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  • And so, I wanna tug on your coatsleeve for a minute.

    Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased the rev. paperboy 2009

  • And so, I wanna tug on your coatsleeve for a minute.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Dave 2009

  • On a normal day I have to chase Tadpole round and round the apartment – her in floods of giggles, me growing quietly frantic about my lateness for work – before I can get so much as a wriggly little arm into a coatsleeve.

    winter wonderland 2005

  • Byar hurried up carrying a small leather sack and carefully parted the slashes in Galad's coatsleeve.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • A rawboned, unshaven fellow with a haggard glare on his dark face tried to rush past her, but she caught his rough coatsleeve.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • On a normal day I have to chase Tadpole round and round the apartment – her in floods of giggles, me growing quietly frantic about my lateness for work – before I can get so much as a wriggly little arm into a coatsleeve.

    stand and deliver 2005

  • Henry Menton took off his hat, bulged out the dinge and smoothed the nap with care on his coatsleeve.

    Ulysses 2003

  • Strips of grimy coatsleeve and pieces of shirtsleeve dangled as Rand reached to pick up the Laurel Crown.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • At the edge of the plaza in front of the Royal Palace, she drew Wildrose's rein and blotted her face carefully with a lace-edged handkerchief that she tucked back up her coatsleeve.

    Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

  • One moment Nynaeve's hand rested on a white coatsleeve, the next on empty air.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

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