There never was an orchestra seat in a theater that would contain all of him at the same time-he churns up and sloshes out over the sides.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb
The Mariposa Belle churns the waters of the Wissanotti into foam as she sails out from the wharf, in a cloud of flags, the band playing and the daughters and sisters of the Knights of Pythias dancing gaily on the deck.
"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town"
Stephen Leacock
For years back many of the people had been convinced that an occasional witch had appeared among them, getting into the churns and preventing the butter from coming, breaking the legs of sheep in jumping over the fence, causing their horses to become suddenly mysteriously sick, and making themselves obnoxious in various ways.
"Stories of New Jersey"
Frank Richard Stockton