Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pope passed among the Legionaries, letting each kiss his ring. Upon the head of blind Frank Schobel of Philadelphia he laid his hands and said: "May the Lord bless you, dear boy, for what you have done and for what you have suffered. We are sure He will give you strength to undergo deprivation, also rewarding...
...tense silence, which made people's ears ring, and a sense of oppression heralded the coming of the tornado. There was a dull drumming sound as of innumerable wings being flapped high in the air, and the swirl of black dust about the sky. Then a spiral of loosely woven clouds headed downward, an inky blackness in its wake, and the twister began its devastation...
...most popular present-day revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, generally considered his best role. He has his own Manhattan theatre in which he presents revivals and occasional new plays in a gradually widening repertory. Last year his play was Caponsacchi, based on Browning's The Ring and the Book. This season he plays Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. His real name is Walter Hampden Dougherty...
...thought Dempsey was 35," complained the lady in Buffalo, listening to her first fight. "He's 32," explained a male, "Ring slang makes boxers boys...
...like a couple of wild animals . . . Gene's body red . . . hits Dempsey a terrific right to the body . . . Jack is groggy. . . . Jack leads hard left. . . . Tunney seems almost wobbling . . . they have been giving Dempsey smelling salts in his corner. . . . Some of the blows that Dempsey hits make this ring tremble. . . . Tunney is DOWN . . . down from a barrage . . . they are counting . . . six-seven?eight?...