1
He conjured up the picture of his guardian, existing in a whirl of official bustle and social excitement.
2
She was naturally fond of social excitement; but she showed a great deal of courage and dignity after the death of her husband.
3
Temporarily, the Lenten season stopped the rustle and flash of toilettes, chained the dancers, and put away the tempting chalice of social excitement.
4
The demon of hypochondria was always lying in wait for him, and could be exorcised for a time only by hard work or social excitement.
5
Then there are the cases where indolence, or selfishness, or vanity, or the love of social excitement, in the woman, unfits her for home life.
6
Their palates would have demanded other flavours-socialexcitements, balls, flirtations, almost escapades.
7
The social excitements of the 1960s had an immense impact on the hard-working writer in his garret.
8
The social excitements of Worcester almost seem tame before the engrossing interest of 113 live, warm, wriggling little orphans.
9
Her social excitements and responsibilities, the undoubted success that had attended her maiden essay as hostess during the past week, shrank to trivial proportions.