| 单词 | bate |
| 例句 | Or did she bate him for leaving her bed far mine? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dabbing at his streaming nose, Filch squinted unpleasantly at Harry, who waited with bated breath for his sentence to fall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z With bated breath I closed the locker and reached beneath the tarpaulin for the extra oars on the side benches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron waited with bated breath: Malfoy was surely seconds away from telling them it was him — but then — “I wish I knew who it is,” said Malfoy petulantly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z With bated breath he tore his shirt open, not caring who saw him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z So Lancelot, and all the other angry men, went circling round Camelot in a bitter atmosphere of knots and competition and bating hawks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to keep retreating into the shadows of a gateway, ducking down behind a wall, or climbing through a window and waiting with bated breath for the guard to pass by. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I am so fascinated that I lose the perfect opportunity to cut Frightful free, because, in spite of the hood, she bated and hung down, exposing her jesses. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He isn’t home,” I said with bated breath. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He waited with bated breath as it came nearer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Here yes, they are boys and girls. But back in Cuba, carga bates can be adults, even today. So you see, Señorita Santos, I’m really Bat Man!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They all drew their chairs up to the table and watched with bated breath. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z With bated breath, I tried to gasp out what I had seen, but only managed to utter unintelligible, guttural sounds. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And we looked with bated breath into the blank and expressionless features of the man of science, asking with our total beings: Do you bring us hope or disaster? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The hawk stopped bating and the leaves did not rustle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole common room listened with bated breath. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Once again, Capricorn’s men listened to Mo’s voice with bated breath, as if they were turned to stone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If a falcon is hooded she will not bate, that is, she won’t fly off your fist and hang head down by her jesses, beating her wings and hurting herself. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She hung upside down, bating with her wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And besides, it wasn’t like the world was waiting with bated breath to read yet another essay about the importance of characterization in Spoon River Anthology. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Is there such a thing as a good vs. bad bate session for you? A solosexual’s guide to “me-time”: “A masturbation session should ideally last a minimum of 3 hours or I won’t even bother” 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z For months the world waited with bated breath, tech and design fiends swapped rumors and gossip, and then, finally, this week Apple announced the iPhone 6 and the iWatch. The Best Product Design of the Last 30 Years 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z One strange fact about life, at least for those of us who are lucky, is that it contains much more fear—more bated anticipation—than affliction. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Hollywood’s most famous men and women will watch the Oscars with bated breath on Sunday night alongside another, more hidden but no less nervous slice of elite society: advertisers. Advertisers are the potential losers at Oscars amid calls for protests and boycotts 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z The influential rockers from Minneapolis reunited last year after over two decades away from the stage, and Queens waits with bated breath for what will remain after their set. Pop/Rock Listings for Sept. 19-25 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z I’m sure His Royal Highness is practically perfect in every way, and I, too, will wait with bated breath for the release of his first picture spread. Motherlode Blog: Princes Are for Fairy Tales 2013-07-22T22:04:23Z We await the announcement of the next phase with bated breath. Marvel studio at Comic-Con to map future of comic-book superhero films 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z You watch them with bated breath, waiting for a terrible teenage mistake that will destroy their lives — these kids don't yet realize what they don't know. 'Terri': a sad, wise film about teenage misfits 2011-07-14T19:29:11Z Piers Morgan announced to a packed room of 200 TV journalists waiting with bated breath to learn the identity of his first interviewee on his new CNN chat show. Piers Morgan: the Brit who would be (Larry) King opens with Oprah 2011-01-07T19:27:36Z With Star Wars: The Force Awakens only weeks away, fans are waiting with bated breath for the franchise’s first film in a decade — and they’re not the only ones who are anxious. J.J. Abrams on Screening Force Awakens for Disney Bosses 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s one of my favorite shows, and I’m waiting with bated breath to get the next season. Jane Krakowski on Netflix's "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z I waited with bated breath, but no diced pigeon meat ever pelted the pavements. Nam June Paik: Watch with Buddha 2010-12-19T21:30:02Z While Hollywood awaits the film's box office performance with bated breath, Pitt is confident. Brad Pitt tries to build a better blockbuster 2013-06-19T15:04:10Z After World War II, the U.S. was soon bated into war with the communist North, a three year struggle with little results. Jim Jefferies explores how the U.S. and North Korea ended up on the verge of nuclear war 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Lee, who made last year’s “Da 5 Bloods” for Netflix, hardly bated an eye when asked about the future of movies. Spike Lee, ‘Annette’ open 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z This matinee was her first public performance since the January release of “Vulnicura,” so the artist was stepping into a room groggily re-breathing its own bated breath. All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The anti-spoiler brigade might sound tetchy and self-serving, but they’re not wrong to remind critics, as Bong wrote, that the audience deserves to “experience bated breath at every turn of the story, small and big.” Perspective | What Quentin Tarantino’s no-spoiler letter got right about criticism 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The things that get a man there are called “bate fuel.” A solosexual’s guide to “me-time”: “A masturbation session should ideally last a minimum of 3 hours or I won’t even bother” 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z It was like when a doctor in an old movie removes bandages from a patient’s wounded eyes and everyone waits with bated breath to learn if the hero will ever see again. Modern Love: A Measure of Desire Modern Love 2012-06-28T21:46:34Z Actually, the world awaits with breath that is equally bated the debut of Simon Russell Beale on the ballet stage. This week's arts diary 2011-02-22T22:01:00Z The story’s will-they-or-won’t-they suspense had audiences in weepy puddles, watching with bated breath as Gosling’s Noah insists — outside in the pouring rain, naturally — “it still isn’t over” before going in for a kiss. Analysis | From Fred and Ginger to Kate and Leo: When movie couples make fans hope for real-life love 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z "We were all watching with bated breath on Sunday night," Janowski added. 'John Oliver bounce' benefits Chicago-based women's engineering group 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s the day that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for with bated breath – on Sunday the BBC will announce the identity of the 13th actor to play the Time Lord. Who will it be? Doctor Who fans await identity of 13th Time Lord 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Taylor-Johnson also said in an interview that, "Everyone's just waiting with bated breath to see how this fares before setting two and three." With sequels, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' could get more colorful 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z In Stalingrad, I’m told, they wait with bated breath. I’m a self-publishing failure 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Last week, the sitcom-watching portion of Asian America finally got the news they’d been waiting for with bated breath: Fresh Off the Boat survived. Eddie Huang self-destructs: Why the “Fresh Off the Boat” author’s descent into misogyny is so depressing 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z He didn't "lose it", not in the sense of "coming over all unnecessary" or throwing some terrible bate. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z “Our customers are waiting with bated breath,” Ms. Genovese said. Skin Deep: Gold Face Cream: A Costly Leap of Faith 2010-05-24T22:51:00Z “Of course, some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess at all,” Spacey-as-Underwood says in the video. Celebrities ridicule Kevin Spacey over bizarre video: "Is he using Donald Trump's legal team?" 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Might there be a silver lining here for those of us waiting with bated breath for the next big sci-fi, fantasy or comic-book movie? Could coronavirus-enforced streaming mean better blockbusters? 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z As the exceptional and real performers worked their alchemy, one sat with bated breath, believing the inspiration could not go on. Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z While I have zero prospect of gaining monetarily from the success of director Paul Feig's raunchy, smart Bridesmaids, I will nonetheless watch the weekend numbers with bated breath. Bridesmaids: Kristin Wiig's Merry Band of Party Poopers 2011-05-12T09:10:00Z "The international community watches with bated breath, recognising the weight of this meeting," the state news agency Xinhua said in an editorial. Chinese propaganda frames Xi's US pivot 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “We’re all kind of waiting with bated breath to see what the final results are going to be,” she said. New vaccine expected to give endangered California condors protection against deadly bird flu 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Together we waited with bated breath to see if next steps were in order. L.A. Affairs: I wanted an open marriage. Would my husband agree? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z "Right now the world is watching China with bated breath waiting for further stimulus measures," Monex's Given said. Dollar firmer as traders look to Jackson Hole gathering 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z And so, every development was reported with bated breath. Scandal left 'Vanderpump Rules' 'shattered.' Its bosses reveal what to expect next 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Many are watching with bated breath as the Supreme Court deliberates the fate of the trillions of dollars of federal student loan debt. Anxious about your student loan debt? Beware of offers that are too good to be true 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z While the world waits with bated breath for a Donald Trump indictment, reporters on the Mar-a-Lago palace intrigue beat say that no one claims more anticipation than Trump himself. Trump's right that MAGA will love his perp walk — but everyone else will despise him more 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “I am waiting with bated breath to see how it goes,” says Dana Gunders, a pioneer in food waste advocacy who runs the nonprofit ReFED. Nest co-creator wants you to pay $33 a month not to trash your food 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The whole table watches him with bated breath. Opinion | The name’s Bond. Millennial Bond. