boom-and-bust

Definitions

Examples

• As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

• As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

• Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.

• Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

• Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.

• She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

• The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.

• No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

• Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.

• There was a distant, dull boom in the air—a repeated heavy thud.