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  • They brandished frontal bones, the dismembered quarters of kids and goats; they struck the bronze cantharus, they tossed the silver obba up aloft. Widdershins
  • Horses clattered through the whiteness, their backs and foreheads sporting melting ice dribbling over their dished faces.
  • His moment of glory came in a raid on a Kilburn flat when the tenant brandished a loaded gun in his face. The Sun
  • She dished out the salad.
  • Meat pies would be dished up with sauce squeezed by the lady behind the counter and full strength beers would be served in bottles.
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  • Lawlor brandished a butcher's knife, the two fought in the hallway, police were called, and Johnson left the Prestwick. Falls Church man Mark Lawlor convicted of capital murder of Genevieve Orange
  • He and an accomplice had brandished an unloaded gun, but nobody was hurt. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lindsay was kind of moping around, and Sam had to keep checking on her and cuddling her," our spy dished. The Superficial - Because You're Ugly
  • Then she brandished a small hand-held blender. Times, Sunday Times
  • We stropped our straight razors, brandished horsehair wands.
  • Felled by the ward of his intransigence, levelled and laid flat, sword brandished in denial – sword wafting words uttered emphatically in a trial of words by words, falling for the trap of his own rhetorical thirst, falling into the gap between those who run first and those who carp and cry in the pack – an empty husk cracked and ablated, an old fool trashed. Archive 2007-04-01
  • No weapon was brandished nor was any word spoken to suggest that there was a weapon.
  • You'll be sporting the latest trend and she'll think you dished out major moola!
  • The pro-Tiger Diaspora still dreams of the map of Tamil Eelam which is brandished at all demonstrations and will continue to be for a while. Kottu
  • Stirring it around for a while, she then dished it up into a big bowl, put water into both her cooking pots, and took her dinner out onto the roof, where she ate among the stars.
  • USATODAY. com - Roundup: Gold dished out in hurdles and 1,500 USATODAY.com - Roundup: Gold dished out in hurdles and 1,500
  • They slung chapattis and dished out dhal with hilarious inaccuracy, but they were volunteers, and already the next sitting was agitating at the door.
  • As Annie dished out the curry and the salad bowl went around the table, Meg chattered happily about the book she'd been reading. CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 1: SO MOTE IT BE
  • Andrew took two plates out of the cupboard and dished out servings for both of them.
  • Their jailers dished out their punishment.
  • The internet is your friend here, too: pretty much every conference will list which agents they cajoled to it last year and/or those who will be blandished into being there this year. Author! Author! » 2008 » January
  • There is a good chance your friend dished your rotor when he bent it back.
  • The knifeman claimed throughout that he also had a firearm and brandished a weapon at police from under a blanket.
  • The food's not only inedible but is dished up in large portions. The Sun
  • But how pleasing to see both taking as much as they dished out, yet neither whingeing to the official. The Sun
  • The dogs, indeed, would caper about, and bark round the opposing parties in a way that was at least inspiriting; but my Sandy Tom brandished his tail and took flying leaps upon no principle whatever; and as to Fatima's tortoise, it never budged from the beginning of the conflict to the end. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
  • It serves fish fingers, ostensibly for the kids, though I'd guess a few adult portions have also been dished out.
  • Around this time of year, awards are dished out to the great and the good of sportswriting.
  • There was something deeply disturbing about the trial by tabloid dished out to him last week. Times, Sunday Times
  • I never really knew a lot about her, only what the media dished out, and to tell you the truth I got tired of the relentless hounding and intrusion into her private life!
  • Sit back and savour the antics and battle of wits unleashed by the team of buffoons, hold your breath at the breath-stopping show of trapeze artistes and the exciting fare dished out by acrobats on bicycles.
  • The teacher dished out so much homework that her pupils complained to their parents.
  • On the cloth I set porcelain bowls and dished out the first course.
  • The scandal dished his hopes of being elected.
  • But she dished out a lesson or two in the art of raising the level of her game under pressure.
  • At first Hector brandished his sword eyeing Achilles as a soaring eagle would a timid lamb. Peripheral Anthropomorphism and the Fall of Troy
  • Instantly the lions of Solomon, which had been newly furbished, raised their heads, erected their manes, brandished their tails, until they excited the imagination of Count Robert, who, being already on fire at the circumstances of his reception, conceived the bellowing of these automata to be the actual annunciation of immediate assault. Count Robert of Paris
  • Long ago Faith had said in Soolsby's but that he "blandished" all with whom he came in contact; but Hylda realised with a lacerated heart that he had ceased to blandish her. The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2
  • The boy supped and brandished the weapons and in the process broke them all to shivers and splinters.
  • Because they had no refrigeration, leftover meat was fed to the dogs, while surplus milk was dished up to the pigs.
  • He whipped the lo October edition of the Sun out of his pocket and brandished the front page.
  • Meanwhile, state-owned banks freely dished out cash to politicians' pet projects.
  • But last year it dished out almost 100 manicures, pedicures and makeovers to children aged six to 16.
  • She dished out the food into a bowl and placed the dirty dishes in the sink.
  • Rookie Marcus Fizer scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while El-Amin dished our nine assists. National Basketball Association - Cavaliers vs. Bulls
  • Meat pies would be dished up with sauce squeezed by the lady behind the counter and full strength beers would be served in bottles.
  • She dished the food onto plates.
  • Perhaps I have dozed a bit, for I must have turned the coin, unthinking, and now I see the reverse: a horseman, in full panoply, galloping, with naked sword brandished in his left hand, from which depends a severed head tight-clutched by long, flowing hair. The Lion's Brood
  • He sat and dished with his girlfriend.
  • The advice has been dished out by Northern division's road policing unit after a number of complaints to police from motorists about cycle users not using lights and an increase in accidents.
  • The assassin fell as he sprang from the box to the stage, where he brandished his bloody dagger, yelled with terrible theatricalism, "_sic semper tyrannis_," and stalking lamely from the platform disappeared in the darkness and rode away. Life of Abraham Lincoln Little Blue Book Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 324
  • Genpact claims it€ ™ s not just another acronym dished out overnight but a rigorous scientific methodology for managing processes. The Economic Times
  • The president - elect has brandished his reputation for non - partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  • He strode toward her, not appearing the least intimidated by the dirk she brandished. Healing the Highlander
  • I think I dished the wheel a little later than I should have, and I adjusted the dish mostly by tightening spokes on the one side instead of loosening spokes on the other.
  • By Monday afternoon, however, the water had cut off gas supplies to about 300 other homes in eight streets in the area and emergency heaters were dished out to residents.
  • Louise, who was cooking, dished up a supreme bangers and mash with onion and red wine gravy, and I had prepared The Films of Patrick Swayze as my conversational masterclass.
  • I saw weapons brandished as the whooping and yelling grew louder; here was Spotted Tail, his huge buckskinned figure thrusting through the throng as he shouted to Young-Man-Afraid; now he was under the canopy, addressing Mills. Isabelle
  • Glory brandished the sword threateningly, gripping the hilt tightly. The Warslayer
  • You argue that he had dished the opposition, outmanoeuvred them, tactically closed them down and as a result, couldn't help allowing himself a mordant little smile.
  • And 8,000 more tickets could be dished out to drivers next year.
  • But in the ‘return’ the Havies dished out superb open rugby with their entire back division co-ordinating well and had the soldiers back-pedalling.
  • I dished the wheel and retensioned it. Finally, I checked the chain line when it all went together.
  • What happens after the festival awards are dished out, after the cinemas count their box office takings, after the international seminars and critical studies?
  • STRICTLY fans fear the high scores dished out by judges early this series will make the show boring. The Sun
  • No, even when indictments, charges and massive fines have been dished out, these people seem unable to admit they've done anything wrong.
  • Hannah had " dished up " an astonishing breakfast for the traveler.
  • He brandished his knife, showing them that he was unafraid and would not hesitate to attack if they tried to rush him.
  • Trevisio served seared tuna with jicama, arugula and baby grapefruit, while 17 Restaurant dished up marinated fluke with citrus and shaved beet salad.
  • Stirring it around for a while, she then dished it up into a big bowl, put water into both her cooking pots, and took her dinner out onto the roof, where she ate among the stars.
  • Apart from creating the right ambience, damsels dressed in traditional attire of each country stood beside the display and dished out facts about the fare.
  • During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries it was customary for iron clubs to have a curved or dished face, which promoted easy lofting of the ball.
  • Every one of his followers started up at the command, and mingled as they were among their late allies, prepared too for such a surprisal, each had, in an instant, his next neighbour by the collar, while his right hand brandished a broad dagger that glimmered against lamplight and moonshine. Quentin Durward
  • If you don't make one, your assets will be dished out following intestacy laws. Times, Sunday Times
  • The serving of cheap champagne in plastic cups followed, dished up by a tour guide so obviously bored by the daily grind of conveying rabbles of foreigners around the rock that I couldn't help wondering why he was there.
  • Its cleverness is in the way the handle is angled to suit the curves of a lavatory bowl, while the top of the holder is slightly dished to catch drips.
  • Their mistakes were made all the more unpalatable by the largesse with which our cash is dished out to undeserving causes.
  • Under the terms of the deal, chocolate bars will be dished out to supporters at every home game and factory employees will be invited into the club's hospitality suite.
  • It is not only the medicinal aspect of food that is dished out with headmistressy insistence at the Imperial Herbal.
  • He dished me out a few vitamin pills.
  • He dished out our pay in silver dollars.
  • About six awards are expected to be dished out to deserving swimmers during the ceremony, to be preceded with the first league gala at the Olympic Swimming Pool.
  • The duchy's pleasures have always been earned rather than dished out.
  • Out enough that she wouldn’t mind having her name brandished across the NY Jewish news circuit as having been dismissed from her job for being lesbian? The First Annual Greasy Latkes: Mislabeling the JCC | Jewschool
  • Referee Peter McCarthy refused to stand for any nonsense and brandished a succession of cards.
  • The exception is a sword brandished by a crusader-knight in the “Foam Soldier of God Photo Frame Magnet Craft Kit”. Holy Warrior Toys Sell in America
  • She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
  • The Prime Minister who yesterday lectured us on the growth of bad manners dished it out to the old-time union chiefs and Old Labour dinosaurs.
  • She dished out the food into a bowl and placed the dirty dishes in the sink.
  • But her first novel is why I blandished her into speaking to us today. Author! Author! » 2009 » April
  • One of my kids favorite dished is papas con chorizo. Making my own Mexican chorizo | Homesick Texan
  • Some were armed with bottles and others brandished weapons including coshes or iron bars, a screwdriver and a knife.
  • He and an accomplice had brandished an unloaded gun, but nobody was hurt. Times, Sunday Times
  • But in the ‘return’ the Havies dished out superb open rugby with their entire back division co-ordinating well and had the soldiers back-pedalling.
  • Stewed, steamed, roasted, fried, braised and barbecued meat is dished up unstintingly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Apparently there are some discrepancies in the amount of wonga being dished out to each undeserving ‘star’.
  • (Equally, we might also suspect that the thug’s arresting officer dished out his own form of summary justice before chummy is bundled into the van - I know YOU have never heard of it, but it happens - but if there is no evidence of that …) Hang On A Minute…….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • He will angskt of them from their commoner guardian at next lineup (who is really the rapier of the two though thother brother can hold his own, especially for he bandished it with his hand the hold time, mamain, a simply gra-cious: Mi, O la!), and reloose that thong off his art: Hast thou feel liked carbunckley ones? Finnegans Wake
  • A woman and her children fled from a house and took refuge in a nearby shop when a man in the house brandished a bread knife.
