Half an hour later the three cronies parted for the night.
They'd--" He was about to explain more of the characteristics of the bully and his cronies when a fresh interruption occurred.
For Sam, while bold enough when his two hulking cronies were about, had no real backbone of his own.
As the cheers broke loose once more, Jack Curtiss and his cronies slunk off through the crowd, and having placed the rejected model in the buggy, drove off into the country in no very amiable or enviable frame of mind.
Silently as two cats the cronies made their way down the tree-bordered thoroughfare known as Bailey's Lane and after a few minutes gained the beach.
That Jack Curtiss and his two cronies had made a rendezvous of the island was news to the boys, and not agreeable news, either.
As only eight fellows could be given places on the regular crew in the shell, and Buck's five cronies were all eager to be ranked as members, they electioneered for him most industriously.
Jumping up, he rallied his five cronies around him.
I met him and some of hiscronies when I was coming over here, and they had their skates.
Chip subsided quickly, assumed an air of easy indifference, and began to talk with those of his cronies nearest to him as if nothing had happened.
We must be going to our model apartment up the road, and let these oldcronies get to bed.
He and hiscronies had time enough, unless Peg changed his mind.
All his life his acquaintances had truckled to him on account of the great wealth of his father, and the liberal way he himself, as a boy, rewarded those who were allowed the privilege of being his cronies or mates.
The major soon found a few veteran cronies at whist, but to others was more unapproachable than a major-general of the old school.
It was the day after they had taken Noddy and his cronies off, and they were seeking for traces of the person who, according to the bully, had been in the hut before they arrived.
Beyond securing a few articles of clothing and personal effects, Noddy and his cronies had brought away nothing from the airship.
But Jerry counted on Noddy and hiscronies not knowing enough to do the right thing at the right time.
Jerry was in the motor room, working the connections to the dangling wires by means of which it was hoped to electrocute the serpents that had made prisoners of Noddy and his cronies in the hut on Snake Island.
He said he and his cronies had managed to reach the canyon, and, in spite of the advice of guides, they decided to try to float down the river in a boat.
He tries to kill time in the day looking forward to the meeting of his cronies in the evening.
The cronies are busy in the day time and they have engagements and pleasures in the evening, so that our retired friend seems to be in the way.
Herring will keep still," said Dick to a few of his chief cronies who were in the secret.
Herring avoided Jack after the stirring scene in the barn but neglected no opportunity to speak ill or slightingly of the boy to his cronies and to Jack's friends when he dared.
We'll see if that new berry picking chap can get the best of us, Ern," he said to Merritt when he was alone with a few of his cronies after Harry Dickson's declaration that Jack was good enough for any of them to associate with.
As they passed the school buildings they saw Peter Herring and some of his cronies standing together, Herring saying quite audibly: "There's Percival and his chauffeur.
Up he went to the floor where Dock Snaith and his cronies had their rooms.
He and his cronies again picked Williams up, and were advancing with him toward the lake.
They did not have to go much closer to overhear what was being said by Snaith and his cronies on one side, and Will on the other.
When he escaped the Alhambra, it was to join his croniesin a convenient saloon where pinocle, beer, and choice Teutonic gossip relieved the monotony of his existence.
Pass over those ropes," directed Shalleg to his cronies in the cab, which lurched and swayed over the rough stones.
Then the two cronies turned and started out of the hotel lobby.
His cronies were not caught, but as they were only tools for Shalleg no one cared very much whether or not they were punished.
That's only one of his jokes," he added, for he noticed that some of his cronies appeared somewhat nervous.
He had so many other cronies that he frequently remarked that he had never spent a pleasanter summer.
To get on this trail Morton and his cronies would have to breast a slope, and then swing over to the left.
And he remembered the many evenings he and his brothers and their cronies had wagged their heads over their wine and walnuts and that fellow in his salad days.
Whether Polteed had spotted him he could not tell; but he had a mental vision of him in the midst of hiscronies dissolved in inextinguishable laughter.
He indulged less and less in the convivial meetings and excursions that hitherto had given him relaxation and enjoyment, and if his cronies inquired as to the reasons for his neglect of them he failed to answer with his usual geniality.
In Jonesboro he had often told his cronies that Chucky Jack was allowed to have his own way because of his prowess as a rifleman, and that in a man-to-man contest he would soon lose his fighting reputation.
And he paused to dart a lightning glance at Polcher and his cronies pressed about the tavern door.
Of course there was Old Thatch’s death to be investigated, but aside from his taverncronies there were few to lament his passing.
Of course Ham Spink and his cronies were very envious of the young hunters' luck, and they tried to circulate a story that Snap and his friends had bought the dead bear from some old hunter, but nobody would listen to the yarn.
They looked for Ham Spink and his cronies but the camping spot was deserted.
Well, this is the worst yet," growled Ike Akley, when he and his cronieswere left alone.
At the Green Room Club Mr. Marrier informed reliable cronies that he was Edward Henry's "confidential adviser.
Glutts and his cronies did a good deal of grumbling, but there the matter, for the time being, ended.
And with this remark he turned his back on the crowd, and soon he and his cronies were making their way up along the lake shore, dragging the Yellow Streak behind them.
The bully and his cronies were good feeders, and had brought a considerable quantity of food for their lunch.
Bill Glutts and his cronies had gone ahead, as already stated.
Then the bully closed the door and he and his cronies prepared to enjoy the things which had been brought to them.
Werner and his cronies had passed into the woods, and now were making their way down a hillside into a hollow where they had built a fair-sized campfire.
But as it was, the bully and his cronies passed down a back corridor to the nearest bathroom, where they proceeded to wash out their mouths and get a long drink.
I'll tell you one reason why it's important that we should find out just who the cronies of this Ally Sloper are," continued Ned.
Sunday as it was, Capt'n Davy's cronies came as usual at nightfall.
But the manner of the cronies changed toward him nevertheless.
On returning from Laxey he found Captain Davey occupied with Willie Quarrie in preparations for a farewell supper to be given that night to the cronieswho had helped him to spend his fortune.
Then, for fear he might get some of his cronies and renew the fight, Jimmy advised that they leave, which they did, soon arriving at the lodging-house.
Then the two cronies whispered together for come time.
So the two cronies were looking for a chance to get "even," as they called it.
Most of his cronies were rampant atheists, disgusted with the commercialism of the believers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cronies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
