"Obstreperously" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the voices in the next room became obstreperously loud of a sudden, the cause of which vociferation it is necessary to ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott
... most obstreperously responsive to Pan's long harangue. Pan thought he understood the secret of the cowboy's strange elation. After all, what did Blinky care for horses or money? He had been a homeless wandering range rider, a hard-drinking ...
— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey
... justice does not exact from us, we may, without wronging any one, omit. We must not, indeed, incapacitate ourselves by tippling for our proper work, nor offend the eyes or ears of decenter folk by reeling obstreperously through the streets; but, if we take the precaution of retiring during an interval of leisure to our privy chamber, our making beasts of ourselves then and there to our heart's content, is our own ...
— Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics - With Some of Their Applications • William Thomas Thornton |
