Crossword-Solution: ASYLUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Asylum | n. | A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. |
| Asylum | n. | Any place of retreat and security. |
| Asylum | n. | An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with ASYLUM (5)
But it will be owing only to your labors, and the fearless efforts of those who, trampling the laws and Constitution of the country under their feet, are determined that they will “hide the outcast,” and that their hearths shall be, spite of the law, an asylum for the oppressed, if, some time or other, the humblest may stand in our streets, and bear witness in safety against the cruelties of which he has been the victim.
You know there has been talk.” “Talk about what, Ivar?” “About sending me away; to the asylum.” Alexandra put down her sewing-basket.
For some time after they had departed I watched the vessel’s lights, which vanished finally due north.” “Where north could Matai Shang find an asylum?” asked Thuvan Dihn of Kulan Tith.
When this madness is in a mild form it is harmless and the man passes for sane; but when it develops powerfully and takes possession of the man, it can make him cheat, rob, and kill; and when he has got his fortune and lost it again it can land him in the asylum or the suicide’s coffin.
The thing is uncanny.” “I had hoped,” said Thuvia, “that we might find an asylum with these fair-skinned people.
Quotes with ASYLUM (3)
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.
There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false.
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum. ~Graycie Harmon
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Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 70 times in crossword archives (1944–2024).