How To Use E'er In A Sentence

  • Oh, only a young lord who has lived his whole life as a ne'er-do-well. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • The Roman Scarus comments which "Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before/Did so violate itself. Archive 2009-11-01
  • Nae tawted tyke, though e'er sae duddie, [matted cur, ragged] Robert Burns How To Know Him
  • 'Very likely,' answered the pedlar, with great composure; 'but ne'ertheless, I shall take leave to whistle again upon puir Bawty.' Waverley
  • There'll be steam coming off the Bernina e'er long. 47 entries from February 2008
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  • Ye're aye cute, dame," I cried, thrawing the bit gy abune, and in a gliffing, doun jumpit the chiel, and a braw chiel he was sure enough, siccan my auld e'en sall ne'er see again, wi 'his brent brow and buirdly bowk wrappit in a tartan plaid, wi' a Highland kilt. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827
  • His voice did he keep under/and ne'er a word spake he. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
  • Walcott is a Nobel Prize winner who, to paraphrase Wordsworth, leaves trailing clouds of sexual harassment behind him where e'er he goes, at least in the 617 area code. When Will the Poetic Violence End?
  • It is much against my will," said Robin Hood, "ne'ertheless, if thou dost wish it, get thee gone, but bear thyself seemingly, Little John, for thou art mine own right-hand man and I could ill bear to have harm befall thee. The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Ed Norton stars in this film about twin brothers -- one a professor at Brown University, the other a redneck -- who come back together in Oklahoma when the ne'er-do-well, marijuana-dealing brother is implicated in a criminal matter. Ed Koch: Leaves of Grass (A Mayor Koch Review)
  • There was one very dark night in the month o 'January, when I was little mair than seventeen, my faither and me were gaun to Morpeth, and we were wishing to get forward wi' the beasts as far as Whittingham; but just as we were about half a mile doun the loanin 'frae Glanton, it cam' awa ane o 'the dreadfu'est storms that e'er mortal was out in. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
  • But ne'ertheless I'll wear the cap, and haply prove as true as another to my promise. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
  • Where late-night casinos may still be considered by many as a hang-out for vice-ridden ne'er-do-wells, the online community can enjoy a game without the dodgy characters or stench of ashtrays.
  • ‘‘Twill be momentous, I trow, whichsoe'er way ‘tis resolved.‘
  • Despite this, the work is a must for all Williams fans for its presentation of his favourite characters - the Southern belle and the ne'er-do-well male - in their most archetypical form.
  • Thyself ordain who first must seize the blazing bar and burn the Cyclops 'eye out, that we may share alike whate'er betides. The Cyclops
  • Despite this, the work is a must for all Williams fans for its presentation of his favourite characters - the Southern belle and the ne'er-do-well male - in their most archetypical form.
  • Using a procedure they will not make public so as not to give the game away to local ne'er-do-wells, they then freed the red-faced guard from the rear section of the van.
  • Oh, only a young lord who has lived his whole life as a ne'er-do-well. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • Researchers gave 105 students at the University of British Columbia a description of a generic ne'er-do-well—for example, he finds a wallet on the street, takes the cash and tosses the wallet. Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea
  • What do you expect of that ne'er-do-well relative who's always hitting you up for a loan because he's come up with a sure thing?
  • Surely must needs I go along, whate'er mine own preference. Here There Are Monsters
  •       Enough, howe'er, to lead to Faith's true Road, A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies
  • This is shown by the form; cf. ne'er-do-well, Fr. vaurien, Ger. The Romance of Names
  • The fox hunts could be brought into the cities: instead of hunting foxes, they could set the hounds onto local ne'er-do-wells.
  • In Hellas we have a custom, whene'er one is drowned at sea - Helen
  •       Enough, howe'er, to lead to Faith's true Road, A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies
  • I've known hordes of political plotters and ne'er-do-wells in my day and none of them would dream of putting their treason down on paper, far less sending it to a journalist.
  • For ne'er shall I 'noint thee with strap-oil again. A Certain Rich Man
  • How strange the thought that, whatsoe'er we learn, John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park
  • It has three different sized grating thingies and the picture on the box very clearly shows it grating cheese, which puts a stop to the ne'er-do-wells warning me that cheese would bung it up.
