Word: admittedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There aren't many veterans of the blizzard of '88 still in College, and they don't write letters to newspapers asking about Santa Claus; some of them won't even, admit that this was a hell of a snow fall. One grisly octogenarian had remarked on a certain Sunday, "They don't make storms like that any more," but on December 26 he happened to hold up a damp finger in the wind, shattering all his illusions and allusions to the past...
...doesn't like to admit it in front of the Tsarevich," she added in a stage whisper, "but His Imperial Majesty is simply fascinated by Stalin-mais tout aàfait épris...
...week, but did not give the exact number still held. Said one German prisoner's wife last week: "My letters to Russian officials in Berlin and Moscow remain unanswered. I think they do not know themselves whom they have, and do not wish to admit...
...Said Sir Denys Bray, British Foreign Secretary, in 1923: "Come what may, civilization must be made to penetrate these inaccessible mountains or we must admit that there is no solution to the Waziristan problem...
Radiomen, who vie viciously with one another to decorate their Christmas programs with boughs of Hollywood, admit that they have all been outvied this season by a boyish Roman Catholic priest. The Rev. Patrick Peyton had under his Christmas tree two of radio's choicest sugarplums: his popular, weekly Family Theater (Thurs. 10 p.m., Mutual), with a performance of Anatole France's Our Lady's Juggler, and a special, Peyton-inspired, star-studded dramatization of the Nativity, The Joyful Hour, aired last week...