plaintively just outside the shelter. Canyon fire evacuees find shelter with their furry friends 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z He asked plaintively “if it’s possible to condense a complex legal issue into an 800-word column.” Opinion | Trump’s voter-fraud propagandist cooks up extremely fuzzy math 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Over dinner with Guillam, he asks plaintively what the long game of espionage was all for. “A Legacy of Spies”: John le Carré’s latest, maybe last, venture 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z With everybody shooting at everybody else, confusion reigns, until someone plaintively cries, “I forgot whose side I’m on!” ‘Free Fire’ review: B-movie goes trigger-happy 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z He returned repeatedly to his contest with Hillary Clinton and at one point plaintively pleaded for understanding. Trump, in Rambling Defense, Calls Administration a ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s a blurry snapshot from a long night of chemical excess: Tesfaye, close to passing out, wonders plaintively whether “this time, I might not make it”. Music for the stilted generation: the Weeknd's deconstruction of modern life 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z “Where do you think you’re going, girl?” she sang plaintively in the stripped-down, country-tinged guitar ballad, which was streamed live on Bud Light’s Facebook along with the rest of the emotional set. Lady Gaga Debuts New Tracks on Dive Bar Tour's Latest Stop 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z “Can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud?” one audience member asked plaintively in the first-ever town hall debate, in 1992. Clinton got all the questions the GOP wanted her to answer. But to what end? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Pence simply said, “It’s over,” to which Raddatz replied plaintively: “It’s not over.” The Media Surrender 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z It ends with a version of herself as a child looking up from a birthday cake festooned with candles and asking plaintively, "Did you know – Mom, Dad?" Do the new Merck HPV ads guilt-trip parents or tell hard truths? Both. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “Some sing a sad song/Some got to moan the blues,” Neville sang plaintively, “Trying to make the best of a home/That the man didn’t even get to choose.” New Orleans music giant Allen Toussaint saluted in style at Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “Have I made it fun?” he asked, almost plaintively. Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Williams was serving, down by 15-30, and she glanced plaintively at the chair umpire and play was called. Serena Williams Survives a Shaky Quarterfinal at the French Open 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Columbus plaintively appeals to a skeptical Queen Isabella, who demands: “Three ships is a lot of ships. Why can’t you prove the world is round with one ship?” Frank Modell, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 98 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z As Baron puts it plaintively: “How can we have a functioning democracy when we cannot agree on the most basic facts?” Post-truth politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are no joke | Jonathan Freedland 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Drake previously tipped the cover art for the LP, where he sits plaintively atop Toronto's CN Tower. Drake and Future team for new tour, playing Staples Center in September 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Theron gestures first at her plate and then, plaintively, at mine. Charlize Theron: Hollywood’s Humble Heroine 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z She plaintively sings “When Will I Be Loved?” with Baylee Littrell, who provides plenty of sight gags as both twins, scampering to be in two places at once. Review: All aboard the cheerfully campy musical ‘Disaster!’ 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “That is so wrong,” Mr. Trump said, plaintively. In Republican Debate, a Feisty Marco Rubio Lays Into Donald Trump 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z On “Fox & Friends,” Rubio plaintively insisted that “you don’t win the nomination by how many states you win.” Marco Rudy-o: After getting thumped in Nevada, Rubio is betting on Giuliani’s losing strategy of 2008 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z “Everyone always describes us as heavy metal, even when I tell them otherwise,” he was still complaining in 2011, before adding plaintively: “Why won’t people listen?” Lemmy: the contrarian hell-raiser who rejected adoration 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z One of Robertson's young children took the bullhorn and said plaintively, "My dad's not a bad person." Fuller narrative emerges after officials release new video of fatal Lynwood shooting 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The Telegraph plaintively, and politely, urged before the decision was final. Coin Toss Is Secure in Sports Lore, if Not in Cricket 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Still, she does ask him now and again, plaintively, “How many more are you going to collect?” Accountant’s obsession becomes New England Accordion Museum 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z “I can’t be at a ball park at 11 o’clock on a Tuesday!” he likes to wail, plaintively. Endless love: why kiss cam is one baseball accoutrement worth keeping 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z No one had asked me to sign a petition, nobody had brushed alongside me or accidentally spilled something on or near me, no child had tugged at me plaintively. A Point of View: Phoneless in Paris - BBC News 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z But I can reorder AA batteries for my Xbox controller by plaintively asking Alexa at the precise moment I’m digging through a junk drawer and realize I’m about to run out. Alexa, tell me what it's like to use the Amazon Echo 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z As she entered one classroom, Ms. Litwack was greeted by a second grader, Andrew Barnes, who put his hand on her forearm and said plaintively, “We need air-conditioning.” New York’s Public School Students Sweat Out the End of the Semester 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Four years ago he spent the Copa América shrugging plaintively at referees who didn’t offer him the same protection he received at home. Brazil’s inadequacies echoed by Neymar’s lack of patience against Colombia | Jonathan Wilson 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The only help Greece got in the end from the G7 summit was Obama plaintively asking all sides to show “sufficient flexibility.” 