  • The quickest way to notify ne'er-do-wells that you're a stupid tourist is to unravel a sail-sized map right in the middle of 42nd and Broadway.
  • Why, a Scotch sort of a gentleman, as I said before," returned mine host; "they are all gentle, ye mun know, though they ha 'narra shirt to back; but this is a decentish hallion -- a canny North Briton as e'er cross'd Berwick Bridge -- I trow he's a dealer in cattle. Rob Roy — Volume 01
  • Just the innocent things, and the idiosynchrosies, (bleurgh - howe'er you spell it) all the little things. 2003-05-17 : one night a long time ago
  • • Finally, what about the ne'er-do-well who grabbed the spectacles from the face of uber novelist Jonathan Franzen? Diary
  • Mrs Martin was a widow and a washerwoman, and had a ne'er-do-well brother, a fisherman, who frequently "sponged" upon her. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea
  • He takes over a pub from his Aunt Paula after failing at innumerable ne'er-do-well schemes in London.
  • Meanwhile, howe'er that turn out, I will be fore'er thankful to thee for curing my curse. Phaze Doubt
  • faint heart ne'er won fair lady
  • I remember feeling quite sorry for the fellow, thinking of him trudging around in dead of night for that ne'er-do-well, Rakewell. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • There was ne'er a gossoon in the village dared tread on the tail of my coat.
  • Mair spier na, no fear na, Auld age ne'er mind a feg; The last o't, the warst o't. The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
  • You can sign up for a heck of a lot of legal status with your partner, or you can go and get yourself a religious blessing of your relationship, and ne'er the twain shall meet.
  • In the first scene, the First Citizen describes the Senate the 1% of ancient Rome: They ne'er cared for us yet: suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act established against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor. What Shakespeare Thought About the 1%
  • Ed Norton stars in this film about twin brothers -- one a professor at Brown University, the other a redneck -- who come back together in Oklahoma when the ne'er-do-well, marijuana-dealing brother is implicated in a criminal matter. Ed Koch: Leaves of Grass (A Mayor Koch Review)
  • We're beggars and blighters and ne'er-do-well cads.
  • You can hear it in the tight-lipped anguish of Lady Hester Collyer, the suicidal heroine of "The Deep Blue Sea," who has left her proper husband for a ne'er-do-well test pilot. Terence Rattigan, Forgotten Centenarian
  • There's the super-talented, ne'er-do-well point guard, who is signed to a long-term deal.
  • For ne'er shall I 'noint thee with strap-oil again. A Certain Rich Man
  • Faithfully to serve her,/and in all things whatsoe'er The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
  • I ne'er tarried to think if it were a great thing or a small: I thought neither of me nor of my doing, but alonely of our Hal, and how to set him in safety. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
  • Hold on, there's more: the structure also must be portable, collapsible and secure enough to prevent ne'er-do-wells from waltzing off with the art.
  • I despair and I'm disgusted at the ne'er-do-well southern makeshift politicians.
  • Look for the silver lining when e'er a cloud appears in the blue. A Star Named Marilyn (But Not The One You Think)
  • What! hapless Polymestor, who hath stricken thee? who hath reft thine eves of sight, staining the pupils with blood? who hath slain these children? whoe'er he was, fierce must have been his wrath against thee and thy children. Hecuba
  • It is much against my will," said Robin Hood, "ne'ertheless, if thou dost wish it, get thee gone, but bear thyself seemingly, Little John, for thou art mine own right-hand man and I could ill bear to have harm befall thee. The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Walcott is a Nobel Prize winner who, to paraphrase Wordsworth, leaves trailing clouds of sexual harassment behind him where e'er he goes, at least in the 617 area code. When Will the Poetic Violence End?
  • An 'as to why I'd no joined yer precious club, ye can ask that bigger fool Aldershot or whate'er it is he calls hisself when he's at home! The Serpent's Shadow
  • Wow betide you Molly Whoppie, if you e'er return again! NZ/Aus Author Series: Yvonne Lindsay
  • The fox hunts could be brought into the cities: instead of hunting foxes, they could set the hounds onto local ne'er-do-wells.
