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by chance; haphazard. The lottery numbers are chosen at random. As a prank, the children dialed phone numbers at random.

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She was splendid and robust, and had never appeared handsomer than in the old blue gown, with a red silk handkerchief knotted at random around her head to protect her hair from the dust. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context It occurred to me, now, as it ought to have done before, that as the table was round, it was therefore of no value as a base to aim from; so I moved off once more, and at random among the wilderness of chairs and sofas-- wandering off into unfamiliar regions, and presently knocked a candlestick and knocked off a lamp, grabbed at the lamp and knocked off a water pitcher with a rattling crash, and thought to myself, "I've found you at last--I judged I was close upon you. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context	at least at least so many at leisure at length at liberty at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level at service at sixes and sevens at some time sharp at stake at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the best of times at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the cutting edge at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour	at own risk at own risk at pains to At par At par At par At Part At Part At Part at peace at peace at peace at peace at peace at peace with at peril at peril at play at pleasure at pleasure At point at point-blank range At Post Education at present at present at present at present at priority call AT PT At quiet at random At regard of at regular intervals at request at rest at rest at rest at rest at rest at right angles at right angles at risk at risk at risk at risk at risk at risk At Risk Placement Next At Risk Rule At Risk Rules At roost At rovers At Sachem Farm at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea level At Sea Observer Program At Sea Tactical Exercise

She was splendid and robust, and had never appeared handsomer than in the old blue gown, with a red silk handkerchief knotted at random around her head to protect her hair from the dust.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context

It occurred to me, now, as it ought to have done before, that as the table was round, it was therefore of no value as a base to aim from; so I moved off once more, and at random among the wilderness of chairs and sofas-- wandering off into unfamiliar regions, and presently knocked a candlestick and knocked off a lamp, grabbed at the lamp and knocked off a water pitcher with a rattling crash, and thought to myself, "I've found you at last--I judged I was close upon you.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.

Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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