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  • His attempts to sleep were invariably interrupted by a ringing phone.†   (source)
  • They almost invariably did their hours on Recreation Duty first, helping with the younger ones in a place where they still felt comfortable.†   (source)
  • Invariably, she was asleep when he looked in on her, a book splayed out on the covers beyond her fingertips.†   (source)
  • When the ground wire wasn't buried deeply, ground resistance was invariably too high.†   (source)
  • Invariably dressed in black, the Countess was one of those dowagers whose natural independence of mind, authority of age, and impatience with the petty made her the ally of all irreverent youth.†   (source)
  • The elections attract campaign contributions from business interests seeking tort reform or from trial lawyers who want to protect large civil verdicts, but since most voters are unschooled in these areas, the campaigns invariably focus on crime and punishment.†   (source)
  • Bibi jo was invariably accompanied by one of her six brides and a grandchild or two.†   (source)
  • And the embassy invariably did just that.†   (source)
  • And the film crews are invariably rude.†   (source)
  • Whenever this thought occurred, Harry invariably slid off his bed and began pacing again.†   (source)
  • Invariably accompanied by a gorgeous French secretary-interpreter who may or may not have consorted with Russian royalty.†   (source)
  • They are fond of dramatic gestures, and invariably leave behind some taunting memento.†   (source)
  • They would invariably arrive minutes before the meet, with Annie having forgotten what race she was meant to run, or whether she really wanted to run at all.†   (source)
  • On a foggy night his pursuers had to run in close and were more apt to lose their quarry altogether, in which case they turned to their radios, checking in with various compatriots whom they invariably found to be checking in with them: hapless voices tuned to one another in the hope of some shred of knowledge.†   (source)
  • He would invariably entice Sunday's minister to stay through the day Monday, and teach his Monday class; the rest of the week, Mr. Scammon devoted to discussing with his students what the interesting guest had said.†   (source)
  • I felt nervous, as I invariably do when someone says my name twice with a hmm in between.†   (source)
  • "I'm trying to, baby, I'm trying to," is what Ford invariably replied on these occasions.†   (source)
  • When the talk turned to politics, as it invariably did, William made a far better showing than John.†   (source)
  • The next in line invariably calls me back to remove the gracefully curved but unsightly hairs that I've left in the sink.†   (source)
  • Invariably, in the middle of their conversation, the unfortunate soapy child that was being force-bathed would manage to slip away, and Father Mulligan would snap back to his senses and say, "Oops!†   (source)
  • He shook Saget's hand firmly and was finished, exiting on top as, we like to think, geniuses invariably do.†   (source)
  • If there is anything dangerous within a ten-mile radius, it will invariably find you.†   (source)
  • Invariably, Colton would peer for a moment at the picture and shake his tiny head.†   (source)
  • The responses invariably came back and just as invariably failed to enlightened me one iota.†   (source)
  • She invariably chose predominantly Jewish public schools: P.S. 138 in Rosedale, J.H.S. 231 in Springfield Gardens, Benjamin Cardozo, Francis Lewis, Forest Hills, Music and Art.†   (source)
  • Invariably, these were rooms in private homes run by sweet Irish widows who doted on us, served us tea, turned down our sheets, and always seemed to ask us the same question, "So, would you two be planning to start a family soon?"†   (source)
  • Once or twice a semester at least, I will stop discussion of the story orplay under consideration to intone (and I invariably intone in bold): whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.†   (source)
  • He knew several Englishmen—and they were invariably late.†   (source)
  • trash high school girls are going on a date in the Metaverse, they invariably run down to the computer-games section of the local Wal-Mart and buy a copy of Brandy.†   (source)
  • I was accompanying so-and-so at the time ...' and once he had pinpointed a particular accompaniment by its date, like a milestone at the road-side, he let his memory range on over other and invariably less important reminiscences.†   (source)
  • Once the Ole Miss offense faced third and long, as it invariably did, everyone in the stadium knew a pass was coming.†   (source)
  • And they had invariably been offended when I did hesitate or guess wrong.†   (source)
  • The executions moved in waves, and once a neighborhood had been purged it could then expect a measure of respite, until someone committed an infraction of some kind, because infractions, although often alleged with a degree of randomness, were invariably punished without mercy.†   (source)
  • Manolito invariably crawled in with me, and soon after, Raulito would start bawling.†   (source)
  • Invariably we were looking for the misfit, the one man in the village who did not fit in, the hit man of the Taliban who was plainly not a farmer.†   (source)
  • He was still full of creative steam, still constantly on the move, but overnight train journeys invariably laid him low.†   (source)
  • This was particularly true of non-English-speaking families, in which the kids—whose English was almost invariably better—became the family interface with the English-speaking world, particularly with authority figures like police and teachers.†   (source)
  • We traveled alone and fast and lavishly amongst them, struggling to be safe within our ostentation, finding talk of vampires all too cheap by the inn fires, where, my daughter sleeping peacefully against my chest, I invariably found someone amongst the peasants or guests who spoke enough German or, at times, even French to discuss with me the familiar legends.†   (source)
  • Someone invariably said, "I know what Carson got!"†   (source)
  • A marked and persistent identity disturbance is almost invariably present.†   (source)
  • In fact, it invariably made me late to my next class, so by the end of my freshman year, I'd quit taking the extra time I was allowed.†   (source)
  • Sometimes they had furious clashes, but their arguments were always about business matters, and they would invariably resolve all those issues before they hugged each other and went back to their corners.†   (source)
  • His wife calculated that he must be losing huge sums of money, because at the end of the month there was invariably a long line of creditors at their door.†   (source)
  • It is a brilliant event, invariably.†   (source)
  • You may have a hemispherical stroke, in which one whole side of the body is paralyzed, which is invariably fatal in a case of Ebola.†   (source)
  • The object of this sort of servants' hall talk is invariably some butler who has come to the fore quite suddenly through having been appointed by a prominent house, and who has perhaps managed to pull off two or three large occasions with some success.†   (source)
  • Menial tasks in South Africa are invariably performed by Africans.†   (source)
  • Still, she viewed it as encouraging that the warriors chose to name their corps the Nighthawks, for the title was a play upon both her coloring and the fact that the Urgals invariably referred to her as Lady Nightstalker.†   (source)
  • Marie seldom called Pecola the same thing twice, but invariably her epithets were fond ones chosen from menus and dishes that were forever uppermost in her mind.†   (source)
  • Invariably, however, she ended up sticking around for most of my shift, her purse in hand as she fretted and puttered, unable to actually leave.†   (source)
  • Almost invariably around the globe, countries and companies that have deployed women according to their talents have prospered.†   (source)
  • Invariably, these matters turned into "fish files," the ones that grew fouler the longer they sat in a corner, untouched.†   (source)
  • He invariably leaped before he looked and never cared where he was going as long as he knew why he shouldn't have gone to where he'd been.†   (source)
  • People whose cars break down on the way to their wedding, or whose Brighton holiday is invariably ruined by rain, or whose crowning day of private glory is overshadowed by and forever remembered as the day King George VI died.†   (source)
  • "Tell," said Susan, who invariably launched a telephone session this command.†   (source)
  • His suit coats are invariably charcoal or deep blue.†   (source)
  • Augustus viewed this prospect philosophically; it was his experience that a man's dealings with women were invariably prone to interruptions, often of a more lasting nature than Jake Spoon was apt to prompt.†   (source)
  • Which invariably led to new "arrangements."†   (source)
  • That's because when crime is rising, people clamor for protection, and invariably more money is found for cops.†   (source)
  • Invariably, he ends up staring at the nose-bleed average SAT scores of applicants.†   (source)
  • The institutions putzed along with the absolute minimum of staff presence, and the staff that were there invariably seemed less than interested in their jobs.†   (source)
