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Sue

noun
1.
French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).  Synonym: Eugene Sue.
verb
(past & past part. sued; pres. part. suing)
1.
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.  Synonyms: action, litigate, process.  "She actioned the company for discrimination"



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"Sue" Quotes from Famous Books



... If my husband had to have another man to do his fighting for him, I would soon get so disgusted that I would sue for ...
— Fred Fearnot's New Ranch - and How He and Terry Managed It • Hal Standish

... other consul conducted his operations against the Satricans; who, though Roman citizens, had, after the misfortune at Caudium, revolted to the Samnites, and received a garrison into their city. The Satricans, however, when the Roman army approached their walls, sent deputies to sue for peace, with humble entreaties; to whom the consul answered harshly, that "they must not come again to him, unless they either put to death, or delivered up, the Samnite garrison:" by which terms greater terror was struck into the colonists than by the arms ...
— The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six • Titus Livius

... a-piece, breakfast at hotel on third mornin' out and bus from train included! Most of them is wisenheimers from Succotash Crossin', Mo.; and they're out to see that they don't get cheated. They're gonna see everything like it says on the ticket, and some of 'em is ready to sue Snooks because they got somethin' in their eye from lookin' out the train window and missed eight telegraph poles and a water tank on account of it. The rest of them sits around knockin' everything on general principles and claimin' the thing is a ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer

... a note for him last night,' said Clara. 'He'll probably sue me for breach of contract. He won't miss a chance ...
— Mummery - A Tale of Three Idealists • Gilbert Cannan

... love him—or I think I do; Sure one MUST love what is so sweet. He is all tender and all true, All eloquent to plead and sue, All strength—though ...
— Verses • Susan Coolidge


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