Citations:Duration

English citations of Duration

1. • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 6, in A Separate Peace:

     Five of the younger teachers were missing, gone into the war.... Continuity was the keynote. The same hymns were played, the same sermon given, the same announcements made. There was one surprise; maids had disappeared "for the Duration", a new phase then.

   • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 8, in A Separate Peace:

     But the war had modified even his standards; all forms of physical exercise had become conventional for the Duration.

   • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 9, in A Separate Peace:

     "Who wants a Winter Carnival?... Well, if you think it's something Finny really wants. Still, there's never been a Winter Carnival here. I think there's probably a rule against it."

     "I see," I said in a tone that made Brinker raise his eyes and lock them with mine. In that plotters' glance all his doubts vanished, for Brinker the Lawgiver had turned rebel for the Duration.

   • 1959 John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 11,

     "Oh God. What's the matter with our class anyway? It isn't even June yet and we've already got two men sidelined for the Duration."

   • 1959 John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,

     Happiness had disappeared along with rubber, silk, and many other staples, to be replaced by the wartime synthetic, high morale, for the Duration.