  • The Friday-night crawl of traffic invariably made her crabby and impatient and she would compensate by taking charge, telling Robert, Grace's father, to slow down or speed up or take some devious route to avoid delays.†   (source)
  • Those who summoned him invariably praised his services and then labored for the remainder of their account to justify their good fortune.†   (source)
  • Poisoners invariably choose the choicest dishes.†   (source)
  • I understood he wasn't calling me one—he would never do that; he was almost invariably courteous.†   (source)
  • There was never any need to look them up, for the instructions were invariably to disregard.†   (source)
  • His last word was invariably "Okasan!"†   (source)
  • In an invariably precise hand, he recorded every purchase, every payment for meals, wines, books, violin strings, the least item of clothing.†   (source)
  • Invariably, the headlines spurred him on to new bursts of Zionist activity and to loud, excited justification of the way he was driving himself in his fund-raising and speechmaking efforts in behalf of a Jewish state.†   (source)
  • Time and again that terrible circle with the thin crucifix appeared ...invariably torn apart or stabbed repeatedly with the pencil point.†   (source)
  • He had noticed again and again in his lab work that what might seem to be the hardest part of scientific work, thinking up the hypotheses, was invariably the easiest.†   (source)
  • When I write what I consider to be a good song, when I realize it's going to hang together, when I somehow manage to get it into the boat, so to speak, I invariably find myself looking upward and thanking something or even, dare I say it, Someone.†   (source)
  • Mike used knowledge to play a Mikish prank: Subordinate who made one-changed-digit calls invariably reached Warden's private residence.†   (source)
  • They would invariably point with pride to their own advances, how slavery was no longer permitted in the Empire, and how so many blacks had been "reclaimed" through Christian education and schooling in the trades.†   (source)
  • But then there it was, invariably, the little green bottle of musky potion that Joe also used, ready for him on my mother's dresser.†   (source)
  • It was almost as if, facing off invariably at odds, they conducted a secret liaison, with their hands enwrapped under the table.†   (source)
  • Luckily, when we did hear one it was invariably in a hurry to get away.†   (source)
  • They are, in fact, almost invariably at odds with the groups of the cities.†   (source)
  • Like their younger sister, say, whose blessing was the blessing of blessings — to be who she was supposed to be, so in tune with her time and place that though she gave without calculation to others, she was invariably repaid severalfold.†   (source)
  • Status checks invariably elicited a terse response.†   (source)
  • Yet when morning came, they invariably discovered that a group of the finest slaves had taken to their heels.†   (source)
  • Mucho shaved his upper lip every morning three times with, three limes against the grain to remove any remotest breath of a moustache, new blades he drew blood invariably but kept at it; bought all natural-shoulder suits, then went to a tailor to have the lapels made yet more abnormally narrow, on his hair used only water, combing it like Jack Lemmon to throw them further off.†   (source)
  • My orientation course in Ottawa had taught me that one never questioned information emanating from another department; and if a field operation based on such information went awry, it was invariably the fault of the fellow in the field.†   (source)
  • Invariably they were courteous and helpful.†   (source)
  • To which she invariably replied, "Oh, darling, yes—later."†   (source)
  • They invariably came out at midday for their meal, and we would sit with them for a few minutes, talking while they ate their rice and enjoying the rest.†   (source)
  • Though the Secretary General often made a number of calls before reaching his own office, he invariably left word that he was doing so.†   (source)
  • Mark Bragg invariably and openly called him by his school nickname, Fisheye.†   (source)
  • Invariably, in the terms of this mythos, an evil brother would seize power and seek to oppress the good brothers.†   (source)
  • The test consisted of journeying from one group of water-holes to another; a journey which invariably took some six to eight months and was made entirely unaided and alone.†   (source)
  • Our pep rallies invariably ended when Mrs. Brown's large head would peer into the window and flash disapproving, desultory glances at me and the kids.†   (source)
