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- English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
How To Use Donne In A Sentence
- Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
- The cordonnet of Alençon is the only one which has horsehair for its foundation. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
- The micro-mini white cover-up she had donned over her bathing suit was removed without circumstance, revealing a shimmering gold maillot that dipped very low in back and was accented by sheer finely-woven gold mesh across the waistline in front. Who Said It Would Be Easy
- Donnelly's PNAC report -- a blueprint followed faithfully by the Bush Administration -- openly yearned for a "new Pearl Harbor" that would "catalyze" the American people into adopting PNAC's global militarist agenda wholesale. Undefined
- They had donned hairnets and gloves to gather DNA samples not previously submitted.
- It was the boobook owl, mopoke, a totem being to the Arrernte Aborigines of these arid lands along the Macdonnell Ranges to the west of Alice Springs. Wildwood
- To write about the Donner Party, one has to address this aspect of the tale; but I haven't dwelled on it in Snow Mountain James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven
- Je sais que je n'ai pas de talent mais au moins meme des critiques ca me donnerai le courage de continuer car il faut savoir que toutes critiques envers moi sont prises de maniere constructives ... Pinku-tk Diary Entry
- So he sleepeth and wotteth not whither she goeth, nor what she doeth; but we know that after giving him the drugged wine, she donneth her richest raiment and perfumeth herself and then she fareth out from him to be away till break of day; then she cometh to him, and burneth a pastile under his nose and he awaketh from his deathlike sleep. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- As the battle stations alert and klaxon alarm sounded, he donned a helmet and life jacket as he left the bridge and headed below. CHAINS OF COMMAND