Hard Sentence Examples

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  • I can see why Alex fell so hard for you.

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  • It was hard to tell.

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  • Don't be too hard on Howard.

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  • It was hard to say.

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  • Even the ambulance siren was hard to hear.

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  • I am working very hard just now.

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  • Why didn't you tell me Dulce was giving you a hard time?

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  • Let's just say I learned the hard way that I can take care of myself.

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  • It was hard to explain how her beauty was different than so many others, but it was.

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  • This has been hard for you, as well.

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  • It's hard to explain.

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  • My real name is too hard for you to say.

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  • I find it hard to realize that Christmas is almost here, in spite of the fact that Helen talks about nothing else.

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  • Ugh, how hard it is!

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  • What's better than a little beef after a hard day's hike.

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  • I pondered the meaning long and hard.

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  • She was having a hard time of it, but she was breathing.

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  • It was hard to believe he didn't know.

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  • I learned the hard way.

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  • His gaze was hard, and she felt him flex his power again.

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  • Rhyn set the cup down and sat back, gazing at her hard.

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  • Any time you can move data storage from brains to hard drives, you get vast improvements in efficiency.

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  • But I try hard not to be discouraged.

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  • Then the fairies thanked him for his forgiveness, and promised to work very hard to please him; and the good-natured king took them all up in his arms, and carried them safely home to his palace.

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  • He was sent for trial and condemned to hard labor, I believe.

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  • Other sessions were tried earlier but when Howie couldn't sleep, Quinn accused him of not working hard enough Martha said.

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  • Her chin trembled as guilt flowed over her and she swallowed hard, nodding.

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  • If you listen really hard to what his body tells you, you can save him.

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  • She hung, helpless and exhausted, stuck in the in-between place until the pain of her head hitting something hard jarred her into consciousness.

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  • The lackey tossed her onto a hard couch in the rear of the house opposite a closed patio door.

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  • But he stopped, a twinge of something akin to regret filtering through the hard layers protecting his emotions.

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  • It was raining very hard and he had a very large umbrella to keep off the rain-drops.

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  • She couldn't run, couldn't move and she tried hard to convince herself to pass out as the garage door was wrenched open.

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  • After all, that spark was why he fought so hard, so humans didn't turn into someone like him.

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  • She loved his scent, the feel of his hard, warm body against hers.

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  • You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.

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  • Dusty stared hard at the wall.

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  • It was hard with the scenes she showed him flickering in front of him.

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  • His response was a strike hard enough to jar her to the bone when she blocked it.

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  • I think you've been working too hard lately.

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  • When the conversation was over, Betsy hugged me, long and hard.

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  • When these guys want something, they work real hard to get it and they have lots of toys at their disposal.

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  • She turned abruptly and pulling my head with one hand, kissed me hard on the mouth while her other hand groped between my legs!

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  • She nodded, trying hard to recover from the latest surprise.

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  • It's been hard for him this past year.

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  • He turned around and hugged her hard.

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  • Both breathed hard, and she noticed a red slash across Darian's face.

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  • She'd never seen anyone cry as hard as he did.

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  • I didn't know how hard it was.

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  • He was breathing hard.

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  • Sofi watched him go and swallowed hard.

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  • It's really hard to deal with all the bad stuff sometimes.

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  • Of all the coddling he'd accused Sofi and Bianca of doing, he'd been working hard to protect Darian from anything that might force him to grow into his powers.

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  • Her healing magic zapped him hard enough almost to right his head.

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  • He strode by her and slapped her on the back of the head, hard.

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  • Talon shoved her back into the valley with a snarled threat under his breath, and she hurried out of the trough again, breathing hard by the time she'd clambered twenty feet to the top.

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  • His light was off, a sign he'd been sleeping too hard to notice someone come in.

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  • She concentrated as hard as she could, listening for his body to speak to her.

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  • Talon went down hard.

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  • Darian staggered, dropped her, and landed hard on his backside.

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  • She flung herself into his arms, gratified when he squeezed her hard.

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  • While it was hard to tell his height when he was seated, he looked to be Sean's size, well over six feet tall.

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  • He wasn't sure what he expected—maybe a cold, hard Medusa—but the young woman Sean indicated was nothing like that.

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  • Pacing in her room, she tried hard not to think of what her father was capable of doing to someone he thought was a threat to her.

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  • Her father was hard to read and often unapproachable, but he cared for her in his own special way.

