...the definably rectilinear patterns which give Geometric pottery its name...

When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.

“How's it going?” the cop inquired. “Just marv,” said Oedipa. “I'll let you know if it's hopeless.”

These fossils are from the Jurassic period.