"Think up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I tried to think up something funny to say about the shabby grandeur of the gendarme or the acid flavor of the cooking vinegar sold at the drinking place under the name of wine; for that time I was supposed to be writing humorous articles on ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb
... they did or Sherm would have denied it instanter. Let's think up something real mean." Katy stood ready to ...
— Chicken Little Jane on the Big John • Lily Munsell Ritchie
... Westcott has invited Mr. Kingdon and this man to dinner and for cards afterward. You can easily stay away from the breakfast room in the morning. I think he is going to leave in a day or so. I'll think up some excuse for your ...
— Penny of Top Hill Trail • Belle Kanaris Maniates
... in her brain. For a week she had felt the inspiration of creative work milling in her mind—that is what she called it. She had promised the president of the Alectrion Film Corporation to think up some unusual story—preferably an outdoor plot—for their next picture. And thus far nothing had formed in her mind ...
— Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest - Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies • Alice B. Emerson
... face of this new disaster, the Scarecrow had forgotten all about the Gheewizard. He and the Cowardly Lion and Sir Hokus were running distractedly around the great throne trying to think up a way to rescue Dorothy. As for the Doubtful Dromedary, he was doubting everything in a loud, bitter voice, while the Comfortable ...
— The Royal Book of Oz • L. Frank Baum
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