How To Use Wa In A Sentence

The ball rebounded from/off the wall into the pond.
The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens. Times, Sunday Times
Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
Sceptics stung by that debacle may still be wary. Times, Sunday Times
It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.
By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
People at MSFC have told me over drinks that this study concluded that EELV are human ratable but they were going to do what Griffin wanted. Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation - and NASA - NASA Watch
The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
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He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
The Pepper Street gang, of which Jackie was the acknowledged leader, was not a gang of drug-selling hoods.
The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
We carried spare water for the rad, a hand pump just in case the Dunlop pressure dropped, and maybe even a canister of petrol.
Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
The speech was brimming with ideas for rewarding work and reducing dependency. Times, Sunday Times
He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
It was a typical gesture of love and togetherness. The Sun
In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.
Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
Our ambition is to build a prosperous, inclusive and outward-looking country. Times, Sunday Times
The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
I reassured him it was secure by logging into my account and viewing his profile. Computing
Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
However, by that time I was so hooked by the story that I let it pass.
Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
A boa made from black water mink is worth about 50 dollars, a collarette about $100,00 and a coat reaching down to the hips would cost about $250,00. Black Beaver The Trapper
Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
The battery-operated doll comes complete with walkie-talkie and a wardrobe choice of military fatigues or bolero jacket and gold trousers.
The defendant was released on bail until his trial next year. Times, Sunday Times
Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage. The Seattle Times
But they want it knocked back into a field of muck and dirt. Times, Sunday Times
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
What do a few lives matter now if we can find new, unpolluted territories and new ways to survive? THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow. Incubus
A barman at the pub said that he was one of the first two men to be arrested. Times, Sunday Times
Based upon analysis of duplicate samples, reproducibility was better than 3% of the measured concentration of each element.
With the Senate gearing up for an all-consuming battle over judicial nominations, Congress has no time to waste.
Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
My girlfriend wants me to go to the basketball court.
Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
The firms restructured in different ways. Times, Sunday Times
It is the way they keep their finger on the pulse and keep in touch with their audience.
Two years later she was omitted from the European squad that relinquished the trophy in Minnesota.
It was almost like my old dad was winking at me to help me notice him.
Chartists at once organized resistance to what they called the usurpation and, after a long civil war, were successful. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
We had to walk across a ploughed field.
Saturday morning came, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life.
I didn't know my success was going to be so big and that I would become 'the subtractor', always subtracting six years. Life and style | guardian.co.uk
The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
Last year there was only me and AA who were 1st years, plus AA is heaps older and I didn't know her at all.
When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
The striker was criticised by fans after voicing concerns about the club 's financial plight. The Sun
Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer. The Sun
The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
The little divil that stole the dog-team an 'wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin 'her fairy stories? CHAPTER I
The softer rock has been weathered away into soil.
The sun was shining, the food at the restaurant was good and I was left with a warm glow in my tummy afterwards.
And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
I still see Mr. Berman's portable shtender in the shul and I have to smile because I immediately see his warm gentle smile and think about how fortunate I was to have met your father.
He has received several teaching awards, as well as the unprecedented award of being ‘the most quotable professor’ by MathSoc.
With no warning signs on either side and under poor lighting, the road is a death trap for motorists.
He was an exceedingly capable and highly regarded individual. Times, Sunday Times
That call my slumbering life to wake to happy things. A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul
Rose doubled over when Facer walked in wearing his funny clothes.
There were gobs of fat and sinewy bits throughout the whole rib cut - it was soooo wrong.
We must remember that the prime motive for Housmann's boulevards and circuses was to ensure that a strategically placed cannon could fire down many streets, quelling the citizens who were periodically disposed to revolution.
I'll forward any mail to your new address.
The 27 models on display in Washington, supplemented by paintings, drawings, sculpture and medallions, show the products of a rising social structure and new technique.
He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
Update: BB commenter DHC says, It's worth noting that his is an outtake from a TV show that Warhol developed and aired on Manhattan cable. Boing Boing
The theory I do not accept: one simply folds his sails, unships his rudder, and waits the will of Providence, or the arrival of some compelling fate. Saunterings
The pictures show squares within squares - the water-holding depressions that in ancient times made the gardens fruitful.
And approaching that very machine, his last pound coin clutched in his fist, was Felix Henderson McMurdo.
And in a way I want to make my language as mimetic as possible, as sensual as possible, so that you can feel the treetops, taste the lamb chump chops, and hear the wind and the sound of the surf beating on the beach.
The welfare state was not set up to support vast families or single mothers in inter-generational welfare dependency. We deserve a fair society, but it won't be created by a vendetta against the poor
The comedian was very good indeed. He had the audience rolling in the aisles.
As you start your married life together hand in hand, may all the things you're hoping for turn out the way you've planned.
He had just received my check and was apoplectic with rage, declaring he never wanted to see or have anything to do with ‘that woman’ - meaning me - again.
The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
Somewhere in the far regions of her mind a voice was screaming warnings.
