A bag of three apples could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Or, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.

On a morning that he called “glad and birdsome,” Martin further excused me with, “More could have been done with more willingness, but I see the ties.”

What about just a context of events, like "A___ is rich and has just fallen off zir horse. B____ is poor and is still mounted on zirs.

to smooth a person's temper