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Example sentences from the Web for marblesPat Robertson has lost his marbles, seemingly, and after him, who? The Religious Right’s Slow-Motion Suicide|Michael Tomasky|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST This time, when we went for all the marbles, we ended with none. Waterloo|David Frum|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Video of the siege shows some of the passengers armed with marbles and slingshots. Israel's Outrageous Claims|Reza Aslan|May 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST That can never happen while the marbles are being held hostage in London. Greece's Modern Wonder|Linda Yablonsky|June 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Linda Yablonsky tours the ancient treasures and revisits the debate of how the Parthenon lost its marbles. Greece's Modern Wonder|Linda Yablonsky|June 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST Strutt believed that nuts of the roundest sort were the original “marbles.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various In ancient times, when we were boys, and indulged in the luxury of marbles, they were very different from their present form. Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various It will be of great benefit to us to look upon the paintings and marbles of the Old World. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll Here is a red morocco bag in which I kept my ill-gotten gains in marbles. Revisiting the Earth|James Langdon Hill Thins apples on trees when the size of marbles, and believes it pays.
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noun(functioning as singular) a game in which marbles are rolled at one another, similar to bowls (functioning as plural) informal witsto lose one's marbles Words nearby marblesmarble cake, marbled white, Marblehead, marbleize, marble orchard, marbles, marblewood, marbling, marbly, Marburg, Marburg disease Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to marblesthought, head, perception, talent, power, consciousness, brain, genius, attention, mentality, soul, intellect, psyche, imagination, sense, instinct, wisdom, judgment, spirit, sphere |