Sexton in example sentence
'About an old sexton, that the good people down here suppose to have been carried away by goblins.''Suppose!' ejaculated the old lady.
More example sentences with word sexton
'The goblin leered maliciously at the terrified sexton, and then raising his voice, exclaimed--'"And who, then, is our fair and lawful prize?"'To this inquiry the invisible chorus replied, in a strain that sounded like the voices of many choristers singing to the mighty swell of the old church organ--a strain that seemed borne to the sexton's ears upon a wild wind, and to die away as it passed onward; but the burden of the reply was still the same,"Gabriel Grub!Gabriel Grub!"'The goblin grinned a broader grin than before, as he said,"Well, Gabriel, what do you say to this?"'The sexton gasped for breath. All example sentences