Swearing
['sweərɪŋ] or ['swɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swear
(-) a. & n. from Swear, v.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of swearing, denotes some unpleasant obstructions in business. A lover will have cause to suspect the faithfulness of his affianced after this dream. To dream that you are swearing before your family, denotes that disagreements will soon be brought about by your unloyal conduct.
Editor: Matt
Examples
- I kept this to remind me of you trying to brush away the Villa Rossa from your teeth in the morning, swearing and eating aspirin and cursing harlots. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Old Barley was growling and swearing when we repassed his door, with no appearance of having ceased or of meaning to cease. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Right on behind, eight or ten of them, hot with brandy, swearing and foaming like so many wolves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The passengers probably spend the long, blazing days looking out from under the awnings at Vesuvius and the beautiful city--and in swearing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So he went off cursing, like the foul-mouthed blackguard that he was, and swearing that he would have her yet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Adolph, enraged at this taunt, flew furiously at his adversary, swearing and striking on every side of him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was no frantic crowding and jostling, no shouting and swearing, and no swaggering intrusion of services by rowdy hackmen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I hope I an't swearing, now. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You needn't take the trouble of swearing,' said Mr Lammle to the skeleton; 'once more, it doesn't matter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I think he was swearing, but am not certain; however, he was pronouncing some formula which prevented him from replying to me directly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His uncle, Lord William Somerset, placed himself in an easy chair, swearing he would not stir without his nephew. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was loud, robust, and was sometimes spoken of as being given to indulgence--chiefly in swearing, drinking, and beating his wife. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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