5 Reasons the G7 Summit Was a Disappointment 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z She said plaintively to Kristin, “I think I would be a really good mother.” The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Republicans find themselves on the sidelines bleating plaintively about violations of the separation of powers. Abolish the filibuster 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z He plaintively asked how much “evidence does the world still need to recognize the obvious fact, there is foreign military equipment, Russian military coaches and regular troops” operating in Ukraine. Urgency increases from world leaders trying to broker Moscow-Ukraine cease-fire 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z “I have nothing against the word ‘Mumbai,’ ” he added, a little plaintively. Word That Rhymes With ‘Today’ Runs Afoul of Indian Censors 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z As Vasilyev's minibus was being loaded, a small child held in her mother's arms cried and pleaded plaintively to leave as soon as possible. Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z American tourists in Havana are already asking plaintively why Wi-Fi is so scarce — or why the toilet paper is so rough. Welcome back, Cuba! 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z He had complained, somewhat plaintively, to the assembled media that they covered him in a one-dimensional way. Chris Christie Is Back 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Morrison, slightly plaintively perhaps, points out that the first deliveries from Morrison.com start tomorrow. Tesco, Morrison and M&S: Ouch 2014-01-09T08:27:04Z “I’m going to need all of you to educate your classmates, your colleagues, your parents, your friends,” he said plaintively at Georgetown. By Degrees: Old Tactic in New Climate Campaign 2013-07-08T21:10:12Z At 65 – “nearing 66,” Mr. Simpson said, almost plaintively, his voice clearly audible across the small courtroom here — he is grayer, balder, slightly stooped and heavier. O.J. Simpson Testifies in New Trial 2013-05-15T20:48:58Z The same little Obama who plaintively blurted “Daddy, what city are you in?” at the big screen after her mother’s 2008 convention speech now was giving her father stage direction. Why Americans care about the Obamas 2013-01-18T20:03:17Z Then there is Diana, incisively portrayed and strongly sung by Gabrielle Ruiz, who first tells of her struggle with an unsympathetic acting coach in “Nothing” and later croons plaintively about “What I Did for Love.” | New Jersey: A Review of ‘A Chorus Line,’ at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2012-10-14T03:00:02Z Most revealing, perhaps, are letters written by Italian citizens to newspaper and magazine columnists plaintively asking: Are things really as bad as they say? IHT Rendezvous: A Reporter's Hard Drive: Covering Italy in the Maelstrom 2012-07-20T11:00:27Z Bohemian Granny chips in, and then says rather plaintively, "I hope it's not the future of books". The 'mummy porn' author and the suburban bookshop 2012-06-25T10:04:07Z At the end of a short television interview, there was such a rush of reporters towards Nolen that he was knocked sideways, protesting plaintively. Black Caviar scrapes home 2012-06-23T17:52:30Z “It should be 20 to 30 years, so he can come back to Liberia and we can have an ex-president with us,” he said plaintively as he drove. Taylor’s Sentence Sparks War-Crimes Debate 2012-05-30T21:53:00Z “Can Facebook just have their IPO … so we can all stop talking about it?” one exasperated Twitter user plaintively asked, speaking for many. Sick of Hearing About Facebook? You?re Not Alone 2012-05-17T10:00:55Z "Charles," said Enid plaintively, "this is the curry—here." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Louise turned a tearful eye to Sir Henry.—"My brother!" plaintively escaped her lips, and falling on his bosom, she wept in silence. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Northcote says he would often hear the voice of a little waif, worn with sitting, say plaintively, "Sir,—sir,—I'm tired!" Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z "It is charmingly, almost plaintively sweet," says Father Gratry, of the Oratory of Paris. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "I wish Miss Strange would play for me at my entertainment at the schools next week," said Mr. Pryor plaintively. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z "Oh, father," he said plaintively, "I wish dreadfully that you had caught me before the last time I was in the orchard." The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Sheep-bells were sounding plaintively down the valley beyond the arch leading to the walled way by which the great stadium, where the games took place, was entered. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z And again, “Never, it seems to me, since man first lived and suffered, was his infinite longing and suffering uttered more plaintively.” Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z "Are you, Ned?"—almost plaintively, stroking the back of one of his hands as she looked into his lighted eyes, reading sadly the desire behind that shallow joy at sight of her. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Here he enjoyed the ocean as he had enjoyed it in his boyhood, and years later, when his brain was tired from overwork, he would exclaim, plaintively, "Oh, Marshfield! the Sea! the Sea!" Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z And if I am," plaintively, "it is all very well for you, Arthur, who are away six days out of seven. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z There's a hempen neck-cloth to fit my pipes in Queen Street," he said, plaintively, "and I desire it not, having no mind for flummery. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It's so hard," she added, plaintively, "to be a stranger in a place where everybody else has so many friends. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z A few sand-birds and plover piped plaintively to the hoarse diapason of the billows. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z But it must have let go in the water,” she finished plaintively. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z “Well, what could I do,” said Oscar Wilde plaintively, “I couldn’t very well say He did not wear his azure coat, For blood and wine are blue— could I?” The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z I looked around for Mount; he was plaintively helping himself to a cup of water from the horse-trough spring, so I waited. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z But the next moment his countenance fell and he said plaintively, "And my axe is in Rhine." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Thoughtlessly he pulled out a straggling root from the earth; when suddenly he heard a hollow moaning under ground, which wound itself onward underneath, and only died away plaintively in the distance. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z “Oh, if I had only been born neat instead of handsome!” said Katherine plaintively, and then joined heartily in the irresistible laughter that followed. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Unthinkingly, he pulled a straggling root from the earth; and on the instant, heard, with affright, a stifled moan underground, which winded downwards in doleful tones, and died plaintively away in the deep distance. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z “I don’t think this is much fun,” said Dot, plaintively, when the big girl came back to them. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z "What am I to do?" she cried plaintively. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z "But please I do not understand!" she said plaintively. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z "I have no doubt that the truants lived there, and that the new road begins at the foot of the steps," he said plaintively; "but neither statement adds materially to my knowledge." The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z "I wonder why he hates me so," she said a little plaintively. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z The treacherous Spaniards beseeched them plaintively not to kill their cows, offering to51 sell them cattle, or furnish them with food. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z And yet," says Mrs. Reeves plaintively, "people call me extravagant. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z I thought the torture part horrid enough, but when La Tosca had killed the wicked Governor my companion observed plaintively, “We did not see any blood,” as if it were not sufficiently realistic. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The birds hovered about the ships of the fleet, calling plaintively--here, at all events, were men recognisably belonging to the land they vainly sought. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Meg, at leisure to collect herself, exclaimed plaintively: "Oh, I've only got one glove!" The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z “I’d give the whole world to be able to stay over,” said Cologne, plaintively. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z "Others have spent it for me," she says plaintively; but she adds generously, "and I do not grudge it to them." Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z "Maria has been making up the past again," she said plaintively. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z “What gets me,” said Jimmy plaintively, “is how they are going to know when they get to the pole anyway.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z "My feet are a tiny bit cold," she said plaintively, giving him her foot, that seemed like gold in the yellow silk stocking. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But the paroxysm of pride went by; "I can not:" said the old man, plaintively. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z It seemed to know there was danger as if by instinct, for it struggled and cried most plaintively and pitifully. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Tom stretched one great paw beyond the cupboard without allowing any more of his person to be seen, and began to yawn plaintively like a child just wakened from its first sleep. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z “Can I believe my ears?” asked Herb plaintively. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z "I wish I could understand," he said plaintively. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He told us dolefully that only one fiddler had come, and plaintively asked what could be done. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z "Mother thinks," said the Prince plaintively, after a pause, "it would be better if he didn't come to the house so much." The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Charles made a movement, but the widow plaintively ignored the interruption. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z "I would give a thousand pounds at this moment if I could be certain that that would be," sighed Mr. Kingston, plaintively. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z "So's you can talk to us this afternoon—an' so's Dad won't be so dis'greeable," she replied plaintively, poking the black spots on her muff. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z "What do you expect me to do?" he would demand plaintively. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z “Oh, dear,” she plaintively exclaimed, “the boat rocks; hold fast to me, sweetheart.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Then it sounded plaintively; now it has a joyous sound! Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z One only deeply in love, somewhere near at hand, but invisible, repeated plaintively over and over again a small bird-name in the silence of the shrinking spring. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z "Why are you so sad to-night, when it is my birthday?" she asked plaintively. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Users seem to ignore the plentiful invitations to get involved: “We’re furniture in the living room,” he says plaintively. Wikipedia?s fund-raising: Free but not easy 2011-11-03T08:48:03Z "Can I know too much of it?" she asked plaintively. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Poor Mrs. Lamb, plaintively indignant, stretched her arm towards the wrecked panels. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z "I want to get in bed with mamma," came plaintively from the small bundle. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z “But there isn’t anything we can do on a day like this,” said Ruth, plaintively. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z "I don't find either of you very helpful," said Aunt Harriet plaintively. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Still, it was pleasant to be in this cosy company, so agreeably quiet, without many words, the music behind the piano dying away plaintively, until it suddenly stopped. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z "Please," he said, pleasantly and plaintively, "don't pay any attention to him." Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z “Mamma, have you come to me at last?” said Emilie, plaintively. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The note was intoned clearly and almost plaintively; it developed into the powerful sound of a man’s high voice, swelled into something terribly human and almost divine and broke off short and hard. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z From the other end of the table Mrs. Blackburn's voice floated plaintively, "There isn't a piece of it left," she said. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z “Besides that, I want to stay with you-all,” added Dodo, plaintively. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z "Surely, Mavis," father continued plaintively, "you could never demand that I kiss—" I laughed again. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Mrs. Stewart said plaintively; as she came into the room with her arms dusted with flour. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Pershin'," said Mr. Pottle, plaintively, "can it be that you have forgotten Papa Pottle? The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z On the night following the first representation he was re-accorded his liberty, and being asked to make a few alterations in his score, plaintively remarked that he thought "his two months were over." Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z "I am not going to ask questions," he said almost plaintively, without mentioning that there were some he had no need to ask and others which he fully intended to answer himself. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Yet his wooing was strangely like that of Auld Robin Grey, especially when he finished plaintively, appealingly, with the words: “Oh, Annie, for his sake will you not marry me?” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z With that the door squeaked, and a small, pitiful, torn creature, covered with snow, began to pipe plaintively at the threshold:— "Michael, Michael!" Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Her low musical voice seemed to drift to him plaintively through the darkness. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z The crying of the ewes and lambs at the pastures came plaintively against the dawn. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Mrs Skeffington-Smythe who had halted the blue-eyed man was reproaching him plaintively because he had not been to call on her since his return. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z “Why should I be left out in the cold?” he plaintively demanded. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z "Isn't it in a hurry?" said Athena plaintively, "in such a hurry to end the last of my happy days." Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z ‘I began to fear you would never come into this orchard again,’ said the White Hare plaintively. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z I argued plaintively with that man, but it made him shout and gesticulate. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z “Well, she needn’t have taken it out on me,” said 319 Billy plaintively. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z “And I—and I—and I,” came from the others, while Ben Stubbs inquired plaintively if there would be room for him. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z "I suppose it can all be managed very quietly?" she said plaintively. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z "Drive us not forth; as it is, we have been driven,--we nobles and men of family," said Uhlik, plaintively. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z She was silent for a moment, and then added, almost plaintively: "My entertainment looks pleasant enough, but I fear that it is all a disastrous failure." The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z “Oh,” said Florence plaintively, “I thought you’d always keep it that way, to remember me by!” Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z "Why, of course I didn't intend to be out of the concerts," protested Mona plaintively. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z "Take an interest in me," I said plaintively. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z One of the kittens, mewing plaintively, crawled to Grimalkin, and thrust its minute pink nose into his side. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "Cora Dares," she cried, plaintively and with passion. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z She paused an instant, then went on plaintively. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z He asked her plaintively why she had been so impatient with him for so small an offence, and he held out the bread board to show that it had suffered no harm. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Robin inquired plaintively who'd want to abduct a little thing like him. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The cattle in the camp, terrified by the unusual spectacle, began to bellow plaintively. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Sue drew Tessa aside to coax in her plaintively miserable voice, “Come home with me; father will say things, and I shall be afraid.” Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z "Alack, indeed," said his Lordship plaintively, "this hooped petticoat was never paid for." The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z She shook her head plaintively as she put a massive brass candlestick of old Chinese design into its place. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z A dotterel goes plaintively piping over the stones, and the "cheep, cheep," of the awakening ling-birds rises from every brae. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z "Is wild!" cry the crowd, plaintively,--"is wild, is wild!" With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z “I see you are angry with me still, Leslie,” she said plaintively. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z “Well, I don’t understand it,” said Jones, plaintively. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z But Rosy, surmising by her movement that she contemplated leaving, began to wail plaintively, begging her so hard to tell just one more “lubly story.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z “I’m afraid the Early Bird got them all,” she said plaintively, after a few moment’s fruitless search. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Crowds of dogs which had followed their masters barked and howled plaintively. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "There, there!" said the poor monarch, appealing plaintively to the empty street; "there, that comes of having a Liberal Government; as soon as I get a change I'll be a despot." Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z “Oh, dear! let’s go to bed,” said Helen plaintively. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z "Is it possible that you mean then to go on with the struggle?" asked Fruzsinka plaintively. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z A minister's wife said plaintively that she never knew how many she was cooking a meal for. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z When night came the horses began to snort and the cattle to bellow plaintively, as if foreseeing some danger which men could not yet surmise. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "I still follow you," said Little Doc plaintively, "but I am losing ground every minute." Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z “Good-bye—if I don’t see you again,” she said plaintively. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z Minerva had backed out of his way and answered plaintively: "Yassah." The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z “I wish Tom would come back,” she said, plaintively. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z And neither belong here,” added the speaker plaintively. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z From time to time he bleated plaintively, but the Bish, sticking closer than a brother, advised him to put all thought of his score out of his head and concentrate on his shots. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Each man was straining his eyes out after the advancing squadron; at times a horse neighed, or, smelling blood, stretched his neck and, opening his nostrils, groaned plaintively. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z On my first visit after the funeral of a senior deacon, his widow plaintively repeated the words of the old man: "We hope there is something beyond, but we do not know." What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z “And I have tried so hard too, Mr Mallow,” said the Curate, plaintively. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z A vagrant breeze slid down the creek, bringing with it the breath of sage, and afar off somewhere a cow bawled plaintively. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z "Besides," he argued plaintively, "I couldn't travel like this—clothes all out of shape from that drenching last night—no time to change—!" Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “We welcome people’s views, but you are all basically taking over the site,” an administrator there posted plaintively. State Department Error Dashes Hopes of Thousands Seeking to Live in U.S. 2011-06-23T05:20:19Z "I don't see what makes you so set ag'in the Squire," she said, plaintively, a few moments later, as if she had divined her daughter's unuttered thoughts. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z But the annoyance was none the less, and the Rector used to declare plaintively to his wife that if it were not for Julia and Cynthia he would run right away. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Nathan, however, plaintively declined, saying that he could not walk ten yards in the sand. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z A privately-run breeding programme is aiming to conserve the Orinoco Crocodile Young crocodiles cry plaintively for their mother as they are hooked in a trap and pulled, splashing franticly, from the water. Saving species 2011-06-13T09:05:17Z "Still, you have many things in your favour," William answered, a little plaintively. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z "Oh, please leave me alone," answered the young lady from within, weakly and plaintively: "I am ill and can see no one." Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The shorn lid was still rolling plaintively along the last step of the stairs. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z There’s tent shows there all winter long,” said the man, plaintively. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z They all think they own me," she confided plaintively to Rachel, "just because I'm little. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z "It is well that you young people don't see far ahead of you," she said plaintively. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Then she turned plaintively to the men:— "If you would only let him sleep—just a little while longer," she said falteringly. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z They looked in the beds and under them, and called plaintively in odd corners, hoping the whole thing was a joke. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z "And now," he adds plaintively, "a misfortune has befallen me which I have done nothing at all to deserve." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z I know I am better looking behind the footlights,” Polly now urged almost plaintively, for her younger sister was making her decidedly nervous by her continued scrutiny. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z Once King George IV. was heard to murmur plaintively: 'Wellington is King of England, O'Connell is King of Ireland, and I am supposed to be the Dean of Windsor.' The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z On every bush are roses blooming, everywhere the nightingale To his love again is warbling plaintively his oft-told tale. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z An old cow strolled up the lane by the house and round the corner of the orchard, plaintively tinkling her bell. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z As I turned down into the lane that led home, the church-clock struck twelve; every stroke sounded like a funeral knell on my ear; then a dog began to howl plaintively. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Karri," he began plaintively, "I want to tell you one thing. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z “Why did you come out here?” she asked plaintively. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z "He seems to dislike me," she added, plaintively, when she mentioned "impaired faculties" to her husband. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Again, one of the ladies of our party was enjoying a ride, when the boy plaintively remarked: ‘Fine lady—fine donkey—poor donkey-boy!’ Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Lifting up her head, she said rather plaintively, "Surely you wouldn't mind my coming too, Oliver?" Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The far-off, drowsy baying of a hound drifted down from the ridge and trailed plaintively into the night. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "Where do I come in?" he asked rather plaintively, after the fashion of the unfortunate one who was usually being left out. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z "I can't have them here on my Thursdays, you know, May," she said plaintively, and with an injured air. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z But her eyes remained fixed with a politely attentive look on Mr. Bragg, and, when he ceased speaking, she murmured plaintively, as being a safe thing to say, "That is so good of you!" That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z She looked at him plaintively, a strange, piteous expression in her beautiful, shadowed eyes. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z She was plaintively regretting that May had refused to change her morning frock for something more becoming. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z It has been a nice quiet time, and has done my head good; but,' a little plaintively, 'I am afraid I have not done much work.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z "She didn't give it to us, Augustus," returned Mrs. Dormer-Smith plaintively. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z “But that’s just about as bad,” Will plaintively struck up just then. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z "He will get the money for sister, see if he doesn't," Martin spoke up, plaintively. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z "I don't want to leave Deep Willows, and Phyl, and you," she said plaintively. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z She raised her head, and with outstretched arms said, plaintively, "My son, my son!" Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Mrs. Dormer-Smith continued plaintively to shake her head as she spoke, and to look with gentle melancholy at the fire. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "I did not even tell you, Feodor," murmured Ir�a plaintively. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z The man's voice broke in, plaintively rumbling, as if from a great distance. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z "I am so weak, Gardy, so very weak," said she, plaintively, as she laid her hand on the back of his, "that I follow anything with difficulty." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z We are so impatient to make Miss Miller work for her honourable position, that we generally manage to ‘cut off our noses to spite our faces,’“ sighed Elena so plaintively that the others laughed.’ The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z "Bassy had a great deal of trouble with the choir this evening," said Mrs. Simpson plaintively. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "I wish I knew how he contrived to scrape together so much money in so short a time," sighed Pistasch plaintively. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z As he was writing his final book in the last weeks of his life, his assistant and publisher recently recalled, he asked plaintively, “Do you think this is worth doing?” On Religion: Governor?s Change of Heart Is Influenced by Faith 2011-03-25T15:30:58Z "Doctor," said she, plaintively, "have I strength enough to go to him?" Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “Paul, what are you thinking about now?” she asked plaintively. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z She always spoke kindly, though plaintively, of the girl, over whom there hung the shadow of the unfortunate marriage. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Then, 'What are you holding my hand so tight for?' asks Franky plaintively. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z “Then it was very cruel of you, ma’am,” said the old man, plaintively. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z He said plaintively in his journal, "I have now been twenty-five years pursuing my ornithological studies," and yet the book was not written. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z "I don't think any one ever imagined so many ink-bottles compatible with so little ink," he said, plaintively. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z “I thought there’d be art here,” a guest said plaintively, craning his neck. | Art on Subtle Display 2011-03-04T15:00:15Z My aunt now elevated her eyebrows, and murmured, plaintively, "It can't be helped!" 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "If he turned you out, Gipsy, it would break my heart," said Mrs. Gower, plaintively. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "London is such a long way off, Algy," murmured the girl plaintively. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z "Watt," her voice came plaintively out of the gloom. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z "I slept badly last night; I hardly slept at all," she says, plaintively, evading direct reply. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z But it is almost too small for the Li�ge professor, and he tells me plaintively that he will be glad to move on to Li�ge. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z Sarah paused for a moment, then continued plaintively, "I wish I knowed for sure." Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Anaxagoras plaintively exclaims, 'Nothing can be known, nothing can be learned, nothing can be certain, sense is limited, intellect is weak, life is short.' Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse 2011-02-24T03:01:00.270Z "It's as if the relentless demand of networks for me to be everywhere, all the time, were denying me access to the moment in which I am really living," he writes plaintively. We owe the internet for changing the world. Now let's learn how to turn off 2011-02-22T21:00:01Z "May I not see Nicholas, if only for a moment?" she says, plaintively, gazing with entreaty at Geoffrey. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z He was full of imagery, but he qualified it, saying plaintively: 'I can't express myself lucidly and vividly, like you; but everybody knows I mean well.' A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z "I am well nigh worn out," said she, plaintively; and she held out her glass to be filled once more; "but I 'll try and tell you." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z You write, too, plaintively, that some of the things I say hurt you. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z She plaintively recalled her childish days, and besought her, for the sake of their love in those times, to shelter and protect her. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z "What have I said?" she asks, half plaintively. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Perhaps, Vicar," I said, plaintively, "if you joined the ladies? Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "It was all in the interest of the dear child," she protested plaintively. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z The wind is sighing plaintively through the trees that arch above her head, the thousand dying leaves are fluttering to her feet. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Lord Victor asked plaintively, for the messenger's information had been translated in a condensed form, Finnerty rather emphasising the important part Marie played as the future maharani. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z "Well don't go to Dublin, at all events," says her mother, plaintively. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "Do you think they will mind if we smoke here?" said Brasset, plaintively. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z "Pray don't misunderstand me," said the gentleman, plaintively; "I would not insult you or treat you with anything but the greatest respect on any account." Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z "What an awful time we shall be having at Mrs. Boileau's this hour to-morrow night," says Cyril, plaintively, after a long silence on his part. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The robins still sing cheerily, but the gulls on the shore, flying over the yellow seaweed, call to each other plaintively in the gray of the early twilight. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z Mine has fallen to the scythe many a day ago," said Rawlins, plaintively; "but I remember glorious times and glorious fellows. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The curt swing and drive and bite of it could escape no one, and for all his almost plaintively modest demeanor he had instant arresting power. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z "Say, Rob," put in Tubby plaintively, after the other boys had got through congratulating Rob, and wringing his hand till, as he said, it felt like a broken pump handle. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z I can't think,' I finished plaintively, 'why we shouldn't talk about anything and everything.' In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z "Of course, I don't want you to come anywhere when it all so obviously bores you," plaintively said Lady Isabel. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z "The cab broke down," Frieda remarked plaintively, evidently attempting to explain last conditions first. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z We were still at breakfast, when the tone of St. Andrew's bell came floating, plaintively, through the air, as a summons to prepare ourselves for the services of the day. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z But milk there was none, as Tubby soon found out when he plaintively asked for some of that fluid. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z When he had recovered from his illness, Nilmani would cry plaintively: ‘Let us go home, sister.’ Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z She consulted her friends, drawing a plaintively humorous picture of the recalcitrant young person, which, to the annoyance of Alex, caused a certain amount of amused sympathy to be expressed in Barbara's favour. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z "I don't see how Jack and Frank could have told you I was well, Henry," she said plaintively. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z “I thought, resident, that you had always felt an affection for my house,” he murmured, almost plaintively. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Mr. Wellings used to wonder plaintively in the Common Room why his colleagues found it necessary to set so many impositions. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z A lonely woman—so she judged herself, plaintively—she had severed the link that bound her to her truest friend ... The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The cows had gathered against the paddock fence and were lowing plaintively for the evening milking. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z “You’ll come again?” the old lady asked almost plaintively as she bade them goodbye. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z "Was it for this?" asked the Irish Times plaintively, evoking the poetry of WB Yeats from 1913 to grieve over the surrender of Irish sovereignty to a bunch of IMF and ECB accountants. Year of bullying, bluff and bailouts leaves euro fighting for its life 2010-12-15T20:50:18Z “All we are asking,” the group sang plaintively, “is win us a game.” Islanders, Once a Dynasty, Continue to Crumble 2010-12-01T19:47:00Z "I need the money; times are slow right now," he said plaintively. Pawn Stars: Our Most Revealing Reality Show 2010-10-21T21:00:00Z A man announces plaintively and with obvious frustration, "I've been looking for a job now for 13 months." Obama Is in the Jaws of Political Death: Can He Survive? 2010-10-11T08:30:00Z Tired of having to interpret other people's scripts when he possesses the soul of a creative artist, Phoenix says plaintively, "I don't wanna play the character of Joaquin any more." I'm Still Here: Joaquin Phoenix Takes the Rap 2010-09-06T22:00:00Z Of priests he knew who had affairs with married women, he said plaintively, “They destroyed the sacrament of marriage.” Beliefs: A Psychologist Steeped in Treating a Range of Problems of Sexually Active Priests 2010-04-10T01:46:00Z And he picked fights with Democratic and labor chieftains even as he spoke plaintively of his desire to be liked. In Crisis and in Need of Allies, Governor Walks Alone 2010-02-27T01:41:00Z “What is going to happen?” she asked plaintively. The New Poor: Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs 2010-02-21T01:21:00Z "A good cook is quite beyond my means, you know," she said plaintively. Capricious Caroline Ah, Mistress," he murmured plaintively, "you have punished me cruelly. A Blot on the Scutcheon "Fritzchen," he said plaintively, "what tricks are you up to now?" The Undying Past It seemed but too certain that an enemy had placed the key where it had been found, though he struggled long against the thought, saying plaintively to himself, “I have no enemies.” A Little World “Yes, yes, coming,” replied Melton, as her ladyship tapped him on the arm very significantly, and shook her head at him, while her eyes plaintively gazed at his. Lady Maude's Mania "She is learning to be useful, you see, Violet," Camilla observed plaintively. Capricious Caroline I am all alone," she murmured plaintively, "and very dull. A Blot on the Scutcheon "Please, it's just Pip," replied Pipette plaintively, groping for Pip's hand under the desk. "Pip" A Romance of Youth They cried plaintively and incessantly, and kept looking towards land, unable to understand why their mother was so long in coming. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Well," the elder lady resumed almost plaintively, "perhaps it is that I view it in the light of happier days. A Poached Peerage "You could not, could you?" he said, almost plaintively. The Man Who Rose Again Brazil, a bird which sings plaintively at night is listened to with intent emotion, from its being supposed to be sent with tidings from the dead to the living. How to Observe Morals and Manners The mare whickered plaintively when he took her from her food. The Voice of the Pack French," he plaintively observed, "is pronounced very much as it is spelt; so are Spanish and Italian; I have them all at my finger-ends. Glories of Spain I told you," she said plaintively, "that I knew nothing about music except what Uncle Jess has taught me, and I wonder how you can think I play so well. Rockhaven "I'm sorry I'm so poor," sobbed Pinkie, plaintively. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life And she merely said, in a voice that could not but sound plaintively: "So soon?..." Majesty A Novel “I couldn’t bear going back to Kentucky now,” she added, plaintively; “I couldn’t bear it.” The Key to Yesterday "I don't think Lenore ballasts my hats properly," she said plaintively. The Preliminaries And Other Stories The solemn herds lowed in monotonous symphony.—The autumnal insects in sympathetic wafting, plaintively predicted their approaching fate. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact "What is this new toy we've bought?" inquired one of them plaintively. The Night Operator If the first step in the campaign fails," he wrote plaintively, "our disgrace will be complete. Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 Steele lingered, and later, while the whippoorwills were calling and a small owl plaintively lamenting, he and Duska sat alone on the white-columned verandah. The Key to Yesterday Oh, Alice," said he, plaintively, "do not—do not, I beseech you—lead me back again into that land of delusion I have just tried to escape from. Tony Butler "And is he so changed since that?" asked the sick man, plaintively. The Fortunes Of Glencore "I often wonder," she said plaintively, "why everybody is so good to me—you especially." The New Gulliver and Other Stories "It is most extraordinary how the girls and Dan and Billy have disappeared," Mrs. Burton whispered plaintively, scarcely daring to speak in a natural tone. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines The cat, leaning like a ship in a stiff wind, walked to and fro across her dress, looking up at her as it still plaintively, interrogatively mewed. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece "I wish the men's tent were not so far off," Mrs. Parker said to Elsie, plaintively. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop "I somehow seem not to be able to express myself clearly to-night," he murmured plaintively. A Traitor's Wooing “I am only sorry that the trout must be quite spoiled,” began Mrs. Dale, plaintively. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. And she says plaintively: "My brethren were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyard,—and now behold how the sun hath scorched me." Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Then she became terrified, thinking she should never see them again; and she began to lament them plaintively. A Reading Book in Irish History She shuddered, then wiped her eyes, and looked up at him plaintively. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins She did so, turning the big emerald en cabochon, so that she could plaintively gaze at it. H. R. She peeps at Dorian from behind the huge silver urn that seeks jealously to conceal her from view, and says, plaintively,— "Is the duchess a very grand person, Dorian?" Faith and Unfaith "I don't want to see him," she said to me plaintively. The Great Miss Driver "You always make fun of everything I do," exclaimed Nina plaintively. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story "And so the poor man's fortune is gone!" continued the spinster, plaintively. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 He was a manly little chap and wouldn't howl outright, but he curled into a ball on his cot, murmuring, "Oo ... oo ... o—o" plaintively. Shadows of Flames A Novel A little sad fountain, somewhere in the distance, is mourning sweetly, plaintively,—perhaps for some lost nymph. Faith and Unfaith "Then what the d——l are you going to do?" reiterated Pythagoras plaintively. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "People in books are so much nicer than real people," said Sylvia plaintively. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Later, the dinner at an end, the women gone, the hole still unfilled, he called for whisky and soda and monologued plaintively on the disasters of the day. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident "She makes me think she does," said the poet, still plaintively. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance "Now, please, do try and write plainly," breaks in Georgie's voice, plaintively. Faith and Unfaith "I cannot tell you, sir," she urged plaintively, "what I would say to the Prince." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Then less plaintively, as though heartened by what was to come: "As a matter of fact though, I've done you a very good turn." Helena Brett's Career "Wouldn't anything but my right eye do?" he asked plaintively. The Eye of Wilbur Mook Then he stopped, and we faced one another, still without a word, the grey light of the wintry dawn clothing us so wearily, so plaintively. Bye-Ways A camp bird, in subdued autumn plumage of black and pearl gray, mewed plaintively as the old warrior came forth from the tepee. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Her pretty eyebrows owned plaintively that she, a struggling artist, had no claim against the nation. Man and Maid The imprisoned cat, small as a rat, had been nervously whipping its tail from side to side and meowing plaintively; but, as the lever swung over, there came a change. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 ‘I wish I knew for certain, but I don’t,’ said Barbara, plaintively. The Youngest Girl in the School “It takes a great deal to dress me!” sighed Grizel plaintively. An Unknown Lover “Is there no letter for me, Hampton?” said Miss Matilda, plaintively. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One “Just as I begin to like a man,” she would plaintively declare, “and find him of some use, he gets serious, gloomy, and spoils everything.” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising “If you little folks only knowed de Taal,” said he plaintively. Old Hendrik's Tales “I guess it’s too late for me to get an education,” sighed the other plaintively. Young Wallingford “N-no,” she replied plaintively, pressing to her side the arm which he had passed through hers as they walked. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War But I say, you know, ’taint my fault, Sally,” he said, plaintively. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One "What a dreary servitude must political life be, when one cannot bestow a passing hour upon society!" said she, plaintively. One Of Them They were playing, not very well, but very plaintively, an old French song, one in vogue in the Latin Quarter. Fairfax and His Pride And as this last sentence was plaintively pronounced, there was a deep and beautiful sigh uttered by all the victims, followed by three cheers. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series "Not that it makes any permanent difference," said Mrs. Merryweather, plaintively. Hildegarde's Harvest “Oh, Tin, I could not tell you!” said Tiny, plaintively. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One "I see what is passing in your heart, Mr. Stocmar," said she, plaintively. One Of Them "I am sure I don't intend to fuss," she said, plaintively, "but how can I help worrying when I see you looking so badly, especially when you will insist on studying so hard?" The Girl from Arizona The cat was mewing plaintively on the kitchen doorstep. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls "I only hope nothing will run off with my sheep," Smithy had remarked, plaintively, at one time, after they had finished their meal, and were just lounging around, taking things easy. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine "You've got no right to go back and report all this," Farrell said plaintively. Pet Farm "God help me!" exclaimed Terry, plaintively, "I 'm like a new-born child here; I know nobody, nor how to ask for anything." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Some passers-by took up the boy's complaint; but Gilliatt made no reply, except to point to the old birds, who were hovering and crying plaintively over the tree, as they looked for their nest. Toilers of the Sea "I just don't understand them," Beauclaire said plaintively, glad to have someone to talk to. The Book "But I don't understand," argued the prisoner at the bar, plaintively bewildered. The Destroying Angel "Yes, but what more is to be done?" asked Bissula plaintively, holding the Tribune--she did not know why--firmly by the arm. A Captive of the Roman Eagles "I'm not arguing in favor of marriage at all," protested the bachelor plaintively. The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man The Chief overheard the tech, and spoke up plaintively. The Kenzie Report Calvin heard her say plaintively, "But what is it?" The Enormous Room Is there really much to choose between the parent plaintively appealing for filial gratitude and the termagant wife insistently clamoring for love. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home "But you don't know what it is yet," the robot said plaintively. The Ego Machine "Don't you want me to?" asked the bachelor plaintively, rubbing his bald spot. The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man "They will kill us if we don't—" "He's no troglodyte, Han, I'm certain—" Merrick's wife said plaintively. Turning Point "How bitter you are to the poor fellow," said the other, plaintively. A Rent In A Cloud "A poor boy, sir, that has no roof to shelter him," said I, plaintively. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas I know I'm foolish," she whispered plaintively, "but it's so oppressive. Happy House Can't you sit down and talk to me a little?" quoth Leo, plaintively; "I don't care for those kind of books much. Leonore Stubbs After all, we are only a step removed from the Primitive," she said plaintively, "and in this wonderful environment of yours one comes actually within touch. The Song of the Wolf The banner sign, "City Morgue," had now assumed more modest proportions; people who had wintered at Nome looked strong and well; and the doctors somewhat plaintively said that the camp had been "disgustingly healthy." The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) "Oh, just to hear a natural laugh," he said a little plaintively. The "Genius" Her crumpling bronze shield rung plaintively, her golden helmet parted on the seams, and Asbyte doubled up on the ground, her tunic stained with blood, like a wounded white bird folded in its fluttering wings. Sónnica |
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