  • Felled by the ward of his intransigence, levelled and laid flat, sword brandished in denial – sword wafting words uttered emphatically in a trial of words by wards, falling for the trap of his own rhetorical thirst, falling into the gap between those who run first and those who carp and cry in the pack – an empty husk cracked and ablated, an old fool utterly trashed. Rhetorical Thirst (rev)
  • His torture over the Dome [another Blair assignment for his unelected chum] will be a bagatelle compared to what is uniquely dished out north of the Border.
  • They dished out a bomb shelter.
  • Mother dished the food up straight out of the saucepan.
  • One brandished a bicycle seat, the other a salad that spilled onto the sidewalk.
  • They are pretty little things with floating manes and dished faces; not quite the angry war horses you would imagine from the tribesmen's descriptions.
  • Felled by the ward of his intransigence, levelled and laid flat, sword brandished in denial – sword wafting words uttered emphatically in a trial of words by words, falling for the trap of his own rhetorical thirst, falling into the gap between those who run first and those who carp and cry in the pack – an empty husk cracked and ablated, an old fool trashed. Archive 2007-04-01
  • In her writing she recounts a story about one lovesick cowboy who brandished a pistol at her.
  • Damone Brown collected 12 points and seven rebounds and Griffin dished out nine assists for Syracuse, which connected on 46 percent (24-of-52) of its shots. NCAA Men's Basketball - Connecticut vs. Syracuse
  • It's against the gentlemanly rules to run a business from Parliament and so an unofficial reprimand was dished out.
  • He dished up a lot of useful facts and figures.
  • During their meeting in Caracas, Chávez presented Putin with the so-called Order of the Liberator -- Venezuela's highest honor -- and provided the Russian leader a replica of a sword brandished by South American independence hero Simon Bolívar, the namesake of Venezuela's socialist-inspired "Bolivarian Revolution. Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez's Geopolitical Rivalry Reaching Soaring New Heights
  • They dished up a superb meal.
  • PREMIERSHIP clubs will resist any punishment dished out as a result of the bungs inquiry. The Sun
  • [85] Their encounter was varied, and balanced by the contrast of arms and discipline; of the direct charge, and wheeling evolutions; of the couched lance, and the brandished javelin; of a weighty broadsword, and a crooked sabre; of cumbrous armor, and thin flowing robes; and of the long Tartar bow, and the arbalist or crossbow, a deadly weapon, yet unknown to the Orientals. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5
  • He and an accomplice had brandished an unloaded gun, but nobody was hurt. Times, Sunday Times
  • There was something deeply disturbing about the trial by tabloid dished out to him last week. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the film at one point, Wong is cattishly dished when he is told, shouldn’t you be working in a laundry? Milk Skimmed: Dr. Tomás Almaguer Speaks About The Roles Of Men Of Color In The Biopic Milk
  • He brandished the red card to general disbelief. Times, Sunday Times
  • Referee-style whistles are dished out and they even suggest a red and yellow card system.
  • Nothing dished out by the corporate-controlled media can be accepted at face value, especially under conditions of a concentrated campaign to stampede the public into a war frenzy.
  • Some brandished sticks, banners and fists, others chanted slogans.
  • The food's not only inedible but is dished up in large portions. The Sun
  • Between September and May, 834 tickets were dished out on the street - more than any other road in East Lancashire.
  • When the police brandished a post-mortem report which exonerated the cops from point-blank range killing, didn't we react by saying that the autopsy must have been fixed?
  • One of the robbers produced a commando style knife with an eight inch blade from a leather sheath, which he brandished towards the victim, ordering him to hand over his watch.
  • He again brandished his dagger, and said, "Thus die all enemies to Spain. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
  • Other sea food choices include seared red snapper, steamed flying fish served with crab meat on a bed of local pilaf rice, or grilled Cajun swordfish dished out with a peppery pineapple-melon salsa.
  • There's been one other card brandished in the last couple of minutes, but there appears to be confusion over who was on the receiving end.
  • They brandished war hammers, axes, broadswords, and spears of all shapes and sizes.
  • Selby's second string recorded their third successive win as they dished out a walloping to neighbours Thorpe Willoughby.