  • This latter activity comes courtesy of a controversial religious camp for rascally teen ne'er-do-wells.
  • Who e'er rigged fair ship to lie in harbours, And not to seek new lands, or not to deal withal? THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • Alas, I would fain not sing before one that can pipe so well and hath heard so many goodly songs and ballads, ne'ertheless, an thou wilt have it so, I will do my best. The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • They know whither fate is driving them: Isolda has said as much to Brangaena: “she may end it ... whatsoe'er she make me, wheresoe'er take me, hers am I wholly, so let me obey her solely.” Richard Wagner
  • Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse thy generous flame; But work their woe, and thy renown.
  • For herein is a source of weakness to most states, whene'er a man of brave and generous soul receives no greater honour than his inferiors. Hecuba
  • And once we get this baby up and running, expect to see me go back and forth between think-piece omphaloskepsis like the above and discussions of shows and artstuff I get to see here in the Los Angeles area and where'er else I travel. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Pompey is afterwards dismayed to attend to which a Roman in actuality is in a field, which troops avocation "Can from a path of Egypt's widow pluck/The ne'er-lust-wearied Antony. Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
  • However, we still hadn't found an actress for the peach role of the nutty, born-again aunt who tries to run everyone's life, particularly her ne'er-do-well son's, by using literal advice taken straight from her Bible. David Dean Bottrell: Farewell, Mrs. Cleaver
  • ` ` Ye are a dauring villain, Rob, '' answered the Bailie; ` ` and ye will be hanged, that will be seen and heard tell o '; but I'se ne'er be the ill bird and foul my nest, set apart strong necessity and the skreigh of duty, which no man should hear and be inobedient. Rob Roy
  • Another story today contradicts the theory that these scofflaws are a bunch of ne'er-do-well capitalists, or at least most of them.
  • I tauld your honour I was fleyed wi 'a bogle that night, but ye wadna listen to me --- I aye thought there was witchcraft and deevilry amang the Papishers, but I ne'er saw't wi' bodily een till that awfu 'night.' ' Rob Roy
  • Oh, only a young lord who has lived his whole life as a ne'er-do-well. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • The mountaineer has never and will never understand what right the government of state or nation has to interfere with whatsoe'er he does on his own land with his own corn in his own still. In Old Kentucky
  • Upon them, ne'ertheless had reached the rampart, [452] The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6
  • She said I was a scrounger, a ne'er-do-well, lazy, good-for-nothing, living on her taxes and making my wife go out to work. WIDOW'S END
  • To make another thing clear, a gang is not a ne'er-do-well sort of thing; it is a gathering of vampires with a common belief.
  • Woe is thee! what grievous outrage hath been wreaked on thee! fearful penalty for thy foul deed hath the deity imposed, whoe'er he is whose hand is heavy upon thee. Hecuba
  • It was not, indeed, expected at that time, that Highlanders would attack cavalry in an open plain, though late events have shown that they may do so with success. supper a messan-dog --- sic awsome language as that I ne'er heard out o 'a human thrapple; --- and, unless the deil wad rise amang them to gie them a lesson, I thinkna that their talent at cursing could be amended. Rob Roy
  • Nor, when that same candidate ran was there any demand for proof that he actually served in the National Guard and no verdict of any kind rendered when it was clear that there was no evidence of any kind that Bush was anything other than a draft dodging dopehead, ne'er do well loser all his life. Edwards Campaign: Times Refused To Talk To Beneficiaries Of His Anti-Poverty Programs
  • 'Very likely,' answered the pedlar, with great composure; 'but ne'ertheless, I shall take leave to whistle again upon puir Bawty,' Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since
  • With her curiously-named, camera-toting sidekick Rolf, Jemma takes you through a daily video diary for an eventful two weeks of quantum-transported best mates and ne'er-do-well lab technicians.