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  • He landed on the hard ground with a curse and darted to his feet, chasing her down again.

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  • Jule was knocked off his feet by a hard blow but got back up, beckoning to the other creature with a look of confidence out of place for his bloodied face.

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  • She chewed on her lip, thinking hard.

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  • I find that hard to believe.

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  • Yully swallowed hard and steadied herself.

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  • Push hard, and shoot me up, he instructed, though his voice was ragged.

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  • She did as he said and pressed hard on the arrow wound until the bleeding slowed.

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  • Jule tried hard to follow the conversation.

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  • He just has a hard time controlling his temper, and I don't pay him enough respect.

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  • I know this is hard on you, but you'll soon see where you belong in this mess.

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  • The kid was hard to read, and she guessed his anger had more to do with his struggle to understand his new role than the vamps who clearly had no respect for him.

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  • Yully's eyes closed, and she focused hard on feeling something other than Jule, whose presence still lingered in her body.

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  • She didn't know what Xander was, but he'd said one thing that struck her hard.

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  • But it didn't, did it, he said slowly, thinking hard.

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  • Realization of exactly what he'd asked for made Jule breathe out hard.

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  • She landed hard on a cold floor.

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  • If so, what would hard water do to a person?

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  • He'd not had to work too hard for confessions in the past thousand years, not after word of his cold, methodological skills leaked to the Guardians.

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  • Cynthia crossed over to her husband, took his face in her hands and kissed him, hard on the lips.

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  • Why was it so hard for her?

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  • She landed hard on her back.

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  • She concentrated hard, her eyes on the plate across the parlor.

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  • She shoved him away, landing hard on her backside while he careened into the bathroom wall.

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  • He smiled faintly, knowing how hard it was to rile up his trusted Guardian.

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  • His chiseled features were unreadable and hard.

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  • Damian met his gaze, and they sat in the kitchen, bloodied and breathing hard as they recovered.

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  • She swallowed hard and nodded, struggling to control the strange sense of desire bubbling uncontrolled within her.

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  • She shoved against him as hard as she could, knowing when he released her it was because he wanted to.

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  • She approached and knelt a safe distance from him, trying hard to see into the darkness of the corner.

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  • There was a time when he didn't care who he slept with, when he was hard at the sight of any woman who would take him to bed.

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  • And I learned the hard way.

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  • She swallowed hard, uncomfortable with playing the role of judge and jury.

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  • You know how hard it was for her to tell you that? his closest friend snapped.

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  • Sofia felt Rainy's hard gaze but avoided his heated look.

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  • Shadows crawled over the world around her, and the tension in the air made it hard to breathe.

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  • He spent the night deep in thought, forcing himself to face the dark memories he'd tried so hard to bury.

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  • He's the best in my sphere of command, though Han's shoes are hard to fill.

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  • The sense of danger jarred her, and she sat up straight, heart pounding hard.

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  • Her heart beat so hard, she could barely make out his response.

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  • She hung up the phone, gripped the steering wheel hard and drove.

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  • Sofia swallowed hard at the sight of so many vamps milling around.

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  • Two had never heard kiri cry so hard.

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  • Dustin braked hard and swung his leg over the handlebars.

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  • Jule embraced her, hugging her hard.

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  • He closed his eyes, his jaw clenched hard enough for the muscles to tick.

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  • She shivered, not wanting to imagine what Darkyn was capable of or how hard it might be to outmaneuver him to leave Hell.

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  • She was trying hard to keep her fear away so she could figure out this new world.

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  • She swallowed hard, willing herself to remember that she was meant for Gabriel, even if it was Darkyn's name on her back.

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  • She was fighting a fever, one that made it hard for her to focus.

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  • Mesmerized by the sensations, her confusion and his direct gaze, she had to concentrate hard to register what he said.

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  • Deidre found herself leaning into his solid frame without resistance, entranced by the combination of his hot, hard body and cool fire on her swimming senses.

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  • He whispered words she wasn't able to make out then bit her again, this time hard enough for the pain to piece her dreamlike stage.

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  • He rested on top of her, breathing hard, as he pressed her into the bed.

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  • If his touch was hard to resist last night, it was crippling today.

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  • She wrenched free of his hold and pushed him hard enough to slide out from between him and the wall.

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  • She was trying hard not to run.

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  • He was too hard and cold to offer much in that way, but he spoke the truth softly and then kissed her hungrily.

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  • She swallowed hard and nodded.

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  • Deidre's heart beat hard.

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  • The dealer slapped her hard enough to daze her.

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  • It was hard enough for her to stand before him, knowing they could've been together.

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  • Darkyn kissed her, hot, hard and demanding.

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  • He was thinking hard about it.

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  • His warmth was comforting, his hard body her home.

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  • The pain melted into hot pleasure once again, and she closed her eyes as he fed long and hard.

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  • She searched his hard face, unable to read him.

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  • It was hard to imagine something that fed off depravity wanted peace.

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  • She whirled and slapped him hard.

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  • Deidre pulled his head to hers and kissed him long and hard.

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  • When he was finished, he pulled her into his body and bit her hard.

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  • Deidre swallowed hard and nodded, reining in her panic.

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  • According to the brief phone call, the ten-year-old girl's natural mother, another loser like faux foster mother Janet, had been recently discharged to a halfway house after doing hard time in the state's Cañon City facility.

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  • I tried really hard.

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  • It's hard to say there's no connection with the bones until we're sure there is a third Dawkins, who he or she is, and what the suit is all about.

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  • Probably because I never tried very hard to be otherwise.

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  • The sound echos out here so it's hard to tell.

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  • There's so many, it's hard to say!

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  • Much as we believe he's culpable, we don't have any hard evidence.

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  • It's hard to tell.

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  • It's hard to judge a guy by teenage love letters.

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  • You call this hard time?

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  • If something even more untoward than what the scene implied had actually occurred last evening, Dean would find himself squeezed between the proverbial rock and a hard place.

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  • He just slugged me again, really hard, in the belly.

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  • If that were the case, why did someone try so hard to cover up his identity?

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  • He was happy to sit on the sidelines and wait for those hard lessons to start.

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  • Pleased with herself, she began to think being human wasn't going to be so hard.

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  • Lying was hard as a mortal.

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  • He crossed his arms, dark gaze hard, towering in the bedroom that suddenly felt too small for her.

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  • Deidre swallowed hard, wanting to chase after him but unsettled by his anger and the changes in him.

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  • It was hard for him to remain detached around the beautiful woman with silver-white hair.

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  • She was trying hard to control her expression and the flush moving up her features.

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  • Unable to sleep, Deidre paced, trying hard to shake the sensations clouding her head.

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  • I need you to concentrate hard.

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  • She drew a deep breath and thought hard.

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  • It's a hard line for me to walk.

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  • Deidre swallowed hard, images from her nightmares returning.

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  • It can't be that hard.

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  • At other times, it didn't, because her own emotions were too hard for her to control.

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  • He tried hard not to think about his soul being kicked around in the underworld.

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  • As hard as it was to believe, she looked great.

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  • The words were hard for him to hear.

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  • Deidre thought hard about how to respond.

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  • Darkyn's mate was looking at her hard.

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  • She nodded and started breathing hard and fast, panicking.

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  • It was going to be hard, maybe even harder than finding his soul in the underworld, but the opportunity was theirs for the taking.

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  • Something about the woman looked familiar, but it was hard to identify her from behind.

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  • It was hard to tell if the visitor was unwelcome, as he always maintained a professional tone when talking to customers or strangers.

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  • It was hard to believe Josh left Lori out of his will completely.

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  • It can't be all that hard.

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  • In spite of her extra pounds and gray hair, it was hard to believe Mums was in her late 60's.

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  • Her mouth was so dry it was hard to speak, but she managed.

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  • She put the heel of her hand on the place where blood was coming out and used her other hand to press down hard.

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  • Watching her, it was hard to tell how much was theatrics and how much was real.

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  • It was hard to believe Lori would be behind this latest attack.

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  • It was still hard to believe that Alex wouldn't mention a father.

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  • It was hard to say whether she would visit Alex, or whether he would even know who she was.

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  • Maybe her "hard to get" act wasn't working, so she was trying something a little more direct.

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  • It was hard to believe he didn't understand the source of her distress, and yet he acted as though he was baffled.

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  • In the dim light it was hard to tell what his expression was.

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  • Every since he came home from the hospital he slept fitfully and was hard to wake.

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  • I tasted blood and it was hard to breath.

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  • Maybe because I was trying so hard and consciously trying to make it happen.

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  • Reaching her hand into the next nest box, a hen pecked it hard.

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  • Whether it was the personality or the fact that she was entering another stage was hard to tell.

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  • She swallowed hard and gazed at the charts on the wall.

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  • It was hard to imagine she had a tumor in her brain the half the size of her fist.