  • After entering the festival gates, one passes into a demonetized society where the rides on the giant seesaws, the rounds of miniature golf, the costumes, the body-paint jobs and everything else are dished out gratis. Desert Wanderers Find Their Promised Land
  • She quickly dished the food out onto their plates before sitting down at the table as well.
  • Their large, wide splayed hooves kept them from sinking in, and their dished faces and large nostrils helped them to breath the hot air, filtering out the sand.
  • Use a leveling compound in all the low and dished areas, and then allow it to dry before installing the underlayment.
  • It looked like a bit of fatherly advice was being dished out. The Sun
  • Equally appalling is the ineptitude of the industry watchdogs and the paltry penalty which they have dished out. The Sun
  • On all sides, ignoring him, barbarian mercenaries brandished their javelins, bows, pikes, two-edged swords.
  • Another week of Australian Idle has been dished up in the lukewarm bain-marie of the television industry's canteen of horrors.
  • Motorists were also scared as cars were being struck by the dangerous weapons brandished by the pair.
  • The flood of credit will be increased this year by all the promissory notes Mr Yeltsin dished out on the campaign trail.
  • Our credulity is solicited, blandished, directed to the region of possible and desirable things. Bottoms Up
  • The hampers will be dished out to families on the estate who have been recommended by health professionals like midwives, social workers or health visitors.
  • The hampers will be dished out to families on the estate who have been recommended by health professionals like midwives, social workers or health visitors.
  • She also said the teens rode on two bikes and forced her to pull over as one brandished the weapon.
  • She kept her cool and dished out more than her fair share of barefaced cheek, in more senses than one.
  • Suppose we ask Martha Higham if the Earl has 'blandished' her. The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete
  • It means he faces about half the prison term dished out to the Seattle girl The First Post: Latest
  • It really hit me that these are * real* people, not the faux populists dished up by the GOP - real people of intelligence and substance. Tell Us Your Election Night Experiences...
  • Could I have effectively dished the wheel to the right by overtightening the right spokes too much?
  • We wound our way along pitch-dark corridors and up staircases, as animatronic models of Dracula reared up at us out of coffins without warning and a masked axeman from the horror movie Scream brandished his axe at us.
  • It was brandished by the anti-war movement to point up the discrepancy between our purported war aims and the grisly realities of napalmed villages and dead Vietnamese civilians.
  • The president - elect has brandished his reputation for non - partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  • Sugar or honey and spices were also poured over the bread before it was dished up.
  • That documentary dished out shocking revelations as to what the state fed our children.
  • With breathtaking hypocrisy, the sneaky judge dished out justice to benefit cheats while falsely pocketing nearly 50,000 in benefits himself. The Sun
  • And if you can do all this, why am I not seeing YOUR name brandished around as a top rate director/actor? Robert Zemeckis to Mo-Cap the Beatles Into a New Yellow Submarine | /Film
  • While Jeremy dished it up, I threw together a salad in the kitchen.
  • Few people I know would have endured the slagging from various bloggers, the adverse media commentary and the awful poll results dished out in recent weeks only to keep on going with chin up and a cheery grin.
  • And perhaps - when we notice we're being blandished - we are. Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  • Felled by the ward of his intransigence, levelled and laid flat, sword brandished in denial – sword wafting words uttered emphatically in a trial of words by wards, falling for the trap of his own rhetorical thirst, falling into the gap between those who run first and those who carp and cry in the pack – an empty husk cracked and ablated, an old fool utterly trashed. Rhetorical Thirst (rev)
  • All the punishment dished out meant only eight cars could limp out for the demolition derby in which Bill Bylett ground the opposition to a halt.
  • It was also used by the Roman Empire and was considered to be the favorite punishment dished out by Emperor Caligula.
  • The long toe becomes "dished" -- that is, concave from the coronet to the ground -- the long quarters curl forward and inward and often completely cover the frog and lead to contraction of the heels, or the whole hoof bends outward or inward, and a crooked foot, or, even worse, Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • The Constabulary estimates around 1,000 fixed penalty notices will be dished out within the first year of the system being operational.
  • Suddenly, a tall and stately golden figure saw us and brandished his weapon menacingly.
