aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
cause to be bored
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
a timepiece that shows the time of day
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading No one had come.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
draggingadjectiveUS /ˈdræɡɪŋ/
marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
Morongo
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From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
MurraynounUS /ˈmɜːri/
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
not any; not one
From this reading No one had come.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one had come.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
Piutenoun
a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
SCUDDER
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From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
sheriffnounUS /ˈʃerəf/
the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All strength seemed to have fled out of him.
unbrokenadjectiveUS /ənˈbroʊkən/
marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
having passed out of existence
From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
precisely as stated
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
wakened
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From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
wanting in physical strength
From this reading Murray slept the clock around, and wakened hungry but very weak.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading SCUDDER COMES The night passed, and the day, and another night, dragging their weary length above Morongo Valley.
Willyum
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From this reading After the car that bore Piute, Willyum, and the sheriff had vanished over the desert horizon, that horizon had remained unbroken.