  • My older brother-well, he may have the law behind him, but he was a wencher and a ne'er-do-well when I left, and I haven't heard he's improved. Oathbreaker
  • Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery! Arabian nights. English
  • Alas, I would fain not sing before one that can pipe so well and hath heard so many goodly songs and ballads, ne'ertheless, an thou wilt have it so, I will do my best. The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • I hope my labours (and, okay, those of the musicians) are enjoyed by the ne'er-do-wells.
  • 'Very likely,' answered the pedlar, with great composure; 'but ne'ertheless, I shall take leave to whistle again upon puir Bawty,' Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since
  • He takes over a pub from his Aunt Paula after failing at innumerable ne'er-do-well schemes in London.
  • The leader of the quorum-calling ne'er-do-wells happened to be on the board the year that quorum was changed to 500 students.
  • But ne'ertheless I'll wear the cap, and haply prove as true as another to my promise. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
  • You can hear it in the tight-lipped anguish of Lady Hester Collyer, the suicidal heroine of "The Deep Blue Sea," who has left her proper husband for a ne'er-do-well test pilot. Terence Rattigan, Forgotten Centenarian
  • I am thinking, however, that for all they cry against them, the poor rates are but a small evil, since they keep the poor folk in such food and raiment, and out of the temptations to thievery; indeed, such a thing as a common beggar is not to be seen in this land, excepting here and there a sorner or a ne'er-do-weel. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family
  • 'Very likely,' answered the pedlar, with great composure; 'but ne'ertheless, I shall take leave to whistle again upon puir Waverley — Volume 2
  • They know whither fate is driving them: Isolda has said as much to Brangaena: "she may end it ... whatsoe'er she make me, wheresoe'er take me, hers am I wholly, so let me obey her solely. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas
  • Here, a woman is talking on the phone to her mother about her sponging, unfaithful boyfriend, justifying all his ne'er-do-well exploits out of love and possibly denial.
  • And thou shalt find me steadfast at thy side, whene'er occasion call. Rhesus
  • That is what barbarians say in their eastern tongue as a prelude to the dirge of death, whene'er royal blood is spilt upon the ground by deadly iron blades. Orestes
  • Who e'er rigged fair ship to lie in harbours, And not to seek new lands, or not to deal withal? THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • That is what barbarians say in their eastern tongue as a prelude to the dirge of death, whene'er royal blood is spilt upon the ground by deadly iron blades. Orestes
  • Players play, owners own, and ne'er the twain shall meet, so Jordan (nudge, nudge) gave up his stake, and (wink, wink) ceded control of playing affairs to satisfy the authorities' requirements.
  • We'll see that he's the kind of ne'er-do-well who will bring his 12-year-old daughter on a bounty-hunting expedition. Exclusive: Henry Thomas Guest-Stars on The Mentalist
  • In scenes more normally associated with ne'er-do-wells arriving at courtrooms, the couple were ushered unceremoniously out of vehicles by muscular security staff in through a back entrance of the registry office.
  • Tak 'your certie o' that my braw callant," said I, "ne'er sail it be tauld o 'Jamie Mc-Dougall, that he steeked his door again the puir and hauseless, an the bluidy sleuth hounds be on ye they'se find it ill aneugh I trow to get an inkling o' ye frae me, I'se sune shaw 'em the cauld shouther. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827
  • The overall effect is of being in someone's ne'er-do-well uncle's living room circa 1978.
  • Pass. as the jark of e'er a queer cuffin in England --- and there's The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • What the fans should singRule Britannia Stadium, especially with its insistence that "Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame", seems about right for a side that bows to no one. Stoke City Premier League 2011-12 team guide
  • As the flower that will turn to the light of its life, wheresoe'er it may burn.
  • Faithfully to serve her,/and in all things whatsoe'er The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
  • Don't mention the word when hit's 'im' eld the life of my Tom in 'is two' ands, and but for they cruel rocks that battered 'is fore'ead would ha' throttled them rascal pushers same as rattan in tarrier's grip; for my man 'olds there was ne'er a fisticuffer like' im in hall the Jackets. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines
  • Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves howe'er contented, never know.
