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Examples
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I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat pie myself.
Confession 2010
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"Look what was here before us," Aviendha said as he let a meek-faced white-robed woman take Jeade'en.
The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993
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Behind them streamed brown lines of meek-faced Indians.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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Ma, (turning to a meek-faced woman), leave the door unlocked.
Red-Robin Jane Abbott
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The doors were open, and through them were passing meek-faced, soft-voiced and plain-robed worshipers.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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She also discovered a special protégé in a meek-faced young girl who occupied the position of public stenographer in the hotel where the
Jane Allen: Right Guard Edith Bancroft
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And poor Casey, a meek-faced little man with sloping shoulders, who had been running the elevator in the Chalmers Building up to a week ago, would patiently practise marching without moving, so that the rest of the line could wheel round him as a pivot.
Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923
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Oh, if I were a man, I'd show any meek-faced little hypocrite if she could prize secrets out of me.
Fran 1913
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I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.
Confession 1907
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I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.
Confession 1907
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