  • At his side was his No 2, Danny Alexander, who had accidentally brandished chunks of the speech to the cameras on Tuesday, and who yesterday paid penance by being Mr Osborne's water-wallah, making sure that his glass and carafe were topped up at all times. Spending review serves up sixpences in a pudding of manure and gravel
  • I've dished my competitor.
  • His moment of glory came in a raid on a Kilburn flat when the tenant brandished a loaded gun in his face. The Sun
  • There was something deeply disturbing about the trial by tabloid dished out to him last week. Times, Sunday Times
  • No one said a word as the food was dished out and even after we'd all sat down nobody spoke.
  • Mother dished the food up straight out of the saucepan.
  • Nonetheless, over the next couple of weeks we began to hear reports that swerves were being dished out once more. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
  • There are still blemishes, subtly dished characters show quite visible stepping in the vertical plane but the overall results look excellent.
  • More than 2,000 portions of strawberries are dished out on the village green during the two-day event, planned for July 10 and 11.
  • Hailing from a humble Christian home, he has to make do with whatever food is dished out to him in the school boarding.
  • Behind Chris's head, as he halted at the open window, a search-light turned all ways in the night, like a sword brandished among the stars. The Return of the Soldier
  • His heavy plate armour clanked as he waved his shield arm and brandished a huge spiked mace.
  • He brandished the moral force of government as his weapon.
  • And, to ensure runners are given an accurate timing, special microchips, which are attached to running shoes will be dished out.
  • Down in the valley Amalric had stiffened in his saddle when he saw that wild horseman curvetting and caracoling on the slopes while he brandished that blood-stained serpent-banner. The Bloody Crown Of Conan
  • I put the files and the video aside, then dished up some spaghetti and settled down with it and a tape of Airplane! — my all-time favorite lunatic comedy movie and cheerer-upper. The Shape of Dread
  • Johnny took an instant liking to the big blue beauties and dished out backside Smiths, backside tail grinds and even the back tail shove.
  • Alex told me that Regina tried to crash the party and there was a rumor that she brandished a gun.
  • Hailing from a humble Christian home, he has to make do with whatever food is dished out to him in the school boarding.
  • As if they were a single individual, the phalanx of Zxanxi cavaliers each drew two long, curved sabres from the sabres with their upper arms, and brandished the paired shields with their lower arms.
  • Back by popular demand is the bar person of the month awards, but this year awards will be dished out to patrons either side of the bars.
  • The knifeman claimed throughout that he also had a firearm and brandished a weapon at police from under a blanket.
  • The Senators captain dished off to defenseman Tom Preissing before moving to the point to receive Heatley's setup pass. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Washington vs. Ottawa
  • These bitter rivals dished up the sort of entertainment home fans thought had been consigned to the history books. The Sun
  • Hughes then reached inside his waistband and pulled out a bottle of wine, which he brandished violently.
  • When the police brandished a post-mortem report which exonerated the cops from point-blank range killing, didn't we react by saying that the autopsy must have been fixed?
  • Once the phone calls, text messages and posted votes had been counted, trophies and framed portraits were dished out to the winners.
  • It is a short step to corruption if grants are dished out on very vague criteria.
  • Bang! Bang! " the small boy brandished a phoney pistol and shouted.
  • Mother dished the food up straight out of the saucepan.
  • The Freudian truncheon is brandished almost to absurdity when Pyramidhead traps Rose and Cybil in an elevator and begins stabbing his really long blade between the elevator doors, trying to run them through. Silent Hill
  • Ten free seminars have been dished out to the public on topical issues covering varied dimensions.
  • She said they drove her to wasteland, brandished a knife and drugged her. The Sun
  • Dave had dished-up seared sirloin steak, topped with a sauce of sautéed onion, mushrooms and red wine, as an accompaniment to the Merlot.
  • The Ottoman sultans then claimed the title of caliph and brandished it for four centuries until Kamal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, abolished it in 1924. Harris Zafar: Demystifying 'Caliphate'

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