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Definition of Careering
1. career [v] - See also: career
Lexicographical Neighbors of Careering
Literary usage of Careering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"While the Englishman was careering across the stage, flourishing his handkerchief
above his head and acting his conception of the mad prince as he spoke the ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... then careering in the harbour, dasht all to peices. It likewise extended its
dreadful effects thro' the whole country. The councell daily sitts on ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1858)
"... and careering high With angry crests flung up against the sky And billowy
troughs between, that roll enorm For miles of desolate grandeur scoop'd out ..."
4. The Royal Gallery of Poetry and Art: An Illustrated Book of the Favorite by Nathan David Thompson (1886)
"Nor shines he here in solitude unknown; North, south, and west, by dogs or reindeer
drawn, careering sledges cross the unbroken lawn, And bring from bays ..."
5. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"... which for the last few hours has been careering over the high seas, and robed
the ocean in its sombre and white of whirling mists and cascading foam. ..."
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