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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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ow

Part of SpeechinterjectionPronunciation/ˈaʊ/Used In Literature ↓

An expression of one's own physical pain.

In a Sentence

Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!

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Poetry examples for ow

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

It’s back to me you come! Yer can’t ’elp that

That’s ’ow God made yer. That’s why He made me.

No! I can’t reach yer. No, he’s got my hand,

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Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.

Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' “Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?”

But it's “Thin red line of 'eroes” when the drums begin to roll,

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