  • Also at the CAC, ubiquitous HuffPost big man on campus Harry Shearer, an honorary native New Orleanian if e'er there were one, has installed a nine-monitor presentation, called The Silent Echo Chamber (thru June 6), of his ongoing "found objects" captures - political and media figures seen not on the air, but just before, as they prepare themselves for broadcast. Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Apres le Deluge, Moi
  • Show us a gun, and we picture a muscular ne'er-do-well in a balaclava menacing an elderly sub-postmistress. BBC News - Home
  • The name Tiberius, I hope, will keep, howe'er he hath foregone The dignity and power. Literary Remains, Volume 2
  • In case anyone needs reminding what happened, a ne'er-do-well customer of the bank had run out of credit to prop up his ailing business.
  • O May, thy morn was ne'er sae sweet as the mirk night of December.
  • The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.
  • Decide that thyself; whate'er thou givest will suffice. Helen
  • Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. 
  • Still, howe'er you may strive, you will never compare, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891
  • Saddletree, somewhat contemptuously; ` ` there's no a callant that e'er carried a pock wi 'a process in't, but will tell you that perduellion is the warst and maist virulent kind of treason, being an open convocating of the king's lieges against his authority (mair especially in arms, and by touk of drum, to baith whilk accessories my een and lugs bore witness), and muckle worse than lese-majesty, or the concealment of a treasonable purpose --- It winna bear a dispute, neighbour.' ' The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • For, says he, do you mind me, let storms e'er so oft Letter 94
  • I just hoped he had left a memory behind that would help me get a tag on his meteoric career and give a hint about what lies in store for bad guys and ne'er-do-wells of North Yorkshire.
  • As for her Cousin Martin ( "Marty" everybody called the gangling, grinning, idle ne'er-do-well of fourteen), Janice was inclined to be utterly hopeless about him from the start. Janice Day at Poketown
  • Butler (Hudibras, Part I, Canto II, l. 688) has: "As e'er in measled pork was hatched. Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions
  • But, unfortunately, now is not the time for soft-peddling the truth like this (if e'er a time there be).
  • III. vi.27 (417,4) _Come oe'er the broom, Bessy, to me_] As there is no relation between _broom_ and a _boat_, we may better read, Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
  • The tale of a ne'er-do-well and a love squandered, it has none of the bruised glossiness of Redding's version; Bell's voice owning none of Otis's burring depth. How music can reach out and touch us
  • These letters are familiar, occasionally intimate, but on the whole quotidian, recurring to her real estate woes and his ne'er-do-well relations.
  • We ne'er shall look upon her like again, unless we can prevail upon some Bedouin Chief to present us with a brood mare, and then the racing world shall see what a breed we shall introduce into this country.
  • There's punch ups everywhere as the country's titled elite and public schoolboys take on the invading punks, anarchists and ne'er-do-wells in a battle for dominance.
  • He sent me one this week which, in earnest, is as pretty a thing as I have seen, a China trunk, and the finest of the kind that e'er I saw. Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)
  • Researchers gave 105 students at the University of British Columbia a description of a generic ne'er-do-well—for example, he finds a wallet on the street, takes the cash and tosses the wallet. Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea
  • The mountaineer has never and will never understand what right the government of state or nation has to interfere with whatsoe'er he does on his own land with his own corn in his own still. In Old Kentucky
  • We're beggars and blighters and ne'er-do-well cads.
  • Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Song, it's about a ragtag gang of ne'er-do-well schoolboys who gain self-respect under the wing of a kindly choirmaster.
  • There's punch ups everywhere as the country's titled elite and public schoolboys take on the invading punks, anarchists and ne'er-do-wells in a battle for dominance.
  • She sighed and she swore that she ne'er would betray me,
  • I've known hordes of political plotters and ne'er-do-wells in my day and none of them would dream of putting their treason down on paper, far less sending it to a journalist.
  • Players play, owners own, and ne'er the twain shall meet, so Jordan (nudge, nudge) gave up his stake, and (wink, wink) ceded control of playing affairs to satisfy the authorities' requirements.
  • Ne'er cast a clout till May be out. 
