"There were falling timbers, crashing arms, and whirring of missiles in every direction; the bursting of the dreadful shell, the groans of the wounded, the shouts of the officers, mingled in one horrid din that beggars description".
In Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage," before going into battle, Henry Fleming felt that "he was about to mingle in one of those great affairs of the earth".
Sometimes, as in the case of pumpkin goat-cheese crostini glazed with miso or charcoal-dusted lobster rolls with green curry and Thai basil, multiple cultures mingle in one bite.
Most often, patients who are new immigrants mingle in two medical worlds, the city's vast array of hospitals and clinics, and a second sphere, where folk remedies are obtained.
Best not to mingle in groups.
For a few minutes, six Republican candidates and four Democrats mingled in front of the cameras, shaking hands, embracing and talking as the audience applauded.
Most of the time, the two groups mingled in sequences filled with choreographic juxtapositions and shifting patterns.
THE CROWD On a recent Friday around midnight, Billie Holliday played overhead as a jovial, racially mixed crowd of 20- and 30-something careerists mingled in chunky glasses, plaid shirts and fluttery summer dresses.
Warren has become an icon to certain progressives, and the party's host committee included Julie Pacino, Al's daughter, and Mark Ruffalo, who was in London filming a movie but sent a video: "Just think of the carbon that we're saving by me not being there!" A hundred and fifty people mingled in Pacino's loft, listening to speeches from Warren supporters.
Swirling lights, flashing mirrors and layered sounds from four ensembles (three of them on the stage) mingled in an opium-dream vision of allure and sin.
