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goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,063 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,635 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
ate in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They ate it sitting on the kitchen doorstep.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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That made Kiki wonder what sort of food hawks ate.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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So John ate his luncheon in distinguished company, and felt himself for the first time to be somebody.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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They baked the clams and ate them heartily, and then went down to the spring near the shore.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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He ate suppers in those night restaurants where people throw the bottles at each other’s heads after drinking their contents.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1