Lexicographical Neighbors of Distaining
Literary usage of Distaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"His style is himself, full of personal .flavour, anecdote, colloquial turns,
questions, gibes, nick names, apparently distaining all literary distinction. ..."
2. History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day by John Thomas Scharf (1879)
"At last the little column halted, powerless to advance in .the face of this
murderous fire, yet distaining to retreat with the disgrace of a flight. ..."
3. The Age of Transition, 1400-1580 by Frederick John Snell (1905)
"... with the lapse of a century, the prismatic hues of romance have gained in
intensity and area; the rainbow distaining at its base the green sod has been ..."
4. The Tragedies of Sophocles by Sophocles, Robert Potter (1820)
"His sense, around the virgin threw his arms Yet warm, and there expired, with
his last breath distaining her pale cheeks with drops of blood. ..."
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