half-sob

• “It is for thee to say he shall not go from me," she answered softly, a half-sob in her throat.”

  IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH

• “She caught her breath in a half-sob, then tightened her lips as she rose.”

  Jack London's Short Story - Planchette

• “I am frightened," Saxon quavered huskily, with a half-sob of nervousness.”

  CHAPTER III

• “The events of the last several days filled her head, and a half-sob escaped her.”

  Simon & Schuster: Priceless

• “She moved once, making a small sound like a baby's half-sob and was still.”

  Renegade's Magic

• “Sophie made a sound that was half-laugh, half-sob.”

  Simon & Schuster: Not So Innocent

• “As if anyone would anyway, Quark thought with a self-pitying half-sob.”

  Simon & Schuster: MILLENNIUM

• “Jacquie darling!" she exclaimed, a hand muffling her half-sob as she stepped back to look at her.”

  The Master Fiddler

• “She placed both hands on the arms of her chair to raise herself; walked feebly to the hearth where a moment before Aileen had stood, and raising her eyes to the smiling ones looking down into hers, confessed her woman's weakness in bitter words that mingled with a half-sob:”

  Flamsted quarries

• “And the woman, with a half-sob, yielded herself to the strong, young arms, nor wasted a thought upon that crushed and broken talent now lying between them, dead, upon the paint-stained floor.”

  The Genius

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