  • Wherefore, my lord and master, receive this deity, whoe'er he be, within the city; for, great as he is in all else, I have likewise heard men say, 'twas he that gave the vine to man, sorrow's antidote. The Bacchantes
  • Tagus weaving a web of silk and gold, let Merlin or Montesinos hold thee captive where they will; whereer thou art, thou art mine, and where'er I am, must he thine. Don Quixote
  • O, thou shalt find, | | howe'er thy footsteps roam, Sanders' Union Fourth Reader
  • If securities regulators across the nation work together more effectively, Mr. Borg adds, they could reverse the traditional calculation by ne'er-do-well securities firms and brokers that "the reward has always outweighed the risk, even on bad products. In Alabama, Beware the Borg
  • What the fans should singRule Britannia Stadium, especially with its insistence that "Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame", seems about right for a side that bows to no one. Stoke City Premier League 2011-12 team guide
  • Of similar meaning to "Ye'll ne'er craw in my cavie. The Proverbs of Scotland
  • Loud rang the mourners 'wail, and one great cry went up, whene'er that winged maiden bore some victim out of sight from the city. The Phoenissae
  • However the meeting was arranged, why does the President of Taiwan want a meeting with the president's ne'er-do-well brother?
  • Yet whatsoe'er their wishes,/might none fulfilled be. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
  • That's that thing about ne'er casting a clout, right? Times, Sunday Times
  • Now let's get a move on because if we e'er want to come close to them pirates, we needs to hurry.
  • For count the term howe'er you will, so that you count aright, The Betrothed
  • Another story today contradicts the theory that these scofflaws are a bunch of ne'er-do-well capitalists, or at least most of them.
  • By Allah, ne'er beheld my eyes a face so ferly fair * Amid mankind whoever are, Arab or Ajamí. Arabian nights. English
  • To be sure, Falstaff is a rake, a ne'er-do-well, and a lousy soldier, not to mention horrifically overweight. Shakespeare in Love, or in Context
  • Alas! that e'er poortith should blight love's young blossom, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
  • Ne'er shall woman avouch herself so rightly beloved, Poems and Fragments
  • As folks enter the bars, they are now obliged to present an official piece of government-issued ID, which is then scanned into the system, cross-referenced with a list of known ne'er-do-wells and stored for infinity.
  • Oh! why, poor man, whoe'er thou art, dost thou turn from me, loathing me for those troubles Helen caused? Helen
  • Moreover, those who ruled abroad often occupied the lower half of the sociocultural ladder in Britain, and were frequently reputed as ne'er-do-wells and superfluous men who presumably couldn't hack it back home.
  • You deserve to have your name associated with Jackson's, in my ne'er unbiased view, and The Red Tree in particular is the perfect candidate for such an award. "It's as though I'm too young..."
  • Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home. " – Oliver Goldsmith.
  • I just hoped he had left a memory behind that would help me get a tag on his meteoric career and give a hint about what lies in store for bad guys and ne'er-do-wells of North Yorkshire.
  • Ne'er did I see verier light in earth or sky, than flashed into her face as their eyes met. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales
  • Father, thou hearest thy children's lamentation; say, shall I e'er, as warrior dight, avenge thy slaughter? The Suppliants
  • Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse thy generous flame; But work their woe, and thy renown.
  • That's that thing about ne'er casting a clout, right? Times, Sunday Times
  • An 'ne'er, tho' out o 'sight, to jauk [322-20] or play: Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
  • There among the blest thou dost for ever shine; And wheresoe'er thou casts thy view Upon that white and radiant crew, See'st not a soul clothed with more light than thine.
  • Having chosen the estate in question as the perfect location for a comedy drama about a family of petty criminals and ne'er-do-wells, perhaps they should not have been surprised that some of the local kids turned out to be a bit lively.
  • In some ways his performance in The Kids Are All Right is a sequel of sorts to the role that first brought him to Hollywood's attention, as Laura Linney's ne'er-do-well brother in the 2000 indie hit You Can Count On Me. Mark Ruffalo: the 'journeyman' who's impressed Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Michel Gondry
  • Judged that dying man with mercy, whatsoe'er he left undone! The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon
  • We care not a pin, though they are ne'er so sad.
  • Just the innocent things, and the idiosynchrosies, (bleurgh - howe'er you spell it) all the little things. 2003-05-17 : one night a long time ago
  • He connected to dots on how Howard Hughes secretly funneled cash to Nixon's ne'er-do-well brother Donald (who dreamed of starting a "Nixonburgers" fast-food chain). Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism
  • These ne'er-do-wells get it right from the word go, with songs pegged in the red, tempos that threaten to burst their seams at each turn and a vocal snarl reminiscent of Norway's Sweatmaster.
  • His it is to rouse the revellers to dance, to laugh away dull care, and wake the flute, whene'er at banquets of the gods the luscious grape appears, or when the winecup in the feast sheds sleep on men who wear the ivy-spray. The Bacchantes
  • Whoever , whoe'er comes will be welcome.
  • Still, howe'er you may strive, you will never compare, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891
  • Is not this enough to deserve the awful penalty of hanging, this stranger's wanton insolence, whoe'er he be? The Bacchantes
  • The sprawling flat features eight-foot-wide hallways, gargantuan skylights and impeccable plaster detail, all created for a long-gone shopkeeper downstairs and his ne'er-do-well brother.
  • Oh! why, poor man, whoe'er thou art, dost thou turn from me, loathing me for those troubles Helen caused? Helen
  • With her curiously-named, camera-toting sidekick Rolf, Jemma takes you through a daily video diary for an eventful two weeks of quantum-transported best mates and ne'er-do-well lab technicians.
  • Thee will he gladly marry,/an bring that whatsoe'er. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
  • Watch out for the mayflower of the hawthorn tree: ne'er cast a clout till may be out. Times, Sunday Times
  • An 'ne'er, though out o' sight, to jauk [18] or play: The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886
  • He roared and turned purple on hearing that his multimillionaire brother had died and left his entire estate to Biff, his ne'er-do-well godson.
  • Its not helping my cricked back and shoulder but ne'er mind.
  • He has to wait until his Rage meter is built up before he can unsheathe his mighty weapon and hack vampires and other ne'er-do-wells to bits.
  • (Soundbite of song, "Look for the Silver Lining") Ms. MARILYN MILLER (Musical-comedy star): (Singing) Look for the silver lining when e'er a cloud appears in the blue. A Star Named Marilyn (But Not The One You Think)
  • And yet the offence these ne'er-do-wells give is as nothing compared with the harm caused by a vicious canker that is now gnawing at the heart of this sceptred isle, this England.
  • ‘Water of hempe’, freshly prepared from the dried leaves of the plant, was recommended for headache and ‘for all here wheresoe'er it be.
  • For whatsoe'er we perpetrate, we do but row; we are steered by fate, which in success often disinherits, for spurious causes, noblest merits. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890
  • As folks enter the bars, they are now obliged to present an official piece of government-issued ID, which is then scanned into the system, cross-referenced with a list of known ne'er-do-wells and stored for infinity.
  • Using a procedure they will not make public so as not to give the game away to local ne'er-do-wells, they then freed the red-faced guard from the rear section of the van.
  • I despair and I'm disgusted at the ne'er-do-well southern makeshift politicians.
  • He connected to dots on how Howard Hughes secretly funneled cash to Nixon's ne'er-do-well brother Donald (who dreamed of starting a "Nixonburgers" fast-food chain). Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism
  • They say the Hellenes 'gathered host will come in arms aboard their ships to Simois with its silver eddies, even to Ilium, the plain of Troy beloved by Phoebus; where famed Cassandra, I am told, whene'er the god's resistless prophecies inspire her, wildly tosses her golden tresses, wreathed with crown of verdant bay. Iphigenia at Aulis
  • What! hapless Polymestor, who hath stricken thee? who hath reft thine eves of sight, staining the pupils with blood? who hath slain these children? whoe'er he was, fierce must have been his wrath against thee and thy children. Hecuba
  • It's but the country clype I'll ne'er deny, gweed forbid The Barns o' Beneuches

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