How To Use Croesus In A Sentence
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He has a country mansion and runs a yacht and a private aircraft—he must be as rich as Croesus.
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The liberty which we are supposing may be most completely given to them in the form of such a power as is said to have been possessed by Gyges the ancestor of Croesus the Lydian.
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You are aware that my father-once reckoned a Croesus of wealth — became bankrupt a short time previous to his death, and that my mother lived in destitution for some six months after him, unhelped by her aristocratical brothers, whom she had mortally offended by her union with Crimsworth, the — — shire manufacturer.
The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
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Most of the regulars seem pretty cool, but this one guy, who uses the name "Croesus," is my favorite.
Ana-ng Diary Entry
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“There, Croesus, that is treasure number one; and now run through the rest, and count what sums I have in hand, in case I need them.”
Cyropaedia
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All of Bushco, indicted, imprisoned, or nothing, will be rich beyond Croesus, which is what Bush and Cheney already are.
Think Progress » Senior Administration Officials Could Be Charged With Criminal Conspiracy
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The European traveller from the States, who is not a Croesus, speedily finds himself reduced to a chronic state of self-conscious sordidness by the hordes of cringing robbers who clutter his steps from dawn till dark, and deplete his pocket-book in a way that puts compound interest to the blush.
THE DESCENT
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Rich as Croesus, half of northern Italy in his clientship, a king inside the borders of his own lands.
The First Man in Rome
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He's said to be as rich as Croesus and as reclusive as a stylite, and that's all anyone knows of him.
Red dust
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At this time Croesus was the master and tribute-exactor of the Asiatic Greeks, whose contingents seem to have formed part of his army for the expedition now contemplated; an army consisting principally, not of native Lydians, but of foreigners.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
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The Croesus was a Mediterranean casino cruise so exclusive that even the rich and famous needed written invitations just to board.
The Sinister Six Combo
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Croesus" for your daughter, and the little tricks you played to bring that marriage about.
Worldly Ways and Byways
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Trimalchio himself then favored us with an impersonation of a man blowing a trumpet, and when he had finished, he looked around for his minion, whom he called Croesus, a blear-eyed slave whose teeth were very disagreeably discolored.
Satyricon
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With so many worldwide still suffering from the worse economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, with un- and underemployment and foreclosures at historic highs, with poverty rising and the middle class declining, with hopelessness again ever-present at too many family tables, with dreams deferred or just dead, rich-beyond-Croesus Wall Street bankers are self-centeredly complaining about how tough they have it.
Dennis M. Kelleher: Handcuffs and Prison Sentences for Bankers Next Time
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His dossier was This man's crypton Sovbloc Red, and suggests that he still provides high octane material via a relative who is known as Croesus.
Final Resting Place of The Pen
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Croesus nōn semper mānsit rēx, _Croesus did not always remain king_.
New Latin Grammar
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And of course, in this sense, the Socrates story is the diametric opposite of the Croesus story.
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I feel I should point out here that my character "Croesus" is in no way based on anything I have seen on that messageboard/legal disclaimer.
Ana-ng Diary Entry
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The European traveller from the States, who is not a Croesus, speedily finds himself reduced to a chronic state of self-conscious sordidness by the hordes of cringing robbers who clutter his steps from dawn till dark, and deplete his pocket-book in a way that puts compound interest to the blush.
THE DESCENT