  • And some of them would snicker, but invariably the boy who had asked it this time would say very seriously and politely, "No, I don't know your name, you never told me your name,and he would begin to wonder; had he or hadn't he.†   (source)
  • The trouble with Powell was an enlarged sense of humor, and his response was invariably exaggerated.†   (source)
  • Sometimes the children of this man, who is invariably hated by the whole district as a profiteer and an alien, are playing among the vegetables because the living quarters are just behind the shop.†   (source)
  • But I am afraid I invariably forget anything of that kind.   (source)
  • The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.   (source)
  • You could not invariably assume this to be the case when people were arrested.   (source)
  • It was always at night — the arrests invariably happened at night.   (source)
  • Parsons did, indeed, invariably revert to shorts when a community hike or any other physical activity gave him an excuse for doing so.   (source)
  • She took it for granted that he, 'the boy', should have the biggest portion; but however much she gave him he invariably demanded more.   (source)
  • The thing you invariably came back to was the impossibility of knowing what life before the Revolution had really been like.   (source)
  • But — though this was one of the crimes that the accused in the great purges invariably confessed to — it was difficult to imagine any such thing actually happening.   (source)
  • Even the written instructions which Winston received, and which he invariably got rid of as soon as he had dealt with them, never stated or implied that an act of forgery was to be committed: always the reference was to slips, errors, misprints, or misquotations which it was necessary to put right in the interests of accuracy.   (source)
  • In some villages in Africa, fifty per cent of the people have it, and it is invariably fatal.   (source)
  • And public scandal invariably the result.   (source)
  • When any one spoke to him he invariably laughed in an agreeable, colorless way.   (source)
  • Kitty had been seeing Anna every day; she adored her, and had pictured her invariably in lilac.   (source)
  • She invariably finds it out.   (source)
  • At all the seasons which should have been their happiest, he invariably ... reverted to this one disastrous topic.   (source)
  • The short-hand writers, the reporters of the court, and the reporters of the newspapers invariably decamp with the rest of the regulars when Jarndyce and Jarndyce comes on.   (source)
  • You despise public official work because you want the reality to be invariably corresponding all the while with the aim—and that's not how it is.   (source)
  • They're not done on impulse—those kinds of kidnappers invariably get caught.†   (source)
  • The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.†   (source)
  • Savannah was invariably gracious to strangers, but it was immune to their charms.†   (source)
  • Are you aware that the former invariably flows from the latter?†   (source)
  • Invariably they were polite in their queries—the legacy of TruYou—and gracious in their ratings.†   (source)
  • If none of the residents knew the answer, the professor would invariably turn to me.†   (source)
  • Their paths crossed from time to time, which invariably resulted in a fight.†   (source)
  • I experimented for some time and the results were invariably the same.†   (source)
  • You could take it for granted that the Security Police invariably made fools of themselves.†   (source)
  • She invariably refused to answer questions or participate in any form of therapy.†   (source)
  • And invariably, quite apart from the text, there would be the preambles, and the illicit exchanges.†   (source)
  • As it invariably did, walking helped calm him.†   (source)
  • Wherever Angela went, Solembum invariably followed.†   (source)
  • And yet, invariably, we all know how it does.†   (source)
  • People passing in and out of rooms are, invariably, friendly.†   (source)
  • And, oddly or no, Mrs. Glass invariably took this "tribute," when it came, in beautiful stride.†   (source)
  • The critics of police conduct invariably focus on the intentions of individual officers.†   (source)
  • Males, almost invariably unrelated biologically, did most of the rearing.†   (source)
  • Incompetents invariably made trouble for people other than themselves.†   (source)
  • On the contrary, they assert that Bjurman invariably behaved correctly and kindly towards them.†   (source)
  • Invariably, the Contestants rate the Questioners as being a lot smarter than they themselves are.†   (source)
  • When there was bureaucratic dirty work to be done, invariably it was Bouchard who saw to it.†   (source)
  • It was a photograph that invariably transfixed Mrs. Johnson.†   (source)
