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Examples
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"And your church is right, " Christopher said emolliently.
Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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"Have some brandy, Sharpe, " Lawford said emolliently, pouring it from a decanter and pushing the glass across the trestle table.
Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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"I think you'll find them practical, sir, " Stokes said emolliently.
Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999
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He is tired with doing nothing, and sinks into the emolliently-cushioned fauteuil.
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"All is proceeding as planned," said the Elderly Sage emolliently, puffs of smoke from his long clay pipe forming ethereal strands over the river as the motion of the boat carried them.
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For years, commerce has opted for neutrality, advertising to all possible customers with the emolliently generic
JSOnline.com 2009
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“I mean, you’re always so original,” she continues emolliently.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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Amid the rising buzz he lowers his voice and adds emolliently, “Only an inquiry, of course, only an inquiry—I expect I’m quite wrong.”
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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“I mean, you’re always so original,” she continues emolliently.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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Amid the rising buzz he lowers his voice and adds emolliently, “Only an inquiry, of course, only an inquiry—I expect I’m quite wrong.”
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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