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Definition of Singled
1. single [v] - See also: single
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singled
Literary usage of Singled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"But from the herd I singled out his play. Then heigh along with me — A civil
prologue is approv'd by no man; You bate it as you do a civil woman: Your fancy ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"(а) The intention of the patentee is to be sought in giving construction to the
language; :md for this purpose, particular phrases must not be singled out, ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"The lymphatic glands were especially singled out for secondary deposits, and Fig.
4 shows a gland at the bifurcation of the trachea ..."
4. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, George Christopher Davies (1890)
"... but there was some dry clotted blood on its wings and side; whence I concluded
that a hawk had singled out my wounded bird as the object of his prey, ..."
5. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"Yet it was no longer simply the person garnished with titles of nobility who
attracted the popular eye and was singled out in the crowd; for when women ..."
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