How To Use breeched In A Sentence
- Oh, buffalo!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands, while Little An stared in horror and absolutely beat his forehead with his fists, and the hapless victim struggled helplessly, distracted and outraged — for I have my dignity, dammit, and I bar being unbreeched and assailed by opium-sodden houris, however be-witching, without even a by-your-leave. Flashman and the Dragon
- To begin with, he was, to use his aunt's own term, "breeched" the next day, and his petticoats became the big baby's property, while his precious best frock was poked unceremoniously into a box under his aunt's bed. The Girls of St. Olave's
- Your argument is illogical," I cried, "if the girl is jealous, it is because she has given herself more completely: her exclusiveness is the other side of her devotion and tenderness; she wants to do everything for you, to be with you and help you in every way, and in case of illness or poverty or danger, you would find how much more she had to give than your red-breeched soldier. Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) His Life and Confessions
- But show us a miserable, unbreeched, human entity, whose whole profession it is to take a tub for a fortified town and a shaving-brush for the deadly stiletto, and who passes three-fourths of his time in a dream and the rest in open self-deception, and we expect him to be as nice upon a matter of fact as a scientific expert bearing evidence. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
- Small boys did wear dresses in this period until they were 'breeched' Archive 2008-04-01
- The next moment he was as ready for sport as any unbreeched infant: far readier than the Collectors junior clerk, who at nineteen years was much the elder and graver man of the two. The Custom-House. Introductory to “The Scarlet Letter”
- Looking on the lines Of my boy's face, methoughts I did recoil Twenty-three years, and saw myself unbreeched. Final Resting Place of The Pen
- At age 7, or so, the boys were "breeched;" that is, they were made to wear long pants. So your 5-year-old boy wants to dress like a girl....
- But much of the upward move's momentum was based on technical levels being breeched around the $1.43 level. The Dollar Takes a Beating
- It is clear to me, that Sen. Obama referred solely to his disappointment that John McCain breeched his commitment to campaign on issues alone. frank, las vegas Blitzer: Was Obama taking aim at McCain's age?
