| 1. | and many more of the same bevy that I know the drossy age dote. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | _Davy Stephens, ringletted, passes with a bevy of barefoot newsboys.. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 3. | Mat Dillon and his bevy of daughters Tiny, Atty, Floey, Maimy, Louy, Hetty. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 4. | Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses, with their luxurious display of red and white but the ample charms of a genuine Dutch country tea-table, in the sumptuous time of autumn. - from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving |
| 5. | "Kill-e," cried Queequeg, twisting his tattooed face into an unearthly expression of disdain, "ah him bevy small-e fish-e Queequeg no kill-e so small-e fish-e Queequeg kill-e big whale. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 6. | Down the hill I saw a bevy of hussars ride under the railway bridge three galloped through the open gates of the Oriental College two others dismounted, and began running from house to house. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 7. | I scolded the stupid fellows well for listening to that tale, which I would not carry to my master resolving to take a whole bevy up to the Heights, at day-light, and storm it literally, unless the prisoner were quietly surrendered to us. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 8. | A bevy of scampering newsboys rushed down the steps, scattering in all directions, yelling, their white papers fluttering. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |