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  • When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart.  (source)
    excursions = side trips taken for pleasure
  • At the mention of an excursion, the four children were wild with delight, and, capering around me, clapped their hands for joy.  (source)
    excursion = a short journey
  • I said in a way that suggested the excursion could not be over too soon.†  (source)
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  • This excursion into a populated area is dangerous but necessary.†  (source)
  • He made few excursions back to our side.†  (source)
  • And then there was that damsel of sixty winter of age still excursioning around in her frosty bloom—How old are you, Sandy?†  (source)
  • He announced the upcoming excursion at the breakfast table.†  (source)
  • Her mother was in town visiting, and the two of them had planned numerous shopping excursions for Saturday and Sunday.†  (source)
  • It was the first time that she had hailed him for an excursion this late in the day.†  (source)
  • "No long excursions about police corruption," I said.†  (source)
  • His voice was deep, an excursion into puberty that had left the rest of us behind.†  (source)
  • A bus had been bought to take people who needed it on excursions.†  (source)
  • We got three or four nice dresses for Maureen that way, but on one excursion, when Brian and I were pretending to punch each other out and Mom was in the process of slipping a dress under her raincoat, the saleslady turned to Mom and asked if she intended to buy that dress she was holding.†  (source)
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