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z And fans say they are waiting with a bated breath for the second part next year. Ponniyin Selvan: Mani Ratnam's epic drama fires up India box office 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “The public is waiting ‘with bated breath’ for the Durham Report, which should reveal corruption at a level never seen before in our country,” Mr. Trump wrote. Durham Inquiry Appears to Wind Down as Grand Jury Expires 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z For decades, researchers have been waiting with bated breath, expecting a harmful bloom. Toxic Red Tide Kills ‘Uncountable’ Numbers of Fish in the Bay Area 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song. I wait with bated breath for the rest of the series in July,” the singer said in a statement at the time. 'Master of Puppets' got some 'Stranger Things' love. Now Metallica returns the favor 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The outcome of the stories “of attempts to flee racial persecution, leave us with bated breath,” the archbishop acknowledged. Vatican Releases Letters from Jews Pleading for Help During the Holocaust 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song. I wait with bated breath for the rest of the series in July.” Kate Bush is enjoying her 'Stranger Things' moment: 'It's all really exciting!' 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z I also didn’t have to wait with bated breath for Google Assistant to process things. Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 4 is great except for one thing 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “Lawmakers are waiting with bated breath,” Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans United For Life, a national antiabortion organization, told The Post earlier this month. Ohio lawmaker calls pregnancies from rape an ‘opportunity’ for victims 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “Lawmakers are waiting with bated breath,” said Catherine Glenn Foster, president of Americans United For Life, a national antiabortion organization. Republicans enacting a wave of new abortion restrictions 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z We look forward, though not with bated breath, to Republican outrage over the Saudi-Kushner connection being at least equal to that being vented over Hunter Biden. Opinion | Jared Kushner strikes a dubious deal with Saudi Arabia’s dictator 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In the Bumble dating app, guys must swipe right and wait with bated breath, hoping a woman will take that critical first step for a connection. L.A. Affairs: I wanted a girlfriend. Would swiping right during a pandemic really help? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “I’m kind of like, bated breath. I don’t know.” Late-winter storm brings snow, strong winds and disruption to D.C. 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Tomorrow might be Apple event day, but for those still trying to procure Sony’s next-gen gaming console, each and every day is one to wait with bated breath. GameStop will hold two PlayStation 5 restock events this week 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z The stakes seem to rise with each new project revealing yet another bombastic Wizard of Oz-type pulling back yet another curtain to unveil even more mysteries meant to keep audiences watching with bated breath. Put Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch on trial 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z “I have bated breath waiting for Dr. Fauci to give us more information,” he said. Omicron prompts ‘watchful waiting’ among local public health officials still grappling with delta 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Ground-based astronomers like Rivkin will watch the rendezvous unfold with bated breath, hoping to see the telltale signs of success: a dust cloud, and an asteroid dancing to humanity’s tune for the very first time. NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But yeah, that's probably the one that we are waiting with bated breath to have some sort of answer about, I guess. "What tips someone into Murderville is something that's happened to a lot of people" 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, viewers waited with bated breath to see if the swing seat would go the same way. Changing Rooms: Critics mixed over makeover show's TV return 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z This week, instead of looking forward to elaborate celebrations of the Opening Ceremonies, people the world over are watching news reports with bated breath. Opinion | In Tokyo, the Olympic show goes on amid the pandemic. Can fans feel good about cheering? 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Space alien enthusiasts and skeptics alike awaited it with bated breath. Aliens Might Already Be Watching Us 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z I waited with bated breath for my turn to get immunized last winter and then for my two sons and daughters-in-law and four grandsons to become eligible this spring. The Importance of Getting Fully Vaccinated 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z "We are waiting with bated breath and hope to see this scheme, which is subject to ministerial approval, in place by the end of the year," said Mr Bateman. Fibre broadband: The cost of delivering in rural areas 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Thomas Meneghini, the observatory’s executive director, waited with bated breath, fearing the worst. '300-foot flames coming at us': The battle to save Mt. Wilson from the Bobcat fire 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z “Everyone is waiting with bated breath to see the results of the commission,” said Mike Dark, an attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, a nonprofit watchdog group. New federal nursing home commission met privately for weeks before delivering draft recommendations to the government 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “For anyone waiting with bated breath, we will not endorse @JoeBiden,” the El Paso chapter of Sunrise Movement tweeted on April 13th. Joe Biden looks to shore up climate credentials for Earth Day 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z She first tuned into the show near the end of its record-breaking first season and has been waiting with bated breath for its finale. ‘Empire’ changed the industry. Coronavirus interrupted its grand finale 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z That handle in “Suburbia” — as useless as a prop telephone — as well as the ambiguity within her trompe l’oeil frames, as in “Portrait #124,” preserve this feeling of bated breath indefinitely. Moira Dryer’s art of expectancy, at the Phillips Collection and Greater Reston Arts Center 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Now we all wait with bated breath to see what Nick Saban will do with that infamous Coke bottle come spring ball. Kawhi Leonard kicking a bottle of Gatorade out of his press conference is somehow the highlight of All-Star weekend - Golf Digest 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z After publication the editor and his cartoonist waited with bated breath. How Kenya used satire to tackle Moi's presidency 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z As campaigns waited with bated breath Monday evening, the app the IDP used to calculate results malfunctioned due to a "coding issue." Karl Rove: What happened in Iowa was 'incompetence from top to bottom' by Dems 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “We all sit with bated breath, waiting to get the weather reports, and the community does the same,” she said. First Night events offer family fun on New Year’s Eve in Virginia 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z So “63 Up,” which checks in on this motley assortment of now-63-year-old British men and women, drawn from both ends of the class system, will be greeted with bated breath by many. Review | The world’s longest-running reality show, the Up series, continues with ‘63 Up’ 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “It’s an architectural design. It’s taken a while to be built, so we’ve all been watching it with bated breath … and waiting for it to open, so we’re excited that it’s finally opening.” ‘It’s a beacon for the city’: inside the new New York library that cost $40m to build 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Intrigue surrounds the ownership and, with an onerous wage bill demanding an imaginative approach to strengthening, management and fans wait with bated breath for the customary late trolley dash to bolster first team and squad. Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 7: Crystal Palace 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z As the world watched with bated breath, Apollo 13 re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on April 17 and splashed down in the South Pacific. Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise recounts ill-fated mission: 'We never got to the edge of the cliff' 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z With bated breath and an anxious pang in his heart, Ming taps into the Discord app and sees the beginnings of a message that’s clearly been cut off. Love in the time of video games and Discord 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Washington and America waited with bated breath on Saturday for the next stage in the Trump-Russia drama: the communication to Congress of the “principal conclusions” of special counsel Robert Mueller. Congress awaits Mueller conclusions as Democrats push for report's release 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Four months after Wuerl announced his retirement, Catholic insiders are waiting with bated breath for the new archbishop to be named. ‘I think it’s long overdue’: Catholics in D.C., where McCarrick once presided, are both relieved and dismayed 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z “I’m waiting with bated breath,” she said on Friday, glued to her phone for bulletins that congressional leaders and President Trump had reached a deal to temporarily reopen the government. How the Shutdown Reordered American Life 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Millions of television viewers across Germany had been watching with bated breath. The deadly hostage drama where the media crossed a line 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z All of Washington is waiting with bated breath to find out whether the Mueller investigation will provide evidence proving that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Opinion | The Clinton campaign sought dirt on Trump from Russian officials. Where’s the outrage? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “We wait for November the 6th with bated breath.” Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson talks family separations, Trump and November elections 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z And though we'll follow the drama with bated breath, the truth is that no matter who he chooses, it will render the entire 2018-19 regular season irrelevant. Reaction to LeBron and Ovechkin shows how we're ruining team sports - Golf Digest 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z It amounted to three periods of racing hearts and bated breath, electrifying a region of sports fans well-versed in disappointment but largely unaccustomed to the sensation that suddenly swept over them late Thursday night. Capitals, and Washington, celebrate a victory decades in the making 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “The community is waiting with bated breath on what they’re going to find because they’re looking at the whole planet,” Webster says. NASA’s Curiosity rover discovers that methane on Mars changes with the seasons 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z There was no bated breath, no racing hearts, rising blood pressure or fingernail clippings left scattered on the floor. Caps now face final demon: Closing out a 3-1 lead 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z After a bit of a brouhaha, it was agreed that members of both parties should see the information and everyone waited with bated breath to see what they learned. Spygate’s a big bust, but Donald Trump still hates Jeff Sessions: This week in confusing Russia... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z For now some outside observers are not exactly waiting with bated breath. Quantum Physics May Be Even Spookier Than You Think 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z So now we wait, with bated breath, for Stormy to tell all to Anderson Cooper. The Seth Rich lawsuit matters more than the Stormy Daniels case | Jill Abramson 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “Payday lenders are clearly watching this with bated breath,” said José Alcoff, manager of the Stop the Debt Trap campaign at Americans for Financial Reform. Payday Rules Relax on Trump’s Watch After Lobbying by Lenders 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z A heaving crowd of neighbours waited with bated breath. The man who built a plane on his rooftop 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z What else is everyone watching with bated breath? New York Today: Pressure Is On for the Yankees 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The film industry is still awaiting a release date with bated breath, but given the early buzz, don’t be surprised to see Ahockalypse amble straight-armed and slack-jawed for the fleshy heart of awards season. Hockey zombie odyssey ‘Ahockalypse’ looks like the best sports movie since ‘Hoosiers’ - Golf Digest 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The number represents a notable spike over Seafair 2016, when 26 people were arrested over the same weekend for bating while intoxicated. 44 arrested during Seafair weekend, most for boating while intoxicated 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z What’s certain is that all of Washington, and the rest of the country, will wait with bated breath. What to expect from James Comey's testimony 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, others are waiting with bated breath for the next round of razor clam digs, which will be announced Tuesday. Fishing report | Spring chinook are heading up Lower Columbia River 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z “We wait with bated breath to see if Rosie sticks with her endorsement or if it turns out to be more like her relationship with ‘The View.’ Trump antagonist Rosie O’Donnell wades into Virginia’s lieutenant governor race 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “Fed up,” “hoodwinked,” and “bated breath” are some examples in English. Donald Trump, Taliban, San Diego Chargers: Your Thursday Briefing 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “Fed up,” “hoodwinked” and “bated breath” are some examples in English. Donald Trump, Volkswagen, Israel: Your Thursday Briefing 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Taiwan would bear the brunt of a metastasizing Sino-U.S. relationship, though Trump has never mentioned what the island’s citizens desire during his bating of the Chinese leadership. Trump Shouldn’t Play Games with China Over Taiwan 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Until then, the Muslim community is bating its breath. Facing uncertainty, Maryland Muslims to focus on education 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The Garrison Commander said “this month we will be bating these animals into pens and that will start the full cycle.” Making sense of Fort Polk horses plan 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z North Carolinians will watch with bated breath as Burr, measuring with a moral micrometer, carefully calibrates how to adjust his support to Trump’s unfolding repentance. Donald Trump is the GOP’s chemotherapy 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z For her part, Clinton took several sharp digs at Trump but seemed less interested in deliberately bating him as she had in the first debate. Flail to the Chief 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The world – and all those management coaching companies that use “power pose” techniques – waits with bated breath. The death of the power pose: no more standing like Beyoncé 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z That trick won't play in a one-on-one debate; Trump has reportedly done little in the way of traditional debate preparation; and he's famously thin-skinned, so quite possibly easily bated into a classic Trumpian implosion. Living Up to the Hype 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Thank goodness, because pretty much every millennial on Earth will be waiting with bated breath. Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ is getting a new Netflix show. This is not a drill. 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “Everyone back home was waiting with bated breath and we scored the winner,” said Allardyce, who never featured for England as a player and has only previously managed modest domestic clubs. Mueller ends Germany drought; Allardyce’s lucky England win 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z "Everyone back home was waiting with bated breath and we scored the winner," said Allardyce, who never featured for England as a player and has only previously managed modest domestic clubs. Mueller ends Germany drought; Allardyce's lucky England win 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z When the lunch bell rings, pint-sized pupils impatiently file into the cafeteria, scamper to their seats and open up their lunchboxes with bated breath. 10 Delicious and Nutritious School Lunch Ideas for Less Than $2 Each 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “We are waiting with bated breath to see if the corpse flower opens today,” the U.S. Celebrated stinky plant may bloom here Tuesday 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Now that Brexit is more than speculation, most investors are waiting with bated breath. Don’t Let Brexit Drive Your Investment Strategy 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Everyone is waiting with bated breath to see if state Fish and Wildlife will announce the final approval of salmon fishing seasons this Friday. Final approval of salmon seasons expected Friday 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z “It’s not like I’m waiting with bated breath.” De Blasio Seeks Strength on M.T.A. Board Amid Challenges on Subway System 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z At least for the four people around the world waiting on these picks with bated breath. This is your next jam: Brian Eno, Young Thug, and more 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z If you’re still waiting on a new Radiohead LP with bated breath, you might as well tide yourself over with this one. This is your next jam: Baauer, Whitney, and more 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Activists and opponents, however, are waiting with bated breath. President Obama Delivers Speech to the Cuban People 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z His club, however, might not be waiting for news with bated breath. Steven Gerrard’s case not helped by LA Galaxy’s performance in his absence 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “You’re looking at the senator who introduced the most comprehensive climate change legislation in the history of the US,” he said, bating Clinton to join him “in ending fracking in the US”. Clinton and Sanders dig deep for fresh angles of attack at Democratic debate 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z News about the tour leaked earlier this afternoon, leaving fans waiting with bated breath for the announcement: Beyoncé announces Formation World Tour during the Super Bowl 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z “We’ll be watching your launch with bated breath and both I and the audience here look forward to being part of your great adventure,” he said. Tim Peake, Britain’s first ESA astronaut, set for liftoff from Kazakhstan 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z I listen to Purpose and feel Bieber and his collaborators on the other side of the screen, waiting for my reaction with bated breath. Justin Bieber sounds like the future, and One Direction sounds like the past 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Every two years, education policy wonks like me wait with bated breath for the release of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Our Report Card Must Reflect Our Classrooms 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z As the eastern Indian state of Bihar—the country’s third-largest, with over 100 million people—prepares to elect a new legislature on Sunday, the entire country will be watching with bated breath. Why the Bihar State Elections Matter For India 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z There was little suspense — after all nobody was waiting with bated breath to see what crazy thing one of these candidates would say next. Trump’s America vs. Hillary’s America: The most shocking contrasts between the Democratic & Republican debates 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Walker’s presidential campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the 1990 election, about which accusations of race bating have been raised in the past. Scott Walker’s Dismal Finish Is a Fitting Result, Old Foes Say 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z “We were out on the trading floor waiting with bated breath,” said Tony Bedikian, head of global markets at the firm. Banks Warn of Cost Cuts Ahead 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But, with more than 92 years of facing the elements and the ravages of time, members waited Sunday morning with bated breath in hopes of seeing the wall in person for the first time. Whiteside Theatre group exposes original facade 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z “I should say as a caveat: Those of us who study this are waiting with bated breath to see what equilibrium actually looks like, what turnout looks like in a post-Obama America,” Gillespie says. Will Obama’s African American Voters Turn Out in 2016? 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Which is why, for this, I would not bate my breath. Why we can’t dismiss Donald Trump 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z For now, the atmosphere at the White House is one of bated breath, with many officials bracing for a negotiating deadline that has already slipped twice this year to be blown once again. Sparse Schedule for Obama as He Awaits News on Iran Talks 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Whatever Trump announces on Tuesday, the Washington press corps is unlikely to be waiting with bated breath. Will Donald Trump Unveil His Net Worth This Week? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The term “bated” is an adjective meaning suspense. 