The nurse and governess tried to blandish her, in vain. She maintained a calm and persistent attitude of scorn. |
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Zack made much of her friendship with Mr. Blackwood and of employing it to blandish him into showing May Sinclair the greatest possible favor. |
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She was the king's wife, and therefore must have used her feminine wiles to blandish him into bad policies. |
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But blandish rice and undressed iceberg salad don't do much to help out. |
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Even allowing for occasional swoops into blandish neo-soul, Rae has made an album she'll have trouble bettering. |
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The striking monkfish osso buco, a cross-section of fish wrapped with speck and seared, seems to be a popular choice, though ours arrived a bit overcooked and blandish. |
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A blandish crab chowder looks like a paste pot even if the taste is credible, the region's more typical base of tomatoes and broth swapped out for cream, soft potatoes, bits of bacon. |
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Notable translations such as James Hadley's No Orchids for Miss Blandish, a work that draws on Faulkner's Sanctuary, had an enormous impact in the development of roman noir. |
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