Montagu pleaded for an hour, expending upon this lad of fourteen all those powers of persuasion and eloquence which enabled him to excel as a popular preacher.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
The long line of milk-white combers, after expending their force upon the shore, rushed swiftly back, drawn by a mysterious undertow towards the deep waters.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
What little unity there is in this poet's world, is the composition of a purely sensuous experience, "The earth expending right hand and left hand, The picture alive, every part in its best light, The music falling in where it is wanted, and stopping where it is not wanted."
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry