For instance, where an English theatrical manager would say, "We must get this play well talked about and Paragraphed in advance," an American manager puts the whole thing much more briefly and forcibly in the phrase, "We don't want this piece to come in on rubbers."
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
I know you women always hold together, but you must see that it's not-well, not exactly pleasant for me to be Paragraphed in every rag as the selfish author-husband, whether I was meant or not.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
The papers had not merely Paragraphed Peter, and the peculiar position of the "district" in the convention, but they had begun now asking questions as to how the ward would behave.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford