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Word: triumphantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lighter, more active car that emerged triumphant. For while the Chevrolet suffered a broken front axle and wheel the Ford when righted appeared, but for a few broken windows, ready and eager for the road again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO LOUD CRASHES BREAK STUDENTS' MIDNIGHT SLEEP | 10/23/1923 | See Source »

...said that they are often a great comfort in times of trouble and no worry at all in times of good fortune. If one can say--"Ah, but our freshmen"-- with a rising inflection, the gloom of varsity defeats can be somewhat dispelled. And if the University emerges triumphant, the misfortune of the Freshmen can be easily dismissed with a shrug--"Ah, the freshmen--." As anyone can see, this is a great advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A EULOGY ON FRESHMEN | 10/13/1923 | See Source »

...continuous crime. Opera-hat in one hand, revolver in the other, spurred on, as the jacket says, by the love of a good woman, he wages horrendous warfare for 367 pages against the underworld henchmen of the bootlegger King of New York. Needless to say the finale finds him triumphant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Oct. 8, 1923 | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

Thus prepared, his vigorous personality was competent to handle the difficult situations of labor politics. His power of persuasion is only equaled by his fighting power, and it is rarely that one or the other is not triumphant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: A Rabbit Keeper | 10/1/1923 | See Source »

...find the inaugural attempt of the dramatic year to prove that a young and comely maiden from the country stands no chance on Broadway. At least for two acts such is the burden of the action. Finally the maiden accomplishes the obvious, tricks a gang of society crooks, emerges triumphant on the arm of the affable young hero. Edna Hibbard is the girl; Kenneth McKenna the boy. Both are normally attractive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 24, 1923 | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

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