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Example sentences from the Web for quartersMaybe I could turn all these quarters into some kind of rib-sticking casserole. ‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Per recent reports of his return to work and moving into quarters at his base, it seems Sgt. Bergdahl has moved into Phase 3. Bergdahl’s Bitter Homecoming: The Psychological Cost of War|Jean Kim|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST My understanding is he is in quarters appropriate to his pay grade along with other personnel in full-duty status. Bowe Bergdahl Thanks Obama for ‘Saving His Life’|Josh Rogin|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST She secured her own quarters in one of the palaces, and she kept her job as princess. The Day the Fairytale Died|Marilyn Johnson|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Homosexuality” was as much an act as an identity—as it still is today in some quarters of the Christian Right. Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Core, pare and cut the apples into quarters (if large into eighths). Public School Domestic Science|Mrs. J. Hoodless The officers' quarters, barracks, store-houses and stables were built in the same manner. George at the Fort|Harry Castlemon Lastly, a cotillion was danced: the ladies were then escorted home, and each retired to his own quarters. Travels Through North America, v. 1-2|Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach Both the young and the old Houtouktou sent us a scarf of blessing, with a good provision of butter and quarters of mutton. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China|Evariste Regis Huc Before dawn the unlucky expedition returned to their quarters at Jacques Cartier. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 2 of 2)|George Warburton
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pl nhousing or accommodation, esp as provided for military personnel and their families the stations assigned to military personnel, esp to each crew member of a warshipgeneral quarters (in India) housing provided by an employer or by the government (functioning as singular) military slang short for quartermaster Words nearby quartersquarter-phase, quarter plate, quarter point, quarter rest, quarter round, quarters, quartersaw, quarter section, quarter sessions, quarterstaff, quarter tone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quarterscottage, cabin, dorm, dwelling, habitat, house, lodging, habitation, home, apartment, domicile, station, lodge, sorority, tent, abode, flat, shelter, billet, post |