Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrewing
Literary usage of Shrewing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"We Pigeon-breast, shrewing Harrison's Sulcus. think that exception might be taken
to the statement that ".the general indications for the use of galvanism ..."
2. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
""It must be admitted," says even her champion, Froude, " Mrs. Carlyle knew how
to administer a shrewing"; but much of his blundering arose out of his ..."
3. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"... Froude, " Mrs. Carlyle knew how to administer a shrewing"; but much of his
blundering arose out of his inability to distinguish between her ..."
4. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1884)
"Mrs. Carlyle, it must be admitted, knew how to administer a ' shrewing.' Her poor
husband, it must be admitted, also knew how to bear one. ..."
5. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1884)
"Mrs. Carlyle, it must be admitted, knew how to administer a ' shrewing.' Her poor
husband, it must be admitted, also knew how to bear one. ..."
6. The Days Before by Katherine Anne Porter (1918)
""And 50," said I, putting my penny in his hand, taking the "Times," and mentally
be- shrewing me the clumsiness of language, "and so, you see," — here I ..."
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