Word: clamoring
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...forest flung his head in furious rage, Naught he cared for sovereign sahib, sought some foe now to engage; While the crowd in panic parted, perilled pundits sought a sage. . . . Through the throng just then there thundered, Than upon his tawny steed. Here the crowd went wild with clamor, dauntless courage met their need; Cameleer charging onward, urged his camel to high speed. Elephant raging, saw his coming, cowed, careened and fled in haste, Trumpeted loudly, sought the river, riven ears weren't to his taste, Floundered through the murky water, and was lost in jungle waste...
...scullery maid, to be eating savory kippers. About 9 a. m. the patient, patriotic crowd learned that "the King is examining congratulatory telegrams and cablegrams from all over the world"?this from an important, reliable equerry. Denser and denser grew the crowd, but with no ill-mannered clamor for Their Majesties to show themselves at a window...
...three feet high in each of which some 40,000 ants lived according to the complexities of their harsh and courtly government. In one of these he planned to insert a microphone strong enough to stand being lugged up the side of a mountain, delicate enough to record the clamor of tiny corridors, the swarming of young male and female ants, the uproar of sexless, wingless insects building subterranean castles for their queen...
...sometimes speed up [truth's] production before the ill-informed awakes to his opportunities. Facts are bad for his digestion. . . . But the truth is hard to discover. It must be distilled through the common judgment of skilled men. . . . It takes time and patience. In the meantime a vast clamor of half-truths and untruths will always fill the air and intoxicate people's emotions...
...Moscow had met to jubilate. On the platform stood a nervous peasant, Comrade Michael Son-of-Ivan Kalinin, the puppet President of Russia. He started uneasily when someone shouted. "Is Stalin sick or well?" He looked as though he would like to run when the whole hall began to clamor, "Tell us! Sick or well? We demand to know...