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Search phrase: blast

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC III.x.4.1To see't mine eyes are blasted.To see't, mine eyes are blasted.
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.105You were half blasted ere I knew you. Ha!You were halfe blasted ere I knew you: Ha?
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.36With brazen din blast you the city's ear;With brazen dinne blast you the Citties eare,
CoriolanusCor I.iv.12To help our fielded friends! Come, blow thy blast.To helpe our fielded Friends. Come, blow thy blast.
HamletHam I.i.127I'll cross it, though it blast me.Ile crosse it, though it blast me.
HamletHam I.iii.42Contagious blastments are most imminent.Contagious blastments are most imminent.
HamletHam I.iv.41Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,Bring with thee ayres from Heauen, or blasts from Hell,
HamletHam III.i.161Blasted with ecstasy. O, woe is meBlasted with extasie. Oh woe is me,
HamletHam III.ii.267With Hecat's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected,With Hecats Ban, thrice blasted, thrice infected,
HamletHam III.iv.66Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes?Blasting his wholsom breath. Haue you eyes?
HamletHam IV.vii.153If this should blast in proof. Soft, let me see.If this should blast in proofe: Soft, let me see
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.186about you blasted with antiquity? And will you yet callabout you blasted with Antiquity? and wil you cal
Henry VH5 III.i.5But when the blast of war blows in our ears,But when the blast of Warre blowes in our eares,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.89Thus are my blossoms blasted in the bud,Thus are my Blossomes blasted in the Bud,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.ii.43Now let the general trumpet blow his blast,Now let the generall Trumpet blow his blast,
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.iv.23Lest with my sighs or tears I blast or drownLeast with my sighes or teares, I blast or drowne
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vii.21I'll blast his harvest, if your head were laid;Ile blast his Haruest, if your head were laid,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.79Turned hence again the blasting north-east windTurnd hence againe the blasting North-east winde:
King LearKL I.iv.296Should make thee worth them. Blasts and fogs upon thee!Should make thee worth them. / Blastes and Fogges vpon thee:
King LearKL III.i.8Which the impetuous blasts with eyeless rage
King LearKL III.iv.57 whirlwinds, star-blasting, and taking! Do Poor TomWhirle-Windes, Starre-blasting, and taking, do poore Tom
King LearKL III.vi.43And for one blast of thy minikin mouth
King LearKL IV.i.9.1Owes nothing to thy blasts.Owes nothing to thy blasts.
MacbethMac I.iii.76Upon this blasted heath you stop our wayVpon this blasted Heath you stop our way
MacbethMac I.vii.22Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsedStriding the blast, or Heauens Cherubin, hors'd
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.122A blasting and a scandalous breath to fallA blasting and a scandalous breath to fall,
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.84Sit, like his grandsire cut in alabaster?Sit like his Grandsire, cut in Alablaster?
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.iv.30And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle,And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle,
OthelloOth II.i.6A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements.A fuller blast ne're shooke our Battlements:
OthelloOth V.ii.5And smooth as monumental alabaster:And smooth as Monumentall Alablaster:
PericlesPer IV.i.35Our paragon to all reports thus blasted,our Paragon to all reports thus blasted,
PericlesPer epilogue.V.iii.5Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast,Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.258They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,They that stand high, haue many blasts to shake them,
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.69Is like a blasted sapling, withered up;Is like a blasted Sapling, wither'd vp:
Richard IIIR3 IV.iii.11Within their alablaster innocent arms.Within their Alablaster innocent Armes:
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.534Debts wither 'em to nothing. Be men like blasted woods,Debts wither 'em to nothing, be men like blasted woods
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.48Is turned to folly, blasting in the bud,Is turn'd to folly, blasting in the Bud,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.65Was then nor threshed nor blasted; Fortune at youWas then nor threashd, nor blasted; Fortune at you
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.79.1To blast whole armies more.To blast whole Armies more.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.225Or entertainest a hope to blast my wishes,Or entertain'st a hope to blast my wishes,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK prologue.20That blasts my bays and my famed works makes lighterThat blastes my Bayes, and my fam'd workes makes lighter
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.111You'd be so lean that blasts of JanuaryYou'ld be so leane, that blasts of Ianuary
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.362.1By th' northern blasts twice o'er – By th' Northerne blasts, twice ore.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.72 The injury of many a blasting hour, The iniury of many a blasting houre;
The Rape of LucreceLuc.49 Thy hasty spring still blasts and ne'er grows old. Thy hastie spring still blasts and nere growes old.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.419 Her azure veins, her alabaster skin, Her azure vaines, her alablaster skinne,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.869 ‘ Unruly blasts wait on the tender spring; Vnruly blasts wait on the tender spring,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1335 As lagging fowls before the northern blast. As lagging fowles before the Northerne blast,
Venus and AdonisVen.363 Or ivory in an alabaster band; Or Iuorie in an allablaster band,
Venus and AdonisVen.1142 Bud, and be blasted, in a breathing while; Bud, and be blasted, in a breathing while,

Glossary

 15 result(s).
alablasterwhite, smooth [as alabaster]
alablasteralabaster [fine white material derived from limestone]
blastblight, wither, destroy
blastcome to grief, be destroyed, fail
blastdestroy, ruin, lay waste
blaststorm, rage, angry breath
blastedblighted, withered; accursed, malevolent
blastingblighting, withering, destructive
blastingdefaming, maligning, discrediting
blastmentblight, withering
blusterstorm, tempest, rough blast
breathingblowing, exhalation, blast
flawgust, squall, blast
gustoutburst, violent blast
star-blastingbad influence of the stars

Thesaurus

 5 result(s).
blastbreathing
blastflaw
blast, roughbluster
blast, violentgust
violent blastgust

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Words Families

 8 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ALABASTERBASICalablaster n
BLASTBASICblast n, blast v, blasted adj, blasting adj, blastment n
BLASTBADstar-blasting n
STARBADstar-blasting n

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