20 Commonly Misused Phrases (and How to Use Them Correctly) 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z By contrast, a malcontented hawk will “bate,” dive-bombing off its owner’s fist in terror or rage. How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z A Twitter audience watched with bated breath as the two llamas - a larger white llama and a smaller black llama - dodged traffic, ran through parking lots and evaded multiple attempts to lasso them into captivity. Llama chase captivates Twitter 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z His fans will wait with bated breath — and appetites. A Review of Artisanal Burger Company in Manchester 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Since the film version of E L James’s phenomenon was announced, fans of the franchise waited with bated breath to see who would be the on-screen manifestations of their favorite characters. The Saga Behind Casting 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Therefore, “to wait with bated breath” essentially means to hold your breath with anticipation. 20 Commonly Misused Phrases (and How to Use Them Correctly) 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z A hawk cannot escape by bating, because its owner holds its jesses—slim leather straps attached to bands the bird wears on its ankles. How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z “Has enough been done to fix the problems we saw for open-enrollment one? . . . We’re all waiting with bated breath until November 15,” said Mara Youdelman, managing attorney of the National Health Law Program. Obama officials work on health site contingency plans as enrollment nears With respect to these situations, I must say that I’ve never empathized with another video game character’s bated breath to a similar degree. VIDEO GAME REVIEW: “Alien: Isolation” involves more cowering than killing Forgive me for not waiting with bated breath for the outcome of the so-called independent investigation of the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice case. NFL's bogus investigation further soils reputation 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Considering the meaning of the two words, it’s clear which is correct, but the word “bated” is mostly obsolete today, leading to ever-increasing mistakes in this expression. 20 Commonly Misused Phrases (and How to Use Them Correctly) 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The media world waits with bated breath to see what Johnson does with his “creative work” assignment at National Review. Ex-BuzzFeed Editor, Plagiarizer Benny Johnson Hired by National Review Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen took center stage in Jackson Hole, Wyoming Friday morning to address her fellow central bankers, as well as the financial market participants watching with bated breath from around the world. Yellen Leaves Rate Hike Options Open At Jackson Hole As Labor Market 'Yet To Fully Recover' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z People who have never heard of the Guardians of the Galaxy are waiting with bated breath for the team’s August movie debut. Why Marvel Needs a Gimmick Like Thor's Sex Change 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z We are also waiting with bated breath to see if media companies will seriously enter this space for the long haul. Healthcare Beware! New Intruders are Coming - Introducing the New Gold Rush 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Players throughout the league watched with bated breath to see how Silver would respond to Sterling’s caustic and offensive remarks. Adam Silver’s action against Donald Sterling is lauded, but some think NBA has issues yet to resolve 2014-05-01T23:43:00Z Now we just have to wait, with bated breath, for a Fellini-esque take on a fried chicken sandwich. This Fast Food Company Is Finally Making A 9-Minute Long, Italian Short Film 2014-04-21T15:08:24Z “We wait with bated breath for the development of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area,” he wrote in 1985. They Kept a Lower East Side Lot Vacant for 47 Years 2014-03-21T16:02:50Z His father, Mike, said the family were now "waiting with bated breath" for confirmation on whether the remains were his son's. Remains found in backpacker search 2014-03-19T12:33:08Z For Mr. Narendran, any official news after a week of bated breath would be welcome. India Ink: Families of Indians on Missing Flight Plead for Information 2014-03-14T14:48:44Z “We’re just waiting with bated breath,” said Amy Wilson, who is seven months pregnant and spent much of the night outside the offices of the Salt Lake County clerk. Judge Allows Same-Sex Weddings to Continue in Utah 2013-12-23T19:07:41Z On Thanksgiving, when the comet rounds the sun, professional and amateur astronomers alike will await ISON’s fate with bated breath. Comet ISON, if it survives trip around the sun, could bring spectacular sky show 2013-11-24T23:10:45Z Apple watchers, that group of investors and tech geeks who anticipate every new iProduct iteration with bated breath, were even more excited than usual about the company’s earnings call Monday. Apple profit falls despite strong iPhone sales 2013-10-29T00:16:17Z “The potential is there, and all the community is waiting with bated breath to see what they observe,” says Juan Collar, a physicist who leads a rival experiment at the University of Chicago in Illinois. Highly Anticipated Dark Matter Update Expected Next Week 2013-10-23T15:45:00.537Z While the Daily Mail cautions against waiting with bated breath for a treatment that is years away, the . Papers assess 'health tourism' data 2013-10-22T04:39:19Z “We can’t be on bated breath with every little news bulletin.” Federal workers turn to prayer and preparedness 2013-09-29T23:53:11Z Barely a decade ago, consumers talked about Nokia with the same bated breadth as they do about Apple today, marveling at its sleek but practical designs. Insight: As Finland reels, Microsoft doubles down with Nokia phone deal 2013-09-03T23:19:05Z The and the cautions against waiting with bated breath. It's a boy, declare newspapers 2013-07-23T05:20:30Z This is possibly the only time of the year in India when over a billion people await an unusual bit of news with bated breath. Why is India obsessed with monsoon rains? 2013-06-04T00:43:06Z As gamers await Ghosts with bated breath, perhaps Call of Duty's position in the bigger picture is, in fact, already assured. Call of Duty: Ghosts – preview 2013-05-25T23:01:05Z “To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say,” she declared at the 1980 Conservative party conference. Farewell to the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) 2013-04-08T13:50:23Z Are you waiting with bated breath until one cardinal has emerged triumphant over all the rest to serve as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics ? Your Guide to Pope Picking 2013-03-12T23:30:00Z The Fiver awaits his reaction to disparaging remarks from substandard tea-time emails with bated breath. The Fiver 2013-03-07T16:21:08Z We will deliver an evolving story line of new-game content every week, hopefully to users waiting with bated breath. 5 Coolest Gaming Start-ups at SXSW 2013 2013-03-01T13:25:52Z The world is watching with bated breath, particularly given the fragile state of other major economies. Fed's monetary stimulus meets 'fiscal cliff' 2012-12-09T20:05:03Z I am standing in front of the Cutspring Grocery Store with my mother, brothers, neighbors and — I’ll take a guess here — bated breath, knowing who is coming, in the flesh: President Kennedy. My Story: In a Time of Hidden Crisis, President Visits Main Street 2012-10-16T22:50:02Z Some children said they were bated by other children and encouraged to behave badly, just to get a reaction. 'I've missed a year of school with ADHD' 2012-10-15T06:47:07Z Meanwhile, families of the missing soldiers in Tai village wait with bated breath. Searching for missing Pakistani soldiers in Indian jails 2012-09-11T01:31:13Z He said he would have no problem completing his rehabilitation by throwing live bating practice and simulated games, a plan Yankees Manager Joe Girardi agreed with. Bats: Pettitte Talks About Return, His and Clemens's 2012-08-22T01:00:55Z We gathered in a small room around a television and waited with bated breath for the start of the race. Jamaica's historic athletics win: Your views 2012-08-10T18:36:56Z Hachette is engaged in some secret experiments, and the others are watching with bated breath. Libraries and e-books: Literary labours lent 2012-07-26T15:11:14Z "Euro thriller with all eyes on Athens," proclaimed the mass-selling Ta Nea on Friday, noting: "The entire planet is waiting with bated breath for the results of the Greek vote." Europe holds breath on eve of Greek election as voters struggle to decide 2012-06-15T15:43:04Z After the meeting it was talked over with bated breath. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z It is pure Congregationalism, bating the difference between a diocese governed by a chief and inferior pastors, and a single congregation under one pastor or several of the same order. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z With bated breath they stood for many minutes, looking about them in wide-eyed amazement, but, as if by common instinct, not an audible sound was heard, nor even a whispered word. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Up early and bated at Petersfield in the room which the King lay in lately at his being there. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Peg off out o' my house this minute, or I'll catch you by one o' them murtherin' legs o' yours, an' bate your brains out against one o' the stones!" The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Those in the gallery sprang to their feet and looked on with bated breath. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z All nature seemed to be watching with bated breath for the next step. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The crowd had listened with bated breath, but at last somebody said: “Oh shut up!” and similar shouts burst from forty or fifty other men. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Arrah!" said both his brothers, "is it a little traneen like you to be able for him, when he bate the two of us?" The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A thing watched over and hallowed, approached on tip of toe, spoken of with finger on lip and bated breath. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Had the chaplain been told a fortnight before that he would wait with bated breath for an old woman's opinion of a document, he would have laughed at the notion. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Mr. Jobling had joined Slyne and Captain Dove; the three of them were engaged, with bated breaths, in a sibilant argument, their heads very close together. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He must either bate the laborer's wages, or not employ or not pay him. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z So, when the little cycle of this life is rounded, Before the spirit enters into life unbounded, It waits to hear, with bated breath, The solemn interlude of death. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z I moved a little farther back towards the door, listening with strained ears and bated breath, for I fancied that I heard a faint sound of voices and footsteps above. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z The sailors were loud in its praises as they watched it with bated breath. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The Tudor Sovereign, however, amid all her desire for the personal attachment of her subjects, bated no jot of her queenly dignity or hereditary pretensions. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z To whom he bates nothing or what he stood upon with the parliament. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Some are waiting with bated breath, keen to experience the taste and texture of meat without actually harming an animal, while others find the whole idea utterly repulsive," says Su Taylor from the Vegetarian Society. Could vegetarians eat a 'test tube' burger? 2012-02-23T10:53:10Z And she fell asleep whispering to herself with bated breath, “Tomorrow!” The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Reasonable! why you don't ask a reasonable Thing——Look you, you know my Mind, I'll not bate a Penny——I'll warrant my Lady will give me two hundred at least for my Discovery. