fields
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,627 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,173 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946) also: W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield
fields 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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It was a slope of gap-hedged fields possessed to their centres by clumps of brambles.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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They climbed the dyke and crossed the fields, and walked along the road by the canal.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Here and there a farmhouse stood far back among the fields, mute and cold as a grave-stone.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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They hurry from the boat as if 'twere Charon's, and they were about stepping into the fields of Elysium!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1