Word: wondrous
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...ever meanly born. About his cradle is the wondrous miracle of life. He may descend into the depths, he may live in infamy and perish miserably, but he is born great...
...Prince created a sensation when he first made his appearance in Cambridge, with tales of Russian court life, a wondrous wardrose, and an uncanny ability to win in ten cent a point bridge games. Gradually his source of supply failed, and he turned his activities to the highly remunerative task of scientifically milking Harvard Square merchants. That he was a plausible young man is evidenced by his running up a $257 bill on M. P. Toohy, a custom boot maker on Boylston Street, and one almost as large at August...
...apparently like "the wondrous horse of brass" it needed but the turning of some hidden key to release his congealed wings and send him ramping "into the uttermost parts of the earth." And now, like Oden's ravens he brings back tidings, not from all corners of the globe perhaps, but far more remarkable for a Cambridge foaled beast, from twelve states outside of New England! And the genius, his flowing robes girl up about his loins, his wreath becomingly arranged, his lyre attuned to the typewriter--raises the ante. The prize for the best word to describe...
...have to be "urged" to attend. The consequent revolution in the usual course of life, the abnormal excitement, would carry men off their feet, and they would flock to the dance. But the University system is saner,--also less expensive. And the term "Junior prom" still has a wondrous thrilling appeal to the other...
...accidental element, for the point of his command lies in the "Come, follow me," and to part with his possessions was but a preliminary which, in existing circumstances and in that particular instance, happened to be necessary. This young man's possessions stood in the way of his wondrous possibilities, for if he had been ready for the sacrifice which the acceptance of the command required, he might be living today in the appreciative memory of mankind among those who shine as the brightness of the firmament and as the stars for ever and ever. This tragedy of Palestine...