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z Oh, sure, I wouldn’t have that girl’s heart in my breast for a goolden crown—the ingratitude of her bates the world!” The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z About autumn bate the earth from about the roots of olives, and lay them bare. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Men spoke of London with bated breath and wondered where it would all end. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z “A tale that many will read with bated breath.” The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Because of the success Johnson has had turning Apple stores into hip places to hang out and shop, many industry watchers were waiting with bated breath to see what he’d do in Penney’s stores. J.C. Penney Gets Rid of Hundreds of Sales 2012-01-25T18:10:26Z Clay watched the advance of the figure with bated breath. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z When baseness is exalted, do not bate The place its honor for the person's sake. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He crossed the road compassionately with the tottering old grandmother, giving her his helping hand over the kerbstone, and following her with bated breath into the close little sick-room. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z The laundress shuddered, as with bated breath she named the sum,—a fortune in her eyes. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z The boys had watched with bated breath and almost awe-struck interest. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z Their Eminencies don’t give Precedence to the Ambassadors; but bating that only, they treat them as their Equals. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The Chapter of Magdebourg is still, bating the change of Religion, on the same footing as before the Reformation. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z More than once he had heard the story, told with bated breath under pledge of strictest secrecy. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Shorty, who was an expert fisherman, threw his line while the boys looked on with bated breath, and in a few minutes pulled up a plump catfish. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z The country waited for news with bated breath. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Herb subsided, and the four of them waited with bated breath to find out what these three conspirators had to do with Gilbert Salper. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z He speaks of a lord with bated breath, and he dare not, even in conversation, ascend to a duke. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z But bating the baths and wash-houses, hempen girdles, and hairy garments, we quarrel still with the animus of Diogenes and his train. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The local paper speaks of him in bated capital letters, and he would be more or less than human if he failed to believe that he was a very large gun. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z We would sit down with bated breath and tense-drawn nerves to take to pieces for the first time the delicate machinery of a watch for cleaning and readjustment. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Just after tea, and while Tom was telling some of his most fascinating stories, and we three children were listening with dilated eyes and bated breath, we were hailed by a boatman. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z His daughter was to be married under the Sephardic canopy, and no jot of synagogual honour was to be bated the bridegroom. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z “Everyone in the community is waiting with bated breath,” says Andrew Jackson, a geophysicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Dynamo maker ready to roll 2011-12-07T18:20:22.170Z Senta has become so wrought up by the song that she now sinks back in her chair from exhaustion, while the other girls sing with bated breath that beautiful melody of the salvation-theme. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "Not without stake I play; nor bate the forfeit quickly won,— Thine?" Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z All this passed rapidly through Bab’s mind as with her hand clasped tightly in Ruth’s the two girls watched the intruder with bated breath. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z "To bate the dogs with," I replied, attuning my speech to his as best I could. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The sudden confrontation with these mighty relics of a long-vanished civilisation conjured up thoughts which bated their words to whispers. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z With bated breath they wonder what strange feeling steals o'er them, for pity is a new sensation: "The cheeks of the Furies were wet with tears; all Hades held its breath." Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z There were tears in his honest eyes; The stranger listened with bated breath. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z She put her mantle about her head, Tuk a little rod in her han',30 An' she says, "Sir Hugh, if I fin' you here, I will bate you for stayin' so long." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z When The Black Crook and the Lydia Thompson troupe first appeared in New York, people spoke of those comparatively harmless shows with bated breath and no one dared admit having actually seen them. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z He pay court to princes, or wait with "bated breath" upon their whims! Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z With soft, sweet tones and bated breath Aida sings till she dies. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Many archaeologists "are watching the process with bated breath," Clarke says. Archaeologists Fear Outcome of Congressional Debate on Highway Bill 2011-11-09T10:00:00Z Economists and politicians typically await the monthly jobs number — a key report card on the nation’s economic health — with bated breath. U.S. Added 80,000 Jobs in October 2011-11-04T12:43:53Z Emily listened to these stories with bated breath, drinking them, in eagerly. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z I dared not move, and had to watch him with bated breath as he gained on his unconscious prey. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z But men, as a rule, spoke of the matter with bated breath. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z An ugly sore is here concealed, a skeleton in the closet of which men speak with bated breath. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z “Why, in such a case, which by the bye is altogether impossible, we should just make bould to give your reverence a good bating.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z And thus in life's autumnal grove, At intervals, with bated breath, We hear the ripe ones whom we love Drop to the quiet home of death. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z He finished the season bating .276 with only 16 home runs and 62 runs batted in, his lowest production numbers since 1995, when he played in only 48 games for the Seattle Mariners. Bats: Rodriguez Expects to Play in Game 1 2011-09-29T05:22:03Z With still hearts and bated breath they climbed out over the log jam and scrutinized it. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Then with bated breath we watched the ship slump slowly over from its gestured climbing and nose straight down inexorably toward the ice of Lake St. Clair. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z Growled by thoughtful, stern-visaged men, gasped with bated breath by pale-faced, terrified women, the startling news passed quickly round the Avenue Theatre from gallery to boxes. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z To faith he owned with bated breath An emblematic call; Life blooming in the jaws of death, And Jesus over all. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Both girls watched the scene with bated breath. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Those standing near the mayor listened to what he said with bated breath and passed on his words to their neighbors. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z A discreet man—I mean, bating some follies which you wot of; for this trading and trafficking naturally begets foresight. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Claude Lafont, pointing to magnificent examples of the work of one One Master after another, made his observations with bated breath, as well he might, for where is there such another private collection? My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z But he shut it very softly, trod like a burglar, and excused himself with bated breath: "You are the first person who has stayed with us since I've been here, Captain Dollar!" The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z But what they gave us to eat, with two exceptions, I cannot in the least remember; it was immaterial in that atmosphere and company, though I recall the other man's bated breathings on the point. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z It’s prepared on a separate calendar, published on a different date and received with bated breath by deans across the land. Grad school deans: Don?t be ruled by U.S. News rankings 2011-09-05T13:52:00Z The belly of very fine grained wood, the bate looking like fine threads of silk stretched at regular intervals the whole width and length of the instrument, and with an exceedingly rich red varnish. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Further investigation, coupled with the sound of a bugle in the distance, caused them to take refuge on the nearest steps and wait with bated breath for the militia to appear. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z Everybody stood with bated breath to hear what he would say, while a few clever ones estimated its value in unheard-of millions. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z To the Woolwich schoolboy the gentleman cadet was a being so far above him that he was to be approached only with bated breath and whispering humbleness. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Sure there isn’t a boy in all the parish I can’t bate black and blue before ye could sneeze. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z People love to hate, and therefore writing a post trashing something people love, or stating an opinion that can so obviously be demolished is clearly bating for traffic. The Science of Gawker's Nerd Baiting 2011-08-30T14:02:54Z Children coming from school ecstatically ran at our heels, with bated breath, to hear the vocal horrors of our foreign speech. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "I forget nothing!" was the bitter answer, "and will bate nothing—not a jot, not a jot." Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Our hopes were centred all in him; We stood with bated breath As, pitiful and calm and grim, He fought and fought with Death. Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z Rosey! sweet little posy Come to our garden fête; Our naughty young nettles shall be on their fettles, All stinging things to bate. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z This seemed not to reach the ears of the sentry on the other side of the battlements, for though we listened with bated breath, there was no sound of his returning footsteps. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z He did not consider that Ralegh bated his breath sufficiently when writing of kings, who obtained their power, in his opinion, directly from a divine source. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Instead he went quite crazy with delight and ran barking joyously along the edge of the cabin roof, Nelson, Bob, and Tom entreating and threatening him with bated breath. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Along these were no projecting surfaces, and we passed them always with bated anxiety. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Sullenly they left the house, but they gathered together in knots in the street, clenching their fists and speaking with bated breath. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The Abbot gazed at Cedric with parted lips and bated breath while one might have told two score. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z It seemed to Dil as if she would even now shake her fist at Bess, and the child stood with bated breath. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z He stood by the door with bated breath; it was opened for him before he could put his hand on the latch, by Iwan Woronka. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z With bated breath and my heart thumping, I advanced at the end of a long line which was attached to the first sled, and picked my way through the crushed and difficult ice along shore. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They watched with bated breath as the great cat moved cautiously toward the carcass. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z There is a bated breath, a timidity of criticism in discussing religious subjects that does not appear when we are discussing secular topics. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z “You called her ‘an interfering, disagreeable old woman’!” whispered Bertha with bated breath, glancing half fearfully at the door as she spoke. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z "The bird of ill omen!" said the men, with bated breath; "who can tell what may have happened to Julko?" For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z An inscription worthy of its place, bating the arrogance and selfishness of the last line, which would claim for a single nation, that which belongs as a common inheritance to the world. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z They listened with bated breath, ready to jump upon their ponies and flee into the protection of the night at the first hint that they had been discovered. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z He holds it unlawful to make composition with offenders against God; he is the appointed upholder of the rights and dignities of the Almighty and he dares not bate a hair. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z The girls clustered together in groups, and talked with bated breath. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z Our conversation was with bated breath, and the ill-fated word was scouted like an unclean thing. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z With bated breath he waited for her reply. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Rupert Murdoch's answer to the Commons committee is awaited with bated breath. Britain's Hacking Scandal: Will Rupert Murdoch Face the Music? 2011-07-12T21:20:00Z This day is worse than usual, and the good people here have been going about with blanched cheeks, whispering with bated breath of a great flood which occurred in the time of one Noah. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z With bated breath and throbbing heart I watched his slow progress across the open country. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z But, when we arrived at the place where the vehicles were grouped, those infernal gharry-wallahs were all so independent that they wouldn't bate a pice of three rupees for the trip. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z His name, once spoken with bated breath, now a by-word for success, would be in all men's mouths. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Would not men be discussing the apparition with bated breath the next morning as the chill dawn revealed to the eyes of the devoted searchers two drowned corpses? Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Lying flat on the earth, or crouching in a shell hole, he listens with bated breath for any telltale noises. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z If love were now weighed out by the pound, bating my master, the Count Ribaumont, who is in love with Lady Julia, not all the men in the city could balance the scales with me. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z “More than that,” responded the young man, speaking with bated breath. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z None of his old-time comrades and fellow-roysterers could have believed it of the Dark Squire, as the villagers then named him, with lowered tones and bated breath. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z The minutes passed by slowly to those two, standing with bated breath, listening for any cry or token that would break the spell. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Of course, you will take care to do nothing in the way of standing bail, or anything of that sort ... paw see bate, you will say. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z People watched with bated breath; hands shook, hearts palpitated, eyes blinked, faces twitched, nerves twinged, pulses beat rapidly. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z Bate.—A hawk is said to “bate” when she flutters off from the fist, perch or block, whether from wildness, or for exercise, or in the attempt to chase. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z “Will you, mister?” cried Andy, with bated breath and sparkling eyes. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z With almost bated breath they discussed what they had seen and heard. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z With astonished eyes and bated breath, Stanhope recognizes the two. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Dor� too felt strangely lifted from herself, leaping along perilous heights, striving with invisible windy shapes, that caught her and whirled her, with closed eyes and bated lips, in giddy whirlpools or sudden languorous calms. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The frequent bating of thoroughly tame hawks from their blocks, even when not hungry or frightened, proves their restlessness and impatience of repose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z In the second shed he came to a halt with sparkling eyes and bated breath. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z And with bated breath they let the dead cart rumble by with its ghastly burden. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Ye Bachelors, contented be With what the future holds for you; Pity the married man, for he Has nothing to look forward to,— To hunger for with bated breath!— Misrepresentative Men 2011-06-05T02:00:15.977Z Northern Ireland's top judge is also waiting with bated breath. Trial by twitter 2011-05-25T01:41:26Z If you did you can remember just how, with bated breath, you crept through the fragrant glooms of the old barn and searched the dusty place for nests. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z When it is approaching there is a roar in the forest such as comes up a headland when the sea is bating upon its base. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z Take the scene in “Princess Maleine” where the murderers, having invaded the chamber, lie there in wait, with bated breath. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Scientists, birders and policymakers are “waiting with bated breath for these latest numbers,” said David Leech, senior research ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology. British Parakeet Boom Is a Mystery, and a Mess 2011-05-13T19:01:28Z Then it was, with bated breath and hurried, fear-laden words, that she implored Lem to hide somewhere. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z She did not seem to hear my footsteps, and did not even stir when I passed by with bated breath and loudly throbbing heart. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z A settler, cutting wood close to the road, heard the clatter of hoofs, and, dropping his axe, watched with bated breath the onward rush of the boy and man. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z With bated breath and beating heart and noiseless tread, Aileen Jocyln entered the house of mourning, which yesterday she had thought to enter a bride. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Then by twos and threes they drifted away to their homes, talking in bated undertone, or shuffling silently along, staring straight before them. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z But there was wan battle that bate all—do ye know what I’m goin’ te tell ye? Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Beth asked with bated breath: “Did you hear the ghost, then, Major?” Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z For the moment Whitie Jack with bated interest was poring over the evening paper. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Mary asked, with bated breath, as she met his mild gaze with her steady eyes. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z "Uhlans!" cried the girl, and the fugitives stopped short, watching with bated breath. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z “How dar’ you say dirty to the greatest hand in Ireland?” says he, going to bate her. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z There in bated breath he told of the great sport that was to come off at the Oiel Verree, announced his intention of going, and urged Ewan to go with him. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The invisible world drew strangely near to the visible; every one talked with bated breath of things supernatural. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Shakspeare himself seems to have had a leaning to the arbitrary side of the question, perhaps from some feeling of contempt for his own origin, and to have spared no occasion of bating the rabble. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z I find it astounding that protesters outside the h of p already waiting with bated breath before they've heard the budget. As it happened: Budget 2011 2011-03-23T10:39:06Z He propounded the problem and they discussed it with bated breath. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "Who says he'll bate it with a yoke of oxen?" he asked. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Through the chinks they see the ocean, They are afraid of death, Dare not ope, knock at the portal, With bated breath. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z In whispered words, with bated breath, as if he told of sacred secret things, he described to us the days of his brother, the great god Pan. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z A more stupid proceeding, therefore, than these races—bating always the fun derived from watching the "snobocracy". The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Some hold, and a few dare to assert, though with bated breath, that all infants die in the grace of God. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The fact, as uttered by Miss Chubb, for example, was a very different-looking fact from that which was narrated with bated breath, and nods, and winks, by Mrs. Smith, the surgeon's wife. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Moving about the luxurious rooms and corridors, with bated breath, on tip-toe we explored. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z And confident, our Poet bade me say, He'll bate you but the folly of a Play. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb 2011-02-19T03:01:07.890Z Their quarter was that pleasant city of Dublin, which, bating certain exorbitant demands in the matter of field-day and guard-mounting, stands pre-eminently first in military favor. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z They could only gather in solemn, excited conclave at one another's houses, and discuss the situation daily and almost hourly, with growing wonder and bated breath. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Still he does not bate a jot of heart and hope. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z All was ready, and as they started a thousand eyes followed them, and with bated breath their comrades watched them as they rode. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z She appeared to be telling some story, which the child was listening to with bated breath. Vestigia Vol. I. 2011-02-04T03:00:23.340Z Small cause for wonder that I reeled, grew dizzy with the hard-pumped, hot blood which deluged my brain, and crept like a thief from that hidden pool—crept crouching, with rigid face and bated breath. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The lad smothered the cries that the pain involuntarily forced from him, and, a prey to delirious paroxysms, only murmured from time to time, with bated breath, the name of his sister Hena. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The other girls edged closer to the window and listened with bated breath. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z The assessor bit eagerly at the bate, and when Margaret had told all she knew, he sprang to his feet in feverish excitement. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z I know all about those risks which people speak about with bated breath, and I should like you to know that I am quite able to take care of myself. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Vranic, with unwilling hands, undid the strings of his purse, and counted out, with many a sigh, the sum agreed upon, for the priest would not bate a single cent. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The best he can do is to set down the truth as he sees it, without bating a jot or adding a tittle, and this I have done. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z He leaned back in his writing chair and listened with bated breath. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z But whisper these charges in the ear of your neighbour: whisper them with bated breath: say that, as yet, the thing is a profound secret. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z They crossed the hall with bated breath, Jill's finger to her lips. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The very postman and tradesmen only approach it with bated breath. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z “It’s a big bating ye want, is it, to tache ye manners! thin ye shall have it.” Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z “People are waiting with bated breath, because these are people’s lives here,” said Dominick Scarola, the principal of Grover Cleveland High School in Queens, adding he believed his school would be selected for transformation. City Room: Choir Academy of Harlem Takes Advantage of Reprieve 2010-12-07T22:54:00Z "I'm always waiting at the finish line with bated breath," she says. Recuperating from Heart Surgery: An 8-Step Comeback Plan 2010-07-20T22:47:00Z Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi and Washington are not waiting with bated breath. Europe is sleepwalking to decline. We need a Churchill to wake it up 2010-05-19T18:59:00Z "The Democrats don't need the public to be watching the debates with bated breath," Rohde says. Some Democrats Hope for Republican Filibusters 2010-02-22T22:32:00Z Wan of us would be sure to go down, you or me, even if we bate the divils. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z "We've been waiting with bated breath to get started," said George Daley, a stem cell researcher at Children's Hospital in Boston who created 11 of the lines approved Wednesday. 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z He was like an exhibition skater whose eye-filling feats are watched with admiration and bated breath. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Without the surname appended it may often be found in various old authors; in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Prophetess," for instance, we find the passage, "Nor bate ye an ace of a sound senator." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources They tramped up the long flight of wooden steps which facilitated the ascent to the summit with bated breath. "Pip" A Romance of Youth I jumped off and stared with bated breath. The Spy in Black Motionless, and with bated breath, every one stared down on the dead, upturned face, with its wide-open eyes, which seemed full of warning and rebuke. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers If he bates me, you shabby dog you, who has a better right? Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry And with bated breath, gasping forth the words, I told him what I had done with his letters. The Wish A Novel No one came to help us; no one came to sorrow with us; each household gathered its own together and waited with bated breath for what was still to come. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches For a moment, the girl looked with bated breath, then something between a groan and a stifled cry escaped her. The Key to Yesterday Her suspense stretched until her knees grew weak, and the wind, momentarily subsiding, left her in a stillness that was like bated breath. The Tempering In munching the cake the child forgot that she had not finished what she had started to say, and with bated breath and lips grimly tense Tilly reminded her of her omission. The Cottage of Delight A Novel With bated breath and beating heart, Eric raised himself softly and pushed at the hatch. The Wreckers of Sable Island With bated breath, and beating heart, and noiseless tread, Aileen Jocyln entered the house of mourning, which yesterday she had thought to enter a bride. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir While the crew stood with bated breath, Lockhart brought the ship down and down, until it came to rest barely fifty feet above an intersection. The Secret of the Ninth Planet An innkeeper in Grammont told with bated breath how one famous driver, helped by a machine-gun crew, was accounting for scores of marauding cavalrymen. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 It was good for the eyes," the mate said; "and bate Donnybrook entirely. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War The vast crowd was hushed in profound silence; with bated breath the issue of the terrible interview was awaited. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter He led the way and Watson followed, and both waited with bated breath. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West They watched with bated breath, counting the seconds, hoping not to see another blast of electrical fire. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The harness—bating the excess of splendor—was perfect. Tony Butler He will take a deal of bating," said Tim, "but whist, you will see how I shall get at him. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 "Such stoical philosophy, my master," said the Greek with bated breath, "neither Zeno nor Seneca ever taught." Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs I saw it all, and could picture the poor terror-stricken man, coiled up, with blanched face and bated breath and making himself as small as possible. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Cashel found Mrs. Kennyfeck and her daughters seated in a handsome barouche, whose appointments, bating, perhaps, some little exuberance in display, were all perfect. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) So at first tentatively, and then more surely, the gate was pushed wider still, and the trim figure in the short skirt stood with bated breath in the quiet garden. A Traitor's Wooing I try to shame him sometimes—it's my husband, sir—but he drinks, and then bates me. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them "Yes, Juba has learned, in the old land of the Nile, some of the dark secrets of Egypt," whispered, with bated breath, the dusky African. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs And the prevalent notion that God should be mentioned seldom and with bated breath is rather an evidence of men’s failure habitually to think of Him aright, than of filial and loving reverence. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus She raises her head affrightedly, and, springing to his feet, bends with bated breath above the quiet form lying on the bed. Faith and Unfaith Most of us read in our youthful days Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia, and since then have always spoken of “the Siberian mines,” and “banishment” with bated breath! Russian Life To-day Then he listened with bated breath, thinking that if Irma were anywhere in the neighborhood, she would hear the shots and give some sign of her whereabouts; but not a sound was heard. On the Heights A Novel Every rod of ground and every farthing of money—bating decent charities! The Great Miss Driver These fellows all speak of it with bated breath and a queer look in the eyes, as though it held some ghastly recollection. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York That I say with bated breath, for nothing could exceed my respect for those heaven-born musicians. Fragments of an Autobiography Graves descended now to the kitchen, and asked with bated breath if Zach was telling the truth now, "for," she added, "the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped." Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days She walked round and round, ran to and fro with hasty step and bated breath. On the Heights A Novel With bated breath and blanched cheek, every eye was strained to the struggling man. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians He dressed well, and his washing bills—amounting as we were told, with bated breath, to ten and fifteen marks a week—were the scandal of the theatre! Confessions of an Opera Singer Eric and Roland listened with bated breath, as Clodwig and the Mother acknowledged to each other the influence which the Master had exerted upon the development of their life and the training of their minds. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Having heard from Parsons’ lips a bated account of her lady’s splendour, she also was setting forth on the day’s duties with a flavour of excitement. Lady Cassandra She sat there with bated breath, feeling as if transported into another world. On the Heights A Novel Not quite so fine a fellow, though, 'bating his Scotch honesty. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative They were gathered in groups on deck discussing the situation with bated breath. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar In any case, she bated none of her state and apparent contentment, as she rode gorgeously bedight with her great train towards Greenwich. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Often he had to stop and rest, and silence threatened him then like the ominous quiet of bated breath. Uniform of a Man He stood before the bed and, with bated breath, watched the sleeping one. On the Heights A Novel The Philistines, he knew, were afraid of Samson, and he will not bate a jot of their terrors. Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn Yet no one dares to speak of it; or if they do, they bate their breath, and preface their remarks with maledictions. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists But Anne would bate no jot of her spiteful triumph over her rival; and, as is told in the text, she used Katharine’s barge for her progress, in spite of all. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History The school talked about the episode for a while with bated breath, then forgot it in the whirl of other interests. The Head Girl at the Gables One prolonged buzz, as though a thousand bated breaths had been loosened, filled the court-room as the clerk resumed his seat. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin He listened with bated breath, but all was silent: nothing stirred, and nothing was audible but the distant baying of a watch-dog. Black Forest Village Stories But not the least did he 'bate of his determination, and he and Bill Floyd went in search of Tom Mulligan. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories "Could you care for me at all, Ruth?" he asked wistfully, and with a bated passionateness. Fidelity A Novel With his bundles under his arm, and the monkey on his shoulder, with both paws tightly clasped around his neck, Toby made his way out of the tent with beating heart and bated breath. Toby Tyler Ten Weeks with a Circus I knew instinctively that this was my statue of the 'young Greek girl,' and I watched and watched with bated breath, fancying as the ship sped along that the speck moved. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections I have excellent health, capital spirits, fair abilities, and, bating an occasional outbreak of anger, a reasonably good temper. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The few men at the Club spoke with bated breath and shrugging shoulders, with hands thrust deep in side pockets and with occasional semi-hysterical giggle. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade With bated breath, they gathered round; They crawled with care along the ground. The Brownies: Their Book To Tompkins, watching with bated breath and clenched fists, it seemed as if the ball would never drop. Under Boy Scout Colors Let not deceit claim sanction from above; It may assist upon the wheels of fate, But what Spain offered through such legatees Was worse than powder on the bated flame. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation With bated breath the boys watched the strange pantomime below. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp For the love o' God, Major, don't bate the boy! A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Oh! sweet is the scent in the evening gale, Of the dun deer wending adown the trail Where I lie, grim ambushed, with bated breath, A gray lance couched in the hand of Death! The Song of the Wolf The wheel raced; the ball danced madly about its rim; the crowd stood bating its breath; and the scattered piles of gold lay in doubt on the green baize diagram. The Portal of Dreams "I didn't say that; I only said they gave me the name because they said I bate him." Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II After all, aix, the priest bates us out. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Then they crept through hall and passage, with heedful tread and bated breath, until she had opened twelve locked doors and reached the castle yard. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur I listened with bated breath to hear my name called, but the last letter was called off, and I was obliged to turn away disappointed, as were a good many others. In and Out of Rebel Prisons For a seeming eternity there was waiting and bated breath. The Portal of Dreams But when I a-hunting go, I, King Death, I that funeral trump shall blow With no bated breath. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 He had always been discussed in her immediate circle with bated breath, as one who had eternally disgraced the good old name of Blount, and dragged it cruelly in the dust. Portia or By Passions Rocked The authorities were waiting with bated breath until they could hear what their Northern friends would consider proper and feasible to be at once entered upon. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles "If both o' ye's on me I'm bate," he said. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Eagerly the soldiers watched the scene, and with bated breath thought of the awful tragedy that the rising sun would look upon in that now peaceful valley. The Battle of the Big Hole A History of General Gibbon's Engagement with Nez Percés Indians in the Big Hole Valley, Montana, August 9th, 1877. To the islanders, who never mentioned their lord's name save with bated breath and after having zealously crossed themselves, he was the object of the most unbounded superstition. A Monk of Cruta "Yes, that is very mysterious," says Kelly, with bated breath. Rossmoyne This morning, whilst I was haggling for some fine fruit under the peristyle of the Palace, I heard the people talking with bated breath of the accident that had befallen the beautiful Dogess. Weird Tales, Vol. II. "D'ye mind what ye said wan time whin I bate ye wi' th' stirrup?" My Lady of the Chimney Corner His friends were thrown into consternation, telegrams were flashed to headquarters, and even the bazaar discussed his danger with bated breath. Banked Fires The priest turned away disgusted, and the others followed him, talking with bated breath amongst themselves. A Monk of Cruta So, bating not a jot of his determination to save, and to be Bürgermeister of Rapps, he took the very next house, which luckily happened to be at liberty, and he got a journeyman. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 I will exert the utmost diligence to uphold the honour and fame of our celebrated handicraft, without bating one jot of its present credit. Weird Tales, Vol. II. I shall now consider a process that no cultured woman ever mentions except with bated breath. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life They gaze with bated breath, Around—before—beneath— On every hand, stern Death His visage showed. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War There stood the grindstone in its usual place, looking a very unromantic object indeed; but the girl viewed it with almost bated breath. Under Padlock and Seal I wait with bated breath the news from Oregon, where today the men are voting on the question of woman's enfranchisement. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The men were getting quickly to their feet, alert, tense, with broken whispers and bated breath. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Did the unhappy girl seek self-destruction that June night, or was she swept into that great, black whirlpool, the name of which even a girl of the workaday world mentions always with bated breath? The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself An' to see that poor young lady hillin' the corn herself—I felt as I'd like to bate both the captin an' his fine idle son—so I would, while I could stand over 'em.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement But the past relations were never renewed, and when the two former lovers met and talked a little as now, the guests looked on with bated breath and interested eyes. The Grandee I, reverencing the people, did not bate My reverence of their deed and oracle, Nor vainly prate Of better and of worse Against the great conclusion of their will. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV Long since he made a vow of chastity,—“to live as our Lord lived on this earth,” and Polynesians report with bated breath that he has kept it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) He was engaged on a Work—he spoke of it always with bated breath, and a capital letter was implied in his intonation; the Work was one on the Interpretation of Prophecy. Miss Cayley's Adventures Toby even declared with bated breath that he fancied he glimpsed a tiny patch of blue sky, “large enough to make a pair of trousers.” Jack Winters' Campmates We were dead bate before we began the battle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The young groom Tom said something with bated breath, as not presuming to advise too loud. When Ghost Meets Ghost For an instant he stood like one transfixed, and then exclaimed, in that peculiar English which he spoke, "Howly Moses! but this bates the worruld!" and then stood staring at each of them. A Castle in Spain A Novel Old Phebe leaned forward, shading her eyes with her hand, peering from misty headland to headland with bated breath. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Though rival fowls are enviously bitter, That doth not bate her jollity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 She stood some time longer in the centre of the room, motionless, with bated breath, letting her tired arms hang down loosely; then she crept on her toes to the door. The Son of His Mother And having never learned that anything brought more terror to womankind than the soft step of the artful burglar, I listened with bated breath to the interesting story of the husband. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida Did Browning mean this poem to be an apologia for illegal love? was asked with bated breath. The Brownings Their Life and Art I bated to bother you, for you never think it is anything. The Gates Between So we stood with bated breath In a silence deep as death. Collected Poems Volume One It was a quarter of an hour late, but at length the luggage porters began to assemble, and with bated breath I watched the train of dusty sleeping-cars slowly draw into the terminus. The Sign of Silence He lists with bated breath Some friendly foot to hear, With whispered word of hope, Or lighted lamp draw near: But foot of succour none doth sound, While taunting demons sport around. Favourite Welsh Hymns Translated into English In such a position it is not surprising if the Reviewers generally spoke in apologetic terms and with bated breath. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The exhausted attendants stood about the bed with bated breath. Carmen Ariza I am doing exceedingly well; the climate, bating some harsh winds in winter, is enjoyable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Lawrence was moving now, and she waited with bated breath for his answer. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author The following morning, one of my deacons came to me and said, with bated breath, “Brother Torrey, I shall never forget yesterday morning until the latest day of my life.” The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit The watchers stood there with bated breath, being quite certain that this impromptu pursuit had something to do with Tommy's disappearance. Death Points a Finger Hitt stood guard at the door; and Miss Wall and Jude tiptoed about with bated breath, unable to take their eyes from the girl. Carmen Ariza And to think that not one of us was there to give them a bating.’ Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers In the house lights were moving to and fro, while servants, with bated breath and light footfalls, hurried through the long corridors toward her father’s room. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love The young creature stood with bated breath till his light footsteps died away in the nearest passage. A Noble Woman He was reserved religiously, and seemed to think any mention of such topics should be made with bated breath, and the utmost solemnity. The Eye of Dread Mingling his theology with fraud, he employed the unholy alliance for the purpose of exploiting the credulous who attended his prayer meetings and commented with bated breath upon his beautiful showing of religious zeal. Carmen Ariza What a story he had to relate—how the Earth people would hang with bated breath upon his adventurings! Slaves of Mercury The wave of sentimental superstition again broke out and fastened itself upon the minds of the people, and the miracle of it was spoken of among them with almost bated breath. The Law-Breakers There isn't a one in the place can bate him at the reapin', an' you should see the long, straight furrows he can plough. Changing Winds A Novel The whole Proportion and Air of his Face was so nobly and exactly form’d, that bating his Colour, there could be nothing in Nature more beautiful, agreeable and handsome. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V The great clock in the corridor below struck three as she passed it with bated breath and trembling in every limb. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover He groaned and cowered there while it approached him—more slowly now, eyeing him with staring, stony orbs in which there was no expression of any kind, of rage or bate, of curiosity or triumph. The Planetoid of Peril The slaves went about silently and spoke with bated breath, as if a death had taken place in the house. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt |
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