Search Details

Word: spurns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

However you may feel about it, "Freshmen, on the whole, spurn salads. But upperclassmen demand two salads a day, sometimes eating a large salad as a main course." It is surely all very interesting. Especially, if we may repeat, the perfectly truthful little statement that "Tomato juice is in great demand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pie With Ice Cream and Tomato Juice "Are in Great Demand," According to University Hall | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

...Rabbit was the brainchild of Beatrix Potter, a gentle English lady skilled in telling stories that children really like, and illustrating them in sly effective watercolors. First published in 1904, Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books have sold by the hundreds of thousands, are cherished by adults who spurn her imitators. Besides the Tale of Peter Rabbit, other Potter best sellers include: Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Tailor of Gloucester, Tale of Two Bad Mice, Tale of Jemima Puddleduck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Rabbit Man | 2/5/1934 | See Source »

...inmate, a twittering astrologist. a blundering social worker, a moody "Professor" (Eduardo Ciannelli), a baleful headmistress (Olga Baclanova ) who keeps everything under control until she falls in love with the Professor. It takes almost the whole third act for her to tell him her feelings, for him to spurn her politely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 29, 1934 | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Next