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Meanings of long vigil in English

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Usage of long vigil in English
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There we saw the evidence of the long vigil of the night.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
2
Twice in the stillness of his long vigil he heard strange cries.
The Golden Snare
3
She touched the tender skin, remembering her long vigil in the meadow.
A change in altitude
4
She shifted her position which had become cramped with her long vigil.
The Forfeit
5
After a long vigil, the police insist upon taking her home.
The new yorker
6
In the long vigil last night, he had threshed the whole thing out.
Queed: A Novel
7
The lad mounted his pony and galloped slowly out for his long vigil.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
8
His face is furrowed with the fatigue of his long vigil.
The Hohenzollerns in America / With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and...
9
When darkness shut down, they took up their second long vigil.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
10
My spirit sighs for his long vigil at the corner of the market-house!
Other Tales and Sketches / (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other...
11
His long vigil was fated to come to an end at last, however.
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
12
Adams, grimy, worn with his long vigil, grinned contentedly under Terry's warm thanks.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
13
The Brotherhood mounted counter-demonstrations, swelling a month- long vigil in northern Cairo before violence erupted.
Reuters
14
Saturday turns into a long vigil as they await the results of Friday's tests.
Independent.ie
15
Otherwise he seemed little the worse for his long vigil.
The Box with Broken Seals
16
Considerably later, when Dorothy had finally gone, Seaton settled himself for the long vigil.
The Skylark of Space
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