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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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girdle

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

That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference

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Poetry examples for girdle

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Leaving no moment to consecrate to hope,

Girdle my thoughts within the dull circumferences

Of facts which form the actual in one short hour's scope.

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