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- verb Present participle of
diaphragm .
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Examples
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Bitty Tuck, who fainted while diaphragming herself — whose wondrous breasts and modern ways would, one day, seem not nearly as unique as they seemed to me in 1956 — survived her encounter with Sorrow; in fact, I heard (not long ago) that she is still unmarried, and still a party girl.
The Hotel New Hampshire Irving, John, 1942- 1981
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I suppose she resented, most of all, the ungainly position I'd discovered her in — 'Fainted while diaphragming herself!' as Franny would later characterize the scene.
The Hotel New Hampshire Irving, John, 1942- 1981
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