Word: winded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...First bout. The men were very evenly matched, but seemed to lack sufficient strength to throw squarely after obtaining a hold. Several minutes were consumed in manoeuvering and falls on the face. The bout was so protracted that several times the contestants were compelled to rest and get their wind. Once both were thrown together, and came down flat like a pair of turtles. Finally they locked, and Hughes, with a quick jerk, threw Coolidge...
...learned that on Friday last the young ladies of the freshman class of Sage College in Ithica, not wishing to be outdone by the Cornell freshmen, made preparations for a like class supper. The sophomores getting wind of the affair on Friday just before supper, licked some of the prominent freshman girls in their rooms intending in this way to break up the supper. They finally relented, however, and let the freshmen out on condition that they should share their supper with them. The freshmen could do no better than consent. So, like a dish of cream with two spoons...
...matches of Saturday were postponed because of the severe cold and wind. It is to be expected that during March the regular matches will be interfered with be stormy weather. In April, however, the club will get into regular practice. Arrangements have been made by which the club is to have the use of the Watertown grounds on Wednesday's and Thursday's alternately. A cup has been presented to the club by a member of the Massachusetts Rifie Association, which will be shot for weekly, beginning next Wednesday. The conditions of the competition will be announced tomorrow. Medals...
...forms of exorcism. Instantly the myriad houris assumed the forms of irritated demons; the smoke from the uncounted narghiles burned thick and black; the cries of the frustrated ginns who were no better than they should be rang wildly in our ears; the palm tree shook beneath a mighty wind; the distant summits of the minarets rocked and wavered, and, with a tremendous crash, the paradise of the faithful disappeared.[A. Lang, in the Fornightly Review...
...events were well contested, and the shooting of all the competitors was unusually good. In the clay bird match, Mr. Godwin made the highest score yet recorded in any match of the club, breading nine out of the ten shot at, -a feat rendered difficult by the strong wind. A match at five pigeons was shot, at the close of the two regular shot, at the close of the two regular matches. The summary of the events follows...