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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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drugs

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /dɹʌɡz/Used In Literature ↓

A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

In a Sentence

Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.

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. drugsdrugs prescriptiondrugs new
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Poetry examples for drugs

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Warm from a woman's soft shoulders, and my fingers close on it, caressing.

Where is she, the woman who wore it? The scent of her lingers and drugs me!

A languor, fire-shotted, runs through me, and I crush the scarf down

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