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Down I went, with the flip flop sound that footwear of that name characterises echoing loudly off the high ceilings as I went.

A rainy day in Shanghai Neil McCarthy 2012

But a matured felicity of expression characterises Shakespeare's own contributions, narrating the romantic quest of Pericles for his daughter

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

Irenæus and Hippolytus have been rightly named Scripture theologians; but it is a strange infatuation to think that this designation characterises them as evangelical.

History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

In fact for a lamentably depraved condition of all the bodily health, such as characterises advanced locomotor ataxy, and allied spinal degradations leading to general physical failure.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

In some instances, and where the military department is possessed of an elaborate equipment such as characterises the German army, when reconnaissance is completed and the balloon is to be removed to another point, the gas is pumped back into the cylinders for further use.

Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Any sense of liberty or independence such as characterises the English or American girl is impossible with the Mexican.

Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919

There was no professional jealousy in him, such as characterises so many other men.

The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Robert Barr 1881

But the current decline still indicates that the sales of new car, light and medium commercial vehicles have remaining under pressure, which according to Naamsa, "characterises" the weakening trend.

News24 2008

"Bloody silly idea from the off," is how one Tory minister characterises flogging off ancient woodlands.

The spotlight begins to shine on the coalition's flaws and faultlines | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

One of those men loudly proclaimed Surratt's innocence from the very scaffold at which they were hanged, and Redford's movie ponders the highly ambiguous facts about her involvement in the same worthy, po-faced and finger-wagging manner that characterises most of his work as a director.

The Conspirator proves that Robert Redford should stick to Sundance 2011