Harrigan Blood admitted the patness of the guess with a wave of his hand, leaning heavily on the table with his elbows.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson
The eloquent statement you have just made, for instance-it carries all the patness of old conviction.
"The Pool in the Desert"
Sara Jeanette Duncan
You will sense here the sort of patness which I feel cheapens the catastrophe; and yet, as I consider it, again, the fact is not without its curious importance, and its bearing upon what went before.
"Questionable Shapes"
William Dean Howells