Germans

Examples

• The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He wore a gray-green uniform and a helmet like the Germans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans made a series of Zeppelin, and later of aeroplane, raids upon Paris and the east of England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After a long examination I discovered what it was--the shadowy soldiers were all Germans! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We are in more danger from Italians than Germans, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans called them Hungarians and Tartars, the French, Bohemians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We were very close to Germans twice in the rain but they did not see us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We heard that Germans and Austrians had broken through in the north and were coming down the mountain valleys toward Cividale and Udine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans suffered enormous losses and were held, after pushing in the French lines for some miles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We did not want to have anything to do with the Germans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Germans had a Jupiter in Odin, a Mars in Thor, a Venus in Freya, and so on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• During the war the Germans were especially active in the use of the submarine, and did much in making them an effective terror of the seas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He proclaimed the Germans the salt of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Hungarians, the Germans, the Austrians, the Swiss, the English and the Americans have all invented useful forms of these rollers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Nobody gave any orders, let alone Germans. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans used a board about a foot wide on which to roll the ball, and then improved on this by using cohesive mineral substances solidly packed together. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Poland was ravaged, and a mixed army of Poles and Germans was annihilated at the battle of Liegnitz in Lower Silesia in 1241. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Last night on the retreat we had heard that there had been many Germans in Italian uniforms mixing with the retreat in the north. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans could come on, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Germans regarded him and his humane doctrine as their sheet-anchor of safety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Germans concentrated their attention more and more upon submarine warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then I go among the Germans. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• When the Germans seized Kiau-Chau, he spoke of the German mailed fist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It isn't pronounced either Bear or Beer, as people will say it, but something between the two, as only Germans can give it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The Germans and French experimented with wood and straw. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At the outset of the war this had been used chiefly for scouting, and by the Germans for the dropping of marks for the artillery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Many Germans who thought him rash or tawdry in their secret hearts, supported him publicly because he had so taking an air of success. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Germans peeped in at the door, called a word to the waiter, and went away again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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