  • She almost invariably wore it throughout the apartment during the day.†   (source)
  • As a policewoman I invariably arrived on the scene after a crime had been committed.†   (source)
  • Invariably, they would say M, and, lo and behold, M would be revealed as Pepsi.†   (source)
  • The precipitating event is invariably domestic: a dispute with girlfriends or parents.†   (source)
  • Invariably, significant leveling occurs.†   (source)
  • His ashes invariably fell into the tub water, either straightway or down one of the letter pages.†   (source)
  • In this instance we need no witnesses or interpretations to invariably contradict one another.†   (source)
  • Menial tasks in South Africa are invariably performed by Africans.†   (source)
  • Invariably they refused his advice and only afterward was he proved right.†   (source)
  • You will recall that the MCM has invariably destroyed the human energy canal in past attempts.†   (source)
  • Gambling was invariably the sin to be eradicated.†   (source)
  • However, we have found that such a public account, especially when televised, is invariably followed by a rash, if I may call it that, an outbreak I should say, of exactly similar crimes.†   (source)
  • Grace Marks glances at you with a sidelong, stealthy look; her eye never meets yours, and after a furtive regard, it invariably bends its gaze upon the ground.†   (source)
  • Hermione shoved him back inside the beaded bag every time he did this, and Phineas Nigellus invariably refused to reappear for several days after these unceremonious good-byes.†   (source)
  • Every esoteric tradition interprets 'the stone' in its own way, but invariably the occultum lapidem is a source of power and enlightenment.†   (source)
  • Contrary to common perception, Renaissance cathedrals invariably contained multiple chapels, huge cathedrals like Notre Dame having dozens.†   (source)
  • Where the pencil silhouette was favoured, the frock was invariably accompanied by an elaborate tunic of taffeta or printed satin.†   (source)
  • Moreover, the sex that occurs is invariably tied up with something else: cover for espionage, personal sacrifice, psychological neediness, desire for power over someone else.†   (source)
  • However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.†   (source)
  • Those are the tactics that invariably win conflicts for the truly ruthless underdog like the mujahideen, al Qaeda, and, from now on, me.†   (source)
  • "There's hope for you yet," my cousin invariably says to me, while my students are crowding into her messy, backstage dressing room— naturally, speechless with awe at the sight of Hester in her typically lewd dishevelment.†   (source)
  • I was frequently invited to speak before social and community groups and invariably someone would stand up and ask, "Why do you hate BOHW-kuh so much?"†   (source)
  • For a hundred years, any sign of black progress in the South could trigger a white reaction that would invariably invoke Confederate symbols and talk of resistance.†   (source)
  • His name was a clever joke: When people asked what the dog's name was, they were invariably confused by the reply, which sounded like "Ask him.†   (source)
  • But invariably the grinning Nines, who in technical violation of the rule had been practicing secretly for weeks, would mount and ride off in perfect balance, training wheels never touching the ground.†   (source)
  • In Chicago hostesses always knew when guests had taken the cure, because upon being offered a drink, those guests invariably answered, "No, thank you.†   (source)
  • Breakfast is all she can manage; she is subject to fits of nervous prostration and headache, brought on by the reaction to shock — or so he assumes, and has told her — and by afternoon is invariably stretched out on her bed, with a wet cloth pressed to her forehead, giving off a strong smell of camphor.†   (source)
  • Squirrelly scrubbing noises squirm from its sidewalls as they grind against the curb; we are in the Burbs, where it is better to take a thousand clicks off the lifespan of your Coodyears by invariably grinding them up against curbs than to risk social ostracism and outbreaks of mass hysteria by parking several inches away, out in the middle of the street (That's okay, Mom, ican walk to the curb from here), a menace to traffic, a deadly obstacle to uncertain young bicyclists.†   (source)
  • Almost invariably I came home from school to find the "Closed" sign on the door and people peering in at the windows.†   (source)
  • Invariably, within minutes after a Vatican salvo, Kohler's phone would ring off the hook with tech-investment companies wanting to license the new discovery.†   (source)
