Word: roar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...burst in upon five different families dwelling in the London County Council tenements at Wadsworth; caught mothers red-handed at their washtubs; made daughters scarlet-cheeked at his presence. Thence he visited the White House, a hostel for bums in Settle Street. Everywhere his cheery, infectious smile brought a roar of welcome from those many voices named collectively "The voice...
...dawn waxed into day the new $100,000 biplane Hercules taxied from a hangar amid the roar of its three Jupiter engines. "Flying bores me," said Sir Samuel to e newsgatherer, "it is all the same after the first five minutes. I usually read or go to sleep...
...flames, but fearlessly announces to the heroine's papa, corrupt politician, that it is unethical to build firetraps. Charles Ray is the young man with brass buttons, tin hat; and May McAvoy, as the pleasing heroine, marries him in a smoky fadeout, while Boy Scouts in the audience roar approval...
...Connected through the "radiano" with a radio's amplifier circuit, the piano or stringed instrument's sounding board would act, it was claimed, as a loud speaker, reproducing broadcasted piano tones with a clarity unattained hitherto; reproducing also the human voice, without metallic sound or microphone roar. The inventors boasted of overtures from leading piano manufactures, pointing out that manufacturers of player pianos face the imminent expiration of their basic patents...
Testimony of E. J. Garvey. Such items as these, related among the flowers, the thick food odors, the roar of voices and the tinkle of glass and silver at a charity luncheon at the Union League Club, Manhattan, produced a noticeable effect. The president, Banker Henry Fletcher, explained the purpose of the campaign-to raise $100,000 for the McAuley Water Street Mission. He talked about the Mission's history, activities. There was silence. Into this moment, ripe for emotional disturbance, John Markle threw his statement...