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Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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adjective

Engaged in or ready for action; characterized by energetic work, thought, or speech.

The students were very active in class discussions, asking many thoughtful questions.

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watt

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

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

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. wattbulb wattlamp wattwatt jameswatt perwatt ian
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Poetry examples for watt

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

and she wouldn't turn off the light, so he had had her under a fly-

spotted twenty-five watt bulb, and it was nothing like it was cracked

up to be. It was boring as going to the toilet.

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