  • Keys are often passed on as inheritance, and our first-time users are invariably uncertain of the protocol.†   (source)
  • Say the Count secured them invitations to Platonov's for drinks, the Petrovskys' for supper, and Princess Petrossian's for a dance—Mishka would invariably decline on the grounds that in the back of a bookshop he had just discovered a volume by someone named Flammenhescher that demanded to be read from beginning to end without delay.†   (source)
  • They were antique steel full moons, and when he put them on he invariably underwent a quiet transformation, becoming suddenly professorial, handsome in the way that some outdoorsmen are yet scholarly at the same time.†   (source)
  • If he had worked at the mill or the factory or had had some other unskilled job—the kind that most poor black people in South Alabama worked—it would invariably mean working for white business owners and dealing with all the racial stress that that implied in Alabama in the 1970s and 1980s.†   (source)
  • Trails frequently traveled invariably lead to people, and before long I saw a house up ahead, maybe even three or four.†   (source)
  • The needle, one of large nineteenth-century bore—like having a garden hose shoved into a bicep—invariably deposited a yellow aureole on the skin surrounding the injection site, a badge for some, an unsightly blemish for others.†   (source)
  • When she was finished at Dr. Bishop's, she invariably called me up or threw pebbles at my window, and I would come down and drive her home.†   (source)
  • The closest thing to it was the flicker of irritation that people thought they saw in him when he was, almost invariably, treated as a trivial footnote in what was celebrated as Louie's story.†   (source)
  • But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot.†   (source)
  • The carpets were woven by slaves who were invariably children, because only the fingers of children were small enough for such intricate work.†   (source)
  • Nowadays, Langdon hesitated even to mention the Knights Templar while lecturing because it invariably led to a barrage of convoluted inquiries into assorted conspiracy theories.†   (source)
  • He's amused us more than once by trying to pass on the news he's just heard, since the message invariably gets garbled in transmission.†   (source)
  • And the morning was filled with long boat races and a series of terrible workouts in the demo pits-that's a scum-laden sea-water slime, which we had to traverse on a couple of ropes, invariably falling straight in.†   (source)
  • It must have been refreshing for Burnham to stand before the Saturday Afternoon Club and openly chide its members for their failure, because most of his other encounters over exposition business invariably became exercises in self-restraint, especially when he went before the fair's many and still-multiplying committees.†   (source)
  • So much comes into my head at night when I'm alone, or during the day when I'm obliged to put up with people I can't abide or who invariably misinterpret my intentions.†   (source)
  • If I happened to be walking along Bull Street in the late afternoon, I would invariably see a very old and very dignified black man.†   (source)
  • When Dussel is talking about Mrs. van D., he invariably calls her "that old bat" or "that stupid hag," and conversely, Mrs. van D. refers to our ever so learned gentleman as an "old maid" or a "touchy neurotic spinster," etc. The pot calling the kettle black!†   (source)
  • His route took him down Bull Street past the main entrance of SCAD, where he would invariably make his way through a small cluster of students and point silently with his cane at some offending object—a crumpled candy wrapper or a motorcycle idling noisily at the curb.†   (source)
  • These occasions were invariably in the interests of Canadian citizens residing in or travelling through the colony.†   (source)
  • Incredibly, in spite of his small number of total mounts, his soaring win percentage invariably placed him near the top of the national jockey rankings for purse money won.†   (source)
  • Whenever I step into a shop in the main part of the village, invariably someone will say, "Hey, it's good Doc Hata."†   (source)
  • But if a grownup American of indeterminable age asked her for directions, invariably speaking too quickly, she merely shrugged and smiled an inane smile.†   (source)
  • When they do that, supermarkets find that invariably the sales of the product will go through the roof, the same way they would if the product had actually been put on sale.†   (source)
  • Invariably, he listened only to what he wanted to hear, saw only what he chose to see and remembered everything.†   (source)
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