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I had stooped and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclama - tion in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel looking down at me.
Sole Music 2010
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He had been so fixated on his conversation that he must not have noticed that the threatening storm had become actuality, for suddenly, Isabelle's warning was punctuated, as with an exclama-tion point, by a bolt of lightning striking an ancient oak immediately outside the library windows, with a simultaneously deafening crash of thunder.
The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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The woman stirred with a bitten-off exclama - tion, a gasp of breath.
Witch World Norton, Andre 1963
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I had stooped and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclama - tion in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel looking down at me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1950
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I had stooped and was scraping at this to see exactly what it was when I heard a muttered exclama - tion in German and saw the cadaverous face of the colonel looking down at me.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1950
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Presently Moxon, whose play it was, raised his hand high above the board, pounced upon one of his pieces like a sparrow-hawk and with the exclama - tion 'check-mate!' rose quickly to his feet and stepped behind his chair.
Can Such Things Be Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1909
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So en - grossed was he with his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping up a running fire of exclama - tions, groans, whistles, and little cries suggestive of encourage - ment and of hope.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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So en - grossed was he with his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping up a running fire of exclama - tions, groans, whistles, and little cries suggestive of encourage - ment and of hope.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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Cui exclama - tioui Chorus apte subiuogit prolixiorem aerumna -
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As my father approached the room his own name, accompanied with exclama - tions of — • 'Dear me, surely not! bless my life!
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