Do we say flew or flu

flew 3356 occurrences

Ninon flew to heir mother's side as soon as she heard of it, and without becoming an enemy of her philosophy of pleasure, she felt it incumbent upon her to suspend its practice.

These "stately ravens of the saintly days of yore" flew, each day, all over the world, gathering "facts and figures," doubtless for their August master.

The wild pigeons flew out and in unharmed, screening the Prophet by their untroubled presence from the searchings of the Kureisch, and a thorn tree spread her branches across the mouth of the cave supporting a spider's frail and glistening web, which was renewed whenever a friend visited the two prisoners to bring food and tidings.

So the two came together with terrible violence and Sir Launcelot struck Sir Mordred such a buffet that the breast-band of Sir Mordred's saddle brake, and both the saddle and Sir Mordred flew over his horse's tail.

And Sir Launcelot beheld that long lunes hung from the feet of the falcon as she flew, wherefore he was aware that the falcon had slipped her lunes and had flown from her owner.

" Ralston's thoughts flew out towards Chiltistan.

For at least half an hour the old mill was forgotten, while I chased the grackle about, as he flew hither and thither, sometimes with a loggerhead shrike in furious pursuit.

Buzzards flew about my head, and looked at me.

At that moment a female redbird flew out of the bush.

I moved to bring him fully into view, and he flew into the thick of a pine-tree out of sight.

Thus did an uncompromising democrat pay court to the shades of Royalty, while a mocking-bird sang from a fringe-bush by the gate, and an oriole flew madly from tree to tree in pursuit of a fair creature of the reluctant sex.

She swung the axe with vigor and precision, and the chips flew; but I could not help saying, "You ought to make the man do that.

Larger game was there, too, for the deer flew swiftly past, and had even stopped to drink on the opposite shore of the "Spirit Lake.

We were but forty; we flew towards them, holding our shields before our breasts; the wind tore up the trees, and threw down the teepees, as we passed along.

The winds flew along swifter than the eagle, as the Thunder Birds clapped their wings, and again we fought against our foes.

I flew out of one room into another, who broke the matter to me.

This happened unfortunately to be venerated by the Negroes as one of their Gods, and they immediately flew to arms in opposition against the sacrilegious violation of the sanctified rock, and many of the workmen were wounded, before the natives could be pacified by numerous presents.

Needless to say, before the decree was promulgated Piero and Giovanni flew precipitately through the Porta San Gallo, upon their way to Bologna, at the head of a few mercenaries, and with them went Piero's chancellor.

So he flew round and round, and peering in through the top of the wigwam, where the poles crossed each other, he was fortunate enough to see the magic bag hanging up on a cross pole over the place where the Anamakqui slept.

He quickly flew back to the village of the Elk people and ordered the most industrious of the women, who were skillful in making fire bags, to make one exactly as he described.

We can spend the evening in my den, if you like!' Mary flew across the lawn again, and bounded up the steps of the verandaha picturesque Swiss verandah which made a covered promenade in front of the house.

Leaving his companions as they entered the town, he flew to the house.

For this, Gibbs flew into a violent passion, tied the negro to a stake, and, in the language of a witness, 'cut his back to mince-meat.'

When she was still a few feet away from her brother, she leaped and flew into his welcoming arms.

The hours which always flew so rapidly when Madelaine was engaged in her work, now appeared insupportably long.

flu 18 occurrences

Are you going to have the flu, or a party, or what?' 'No,' said Edith, who was always frank when it was possible.

The cases of flu that went off in twenty-four hours belonged to the type.

[Fr.]; enanthem^, enanthema^; erysipelas; exanthem^, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps^, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis^, pneumonia, psora^, pyaemia^, pyrosis

Yet when the flu epidemic returned upon us, she stood by, efficient, deft, and gallant, though still imperious, until the day when she clashed her lath-and-tinsel sword of theory against the tempered steel of the Little Red Doctor's experience.

"How did it happen?" "He went over on one of the 'flu ships,' and when the epidemic began to mow 'em down there was a kind of panic.

A short time ago I caught the "flu."

* * "HAMLET" AND THE FLU (an appeal to the Government): "Angels and Ministers of Health defend us!" END.

"In my opinion the Asiatic cholera, 1850-1851, took more lives and caused more anxiety than the flu.

We agree that the 'flu mortality can hardly have been greater than this.

I washed for myself a little and I got the flu and got in bad health.

I reckon it was the flu; I never did have no doctor.

(At this point his wife spoke up and said "Seems like since he had the flu, his mind is kinda frazzled.") "Yes'm, I member the Ku Klux.

I have a cough since I had flu

*** An American scientest claims to have discovered a harmless germ likely to defeat the "flu" microbe.

Talk of sneezing, during the 'flu epidemic Madame Fallalerie has been giving a course of lessons, "How to sneeze prettily" (twenty guineas the course), and her reception-rooms in Bond Street have been simply packed.

I've had the flu only reason I'm sittin' here now.

"I am not going to try flu bribe you with moneymoney does not buy the love and care of good women like youbut I ask you, for the love you bore to your own child, to be kind to mine.

Lee all but died, and Nielsen, afterward, told me he would rather die than have the "flu" again.

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