miss vs mrs.
Definitions
verb
- fail to attend an event or activity
- be without
- be absent
- fail to reach
- fail to experience
noun
- a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
- a young female
Examples
Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight.
In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight.
For a very long time I loved the idea of writing but did very little - I published a few stories, and workshopped myself into submission.
Definitions
noun
- a form of address for a married woman
Examples
Mrs. Dudgeon unbars the door and opens it, letting into the stuffy kitchen a little of the freshness and a great deal of the chill of the dawn, also her second son Christy, a fattish, stupid, fair-haired, round-faced man of about 22, muffled in a plaid shawl and grey overcoat.
Mrs. Cook assured him, the conjurer was a good Christian; and that he gained all his knowledge by conversing with the stars and planets.
Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_.