The "lawmen" in the Justice Department, etc, who are doing the hard work to bring these Wall Street criminals to the courthouse will be compromised. Stephen Gyllenhaal: Goldman and Sachs and Lipstick and Rouge
Each item was skewered on a cocktail stick and laid like sun rays around the plate, which also had a flower intricately carved out of turnip for decoration.
‘I was worried about my car lasting to the end considering that all the motors come from the same place,’ he said.
Unions and managers are now referring to the stand-off as ‘class war in the classroom’.
To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down.
Unlike the other swap deals, this deal, called a "swaption," is on a fixed-rate bond. Undefined
Sue walked down the aisle towards the restroom.
She was so tired she came home and conked out at eight o'clock.
Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars, the Iraq war, and then the world economic downturn.
The garden sloped gently downward to the river.
The two-hour show was televised on the national network so the whole country could watch.
Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
He was clean-shaven, in his early 30s and wearing a dark blue t-shirt.
The time when the production of best quality was a guarantee of earning best money is over.
The weather was beautiful and our little house gorgeous. Times, Sunday Times
This sort of enamel work on a faceted metal body was copied from the enamelled European watches.
The next day Tredias' arm was very nearly healed and needed only the support of a sling.
There was no one who went before you and knew all the answers. Times, Sunday Times
The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
Brandt was the impresario who had discovered Carly Simon and unleashed the Rolling Stones on America.
But there was an element of delusion, mild trickery even, about this process.
For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
It will be wormed throughout, and parcelled in the wake of the housing-bolt and frapping lashing, and where there is no swell, in the wake of the muzzle-ring. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.
There was no mail coach -- no driver in scarlet -- no mail guard -- no passengers, but only a ramshackle iron mail cart -- a "postboy" as driver and carrying no arms. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time
Horatia was still in mourning for her mother, and wore a black skirt, but Lucilla's was of rich deep gentianella-coloured silk, and the buttons of her white vest were of beautiful coral. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one oclock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
May each hour be a happy one on this special day.Love is always my gift to you for today and every day.
There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
Her face was radiant with delight at the good news.
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. Albert Schweitzer
The auctioneer's podium faced a wall hung with six sets of mounted antlers each side of a large red deer's head. Times, Sunday Times
The walls were built from stones taken from nearby hills.
The largest of these primitive ‘trees’ were giant lycopods reaching upwards of 20 meters, but most of the plants grew to less than a meter above the ground.
Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
His stature as an art critic was tremendous.
He was trampled to death by a runaway horse.
Hillary's woman problem is that her reach among women over 30 I don't want to use the term older women is unlikely to change much. Hillary's Woman Problem Part II
The loo was in a tin hut across the road. The Sun
It had multiple shooters, multiple locations, mobile threats, willingness to fight the first responders and follow-on SWAT/commando units, well-equipped and well-trained operatives, and a willingness to die. Cliff Schecter: The Terrorist and the Terror Watch List
She works days as a chambermaid at a local hotel and at night lies awake fearing the sound of his tread.
Let's go inside and drink coffee while we wait - likely the lords will keep us waiting all day before they blather their way to a decision. THE BROKEN GOD
His entry into the takeaway arena was somewhat fortuitous. Times, Sunday Times
The constable was on leave and wearing civilian clothes.
No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
You've got to put in work before you reap the rewards - and fair enough.
It was nice to play a Wii game that wasn't full of bright greens and blues like another title featuring Mario. Epinions Recent Content for Home
The human was definitely looking at her.
But he likes the feeling of pride he gets when marshaling a bomber plane to the runway for a launch - no matter the weather.
Oh, and most of the scathe in my post was fairly mild. chouinard and I tend to substitute perjoratives for ... everything, actually. Book Reviewer Backlash
‘Ah Dublin, you're giving it away,’ he wailed in the 55th minute, as the Dublin defence fluffed its lines yet again, giving Laois another unearned scoring opportunity.
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.
High-frequency waves broadcast by the radar bounce off a person, scanning the in-and-out movement of the chest and more subtle, but also detectable, motion of the heartbeat against the chest wall.
And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence. The Voyage of the Space Beagle
Looking through the casement was the visage of the mariner, no longer stern, but moved with unutterable emotion, and tears, yes, tears trickling down his weather-beaten cheeks. Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamen
According to noted plant ecologist Andre Clewell, this vegetative mix is normally found on the coast - more than 15 miles away.
I don't otherwise want to move: I have a large place in a convenient location with reasonable rent that allows pets, which isn't easy to find.
Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.
He wears tee shirts and a designer stubble and is always two steps ahead of himself.
The strike had been planned as a 24-hour walkout but has been extended three times. Times, Sunday Times
Beyond the stand of trees, well away from the road, the hiking trail became dark.
She was a slim blonde girl in her twenties who might have stepped out of a fashion advertisement in a women's magazine.
He was afraid of waking up in the morning and finding that Jessie was dead.
Europe was last united in neolithic times, before the inseparable meshwork of land, people, community and trade separated into hierarchy, nations and cities.
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Cornwall, the which abbeie Henrie de la Pomerey chasing out the moonks, had fortified against the king, and hearing newes of the kings returne home, died (as it was thought) for méere gréefe and feare. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First
Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude

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