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Gaina: Thanks for the hug, I am sure purple withery arms are somewhere in revelations - that is the "Catch all" book for bad and ick things, this purple withery arm wasn't given to me by a woman riding on a beast with 10 horns Why has no one done a Fruedian analysis of the Bible?
Beth having a bad day: medically and mentally Elizabeth McClung 2008
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The wonderful soaring female vocals contrast nicely with the male ones which approach a moody, withery Interpol-ness.
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Her voice had a quavering falsetto break in it and her laugh, when there was occasion, was dry and withery and short-lived like a piece of thistle-down.
Stubble George Looms 1906
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When he cries he looks like one of the dried leaves he used to make loincloths, all curled up and withery and covered in the delicate moisture of morning dew.
Gawker Brian Moylan 2010
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