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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repine.

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Examples

  • Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines

    Archive 2008-10-05 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines

    Remembering Lepanto de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • But here is the misery, that he will not take notice of it; he repines at rich men's wealth, brave hangings, dainty fare, as

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In like sort our gentlewomen do at their usual meetings, one repines or scoffs at another's bravery and happiness.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Is anyone else here old enough to remember the repines to the Challenger space shuttle disaster.

    Spot the Hockey Stick #17: Lloyds of London « Climate Audit 2007

  • The world is chock full of wisitations; and if a boy repines at a wisitation and makes you uncomfortable with his noise, he must have his head punched.

    Nicholas Nickleby 2007

  • Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines

    The Poem of Lepanto 2007

  • She hath, in spite of all my circumspection, perceived that passion which it is not in my power to conceal, and in consequence of which I now declare myself your devoted adorer; or, conscious of your superior excellence, her jealousy hath taken the alarm, and, though stung with conjecture only, repines at the triumph of your perfections.

    The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

  • Is there a man who boasts a British heart, that repines at the success and prosperity of his country?

    The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 2004

  • Christian captives sick and sunless, all a labouring race repines

    10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002 John 2002

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