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THE RESCUE, 1964 Teams of commandos fanned out over Stanleyville.
Mr. Rove, you make these claims purely as conjecture without any facts, fanned by the emotions of your partisanship.
We sat opposite the Christmas tree, fourteen or so kids fanned around us.
Conservatives fanned out to claim that the bill was a big nothingburger.
Some founded a synagogue in Recife, Brazil (now in ruins), then fanned out throughout the Caribbean.
And the countess-dowager fanned herself complacently, and neither she nor Maude cared for the absence of a groomsman.
Gradually, however, the spark grew to a burning mass, which created the draught of air that fanned it.
A light breeze fanned his face, and all around him he could see mountain peaks pushing upward into the clear blue sky.
No sooner had I felt within, the heatOf love's first flame, than with it flew awayThe gentle breeze, that fanned it into life.
With difficulty his almost imperceptible spark of life had been screened and fanned into a dim and flickering flame.
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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fanned, such as: blasted, fluttered, puffed, wafted, whirled, and whisked.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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