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A cry escaped Mildred, who threw herself on Mrs. Dutton's neck, entwining it with her arms, convulsively, as if refusing to permit the tie that had so long bound them together, to be thus rudely torn asunder.— The Two Admirals
She clinched her hands convulsively, her teeth shut together with a dull, grating sound, the unsteady form swayed to and fro, like a lithe tree shaken in the wind of a coming tempest, and the bloated face, dark with wrath, was terrible to look upon.— Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
He squirmed convulsively, and half sobbed his inability to realize the true nature of anything that had happened either to himself or to any other person Very well," said the detective, "if you are so thoroughly knocked out I'll see that you are kept quiet for the rest of the evening He turned to the clerk Kindly arrange that two trustworthy men shall undress this ill-used gentleman.— One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York
Rhythms battle, convulsively, almost.— Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
Again the great fist gripped convulsively, and the big muscles that had once pitched the Mountain Giant over a rail fence worked--rolled beneath their covering What else kin I do for you at the request of yo' Master?"— The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
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