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  • He looked at her hard.

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  • It'd be hard to spot the shape-shifter demon posing as Logan with his face shredded.

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  • Hard to get a soul that way.

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  • Gabe threw his head back, breathing hard and sweating.

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  • He pulled off his sweater then dropped back onto the sparring mat, focusing hard on calming himself down.

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  • She'd laughed hard when he murmured to her about famous last words.

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  • A status check on their relationship, the one he hadn't told her he couldn't have, because he was trapped into mating with a formerly sadistic psychopath-turned-human he was trying hard not to kill.

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  • She snatched her purse and fled out the front door, running as hard as she could down the driveway.

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  • Unable to process what was before her, Deidre closed the door and swallowed hard.

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  • She shook too hard to pull her phone free from her pocket and call for help.

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  • They hit the ground hard.

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  • She shook too hard to resist.

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  • Falling thirty stories onto the hard sand of the Sanctuary did nothing to help.

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  • That's all that concerns me, he replied in a hard tone.

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  • It's hard to sleep in a forest that's not …alive.

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  • You know how hard it is to track down everyone one-by-one to relay orders?

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  • Pensive, he swallowed hard and finally admitted that he didn't want her to be his by obligation, the way he'd been enslaved to past-Deidre.

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  • The sense of being overwhelmed made Deidre grip the coffee mug hard.

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  • She swallowed hard at the question, panic fluttering through her.

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  • She tried hard to convince herself that she was misreading Wynn.

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  • She swallowed hard and looked into his dark eyes again.

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  • Terrified she'd find him in the tub, nothing more than a pile of bones, she pushed herself away from the wall and focused hard on calling a portal.

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  • A hard slap accompanied her words.

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  • She swallowed hard, not wanting to break down in front of them.

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  • No wonder Gabe hated her one day and tried hard to tolerate her the next.

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  • Focusing hard on Wynn, she willed the portal to appear.

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  • Deidre saw Katie swallow hard before she nodded.

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  • You'll find it hard to kill yourself when I'm the one who determines who lives and dies.

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  • After a week of knowing him, she already had to concentrate hard to resist leaning into him whenever he was around.

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  • It was hard to remind herself she'd done absolutely nothing to earn it in this life.

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  • Hard to keep track of what's going on.

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  • She was breathing hard; it was all she heard.

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  • Instead, she was working hard to convince herself she really did want to walk away.

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  • He stood and stepped back, breathing hard from his swim.

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  • She willed herself not to laugh at his joke, but it was hard.

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  • It was hard to ignore him when he was only a few feet away.

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  • Deidre looked at him hard for a moment then shook her head and gripped her wine, padding into the living area.

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  • His voice was hard.

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  • You didn't try as hard to cure me? she asked, perplexed.

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  • Her hands were shaking too hard for the wine.

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  • She was trying hard to push away the gathering emotions that told her Wynn was not the man she wanted, needed him to be.

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  • You drive a hard bargain, but I agree.

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  • Swallowing hard, Deidre followed.

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  • She thought hard about all she'd learned since arriving to Hell.

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  • Wired, emotional energy made it hard to concentrate as she listened.

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  • The restriction smacked him hard, as he'd been ready to drag Rhyn out of Hell as soon as Death was gone.

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  • Rhyn stared hard into Gabriel's dark corner and shook his head.

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  • She looked at him hard, unable to recall anything at all about the kid.

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  • Kris looked at him hard.

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  • Any other day, she'd have stared at his hard body and the way his jeans hugged his muscular thighs and the round globes of his backside, or the T-shirt that fit so well.

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  • His friend and lover searched his face hard, then rose and stalked out.

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  • She saw the white of his knuckles as he gripped her shoe hard and sensed she was pushing a wild animal.

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  • The door didn't even flinch as she beat her fists against it as hard as she could.

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  • A hood went over her head, and she was flung across someone's shoulder hard enough to make her ribs flare with pain.

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  • Though she tried hard not to fear death, she wondered what kind of creature was capable of breaking through bars made of materials she'd never before seen and held in place with some sort of magic.

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  • He gripped her wrist hard, lowering his head.

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  • Sasha was not a hard creature to understand.

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  • Rhyn smashed his cell hard enough for the walls to shudder.

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  • Surely she could punch him hard enough to knock him out.

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  • She waited for him to face her then punched him as hard as she could in the nose.

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  • She pulled hard on the rope, feeling some give, then tautness as the anchor lodged itself between unmovable objects.

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  • He pulled her away from the wall and backhanded her hard enough for her to feel nauseous.

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  • Swallowing hard, she tilted her head to one side in a display she hoped he took to be an apology.

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  • Fury at her situation rose hard and fast.

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  • His gaze lingered on her, as if he smelled her perfume and was trying hard to identify it.

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  • She rested fully against him, shaking too hard to stay on her feet.

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  • She rose, trying hard not to look or touch anything.

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  • It's hard to explain to an Outsider.

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  • It was hard to reconcile the man before her with the creature that tore apart bodies like meat in a blender.

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  • He gripped her arm hard and stepped in front of her, his size sending a tremor of unease through her.

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  • Might come off if you scrub hard enough.

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  • His erection pressed hard against her backside, and tears slid down her face.

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  • She willed herself there, concentrating hard to keep from losing the connection.

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  • She pushed herself up despite his grip, staring at him hard.

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  • The strange spell left her breathing hard and confused as to whether she'd had a heart attack or worse.

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  • He looked at her hard, then slung her over his shoulder in one smooth movement.

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  • A'Ran stared at her hard, surprised.

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  • She concentrated hard, intent on distracting herself as well as learning something new.

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  • She tried hard not to stare at the men.

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  • He looked at the younger woman hard, and Talal apologized quietly.

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  • She wished hard she could talk to Evelyn as she had in her dream last night and ask her what to do.

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  • Ne'Rin lingered, his hard gaze on Kiera.

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  • Kiera bowed her head as she'd seen the sisters do, trying hard not to look guilty like she'd overheard his conversation.

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  • A'Ran said nothing, though he clenched the arms of his chair hard enough for his knuckles to turn white.

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  • She blocked clumsily at first but ordered herself not to look weak in front of such a man and focused hard.

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  • She couldn't register his words and tried hard to focus.

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  • By the time she returned to the starting position, she was sweating and breathing hard.

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  • She looked at him hard.

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  • His opponent faltered, and A'Ran smashed him to the ground hard.

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  • Nishani was concentrating too hard to notice him when he entered.

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  • Kiera went, looking back once to see Mansr staring hard after her.

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  • His words struck A'Ran hard.

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  • A'Ran absorbed her words, which fell hard upon his ears.

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  • She definitely didn't expect the decision to be so hard.

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  • At the least, she could help him battle plan while she thought hard about what to do with her life.

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  • Caught between consciousness and darkness, she hung limply for a long time, until the man holding her flung her onto a hard floor.

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  • Swearing at him, she stared hard at the configuration panels.

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  • The strange sound continued for several minutes, and she trembled, trying hard not to think of what happened if she made it unscathed to the planet's surface.

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  • He looked hard at Mansr, who chuckled.

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  • It was packed with warriors facing a screen with A'Ran's calm, hard image displayed.

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  • His position didn't change even when they were alone, his gaze direct and hard.

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  • He appeared hard and strong as usual.

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  • She was getting used to the hard stares the warriors gave her, the only indication of their surprise at her candidness.

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  • She fell hard on her backside and saw her attacker's headless body land beside her.

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  • Kiera asked, trying hard to control the anger building within her.

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  • She sat across from Evelyn, who continued to give her the odd look, and clasped her hands together hard to keep them from shaking as they took off.

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  • Evelyn looked at her hard again but said nothing.

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  • It was hard to trust Jetr when he seemed so … squirrelly.

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  • Jetr stepped beside her, and Mison looked hard at her.

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  • Well, you gave me such a hard time when I didn't get you a Christmas card, until the day after, I figured I'd stock up.

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  • If I see a ghost and it gives me a hard time, I'll pull my gun and send it packing!

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  • You get into mixed rock and ice and there's often snow to clear away to get to a hard surface.

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  • Some of those ads are a chuckle but it's hard work.

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  • She must have fallen on hard times to have been forced into the life she ended up leading.

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  • He owed Fred a "gotcha" after the hard time he'd given the old man about his electronic sales adventures.

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  • All he knew now was his bare feet were cold, standing on the hard wood floor at the perimeter of the carpet in the death room.

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  • I might could buy the Annie Quincy look-alike scenario but to me, it's a hard sell to do something horrible like strangling yourself when you have a bottle of perfectly good sleeping pills a hand's reach away.

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  • Apparently mom, before assigned to hard time in Cañon City, had dragged the poor child over most of Colorado and the West.

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  • They had been in New England for a mere three months, but Sarah had fallen fast and hard for Connor.

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  • Claudia swallowed hard and whispered, "Oh yes."

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  • He truly lost himself in music and the hard mask of self-control gave way to softening features.

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  • You really work hard at pissing people off, don't you?

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  • Now pleasing people, that's hard.

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  • It hit him so hard, he guessed, because she had no cover-up scent on.

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  • I don't know about forever, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better view.

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  • There were exotic cheeses, a crusty baguette, hard salami and melon wrapped in prosciutto.

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  • Let me see if I can make sense of this for you… I have been fighting very hard to keep my feelings in check so as not to scare you away.

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  • He met her eyes, then closed his and swallowed hard, fighting back tears.

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  • It's not all that hard.

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  • Because you are so hard on yourself.

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  • She grabbed his hands and squeezed so hard he almost fell to his knees.

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  • Elisabeth continued toward Victor, met him face to face, and growled, "Are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way?"

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  • With a husky breath, she dropped to his lap, dove both hands into his hair and pulled his head back, planting a hard kiss on his lips.

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  • It was hard to imagine Katie conducting her life without the help of others.

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  • That shouldn't be hard to find.

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  • Never having met Alex or any other members of the family besides their Aunt Polly, it was hard to guess.

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  • You're tired because you work too hard.

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  • Of all the hard headed, vain...

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  • He shook her so hard that her head throbbed.

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  • It was a mean thing to say, especially since he had been working so hard to help.

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  • Carmen woke to a dim light shinning through her bedroom window - only the window was in the wrong place - and the bed was hard.

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  • I've heard a few women claim they believed that, but it's a little hard to believe, in this day.

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  • All I know is, I have doubts - and marriage is going to be hard enough with no doubts.

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  • See, that wasn't so hard.

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  • It would be hard enough to get him on his rug once she had him in the barn.

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  • Comfortable as the position was, it was hard to relax.

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  • Sometimes it's kind of hard to figure you out, though.

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  • Its nails clicked on the hard flooring.

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  • Brady eyed his friend, who tried hard not to smile.

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  • The people credited the PMF with saving them from the elite's Civil War while the elites tried hard to stamp out the PMF's existence.

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  • Don't try too hard.

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  • Lana leaned her elbows on her knees, staring hard at the wall.

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  • The belt slipped, and Brady slung an arm around her, pulling her back hard.

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  • She resisted, clenching her hand hard despite her pain.

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  • She sagged against the hard frame.

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  • The cat was staring hard at the mouse, as if ready to pounce.

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  • She paused to rub her face hard with the meaty parts of her hands.

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  • She landed hard on her left side, pain flaring through her as her wrist twisted.

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  • He cursed and wrenched her up, slapping her hard.

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  • Lana struggled hard without being able to dislodge the muscular man.

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  • His dark eyes were as hard as his chiseled face and intense.

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  • Her breathing was hard, his body heat piercing her clothes.

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  • He tossed the baton and approached her, glaring down at her with dark eyes as hard as his chiseled frame.

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  • I'm on my way to the hard site.

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  • He snatched her, though instead of pushing her away, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, deep and hard.

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  • He'd tried hard not to think of her or their night.

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  • There's one between us and the hard site.

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  • They loaded one of the transports with the supplies and sent it towards the hard site with a security force.

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  • He was trying hard not to smile.

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  • She looked at him hard for a moment before crossing the room to sit on the chair across from him.

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  • He was too hard to offer the type of empathy she wanted, but he was the man who'd been with her since the beginning of the end.

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  • Her fingers worked across the hard metal seat and under.

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  • She gripped the doorway and pulled as hard as she could until her legs were free.

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  • She pulled the water-breather down and focused hard on kicking her wooden legs.

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  • She stretched and pulled herself onto the bank, shaking hard with cold.

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  • Her words fell as hard as he had from the sky.

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  • Brady sat in silence for a long moment, thinking hard.

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  • But then again, there are so many refugees trickling into the cities along the river, it's hard to say she's not here.

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  • Brady glanced up at Elise's hard tone, sensing she'd not yet absorbed the fact the government she served had splintered.

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  • Restless, she returned to her room in the warehouse and lay on the bed, thinking hard.

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  • She tried hard not to look at him, terrified of giving him away.

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  • Even knowing their relationship, he was hard to read.

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  • As hard as he tried, he had no control over his power without the buffers.

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  • Katie swallowed hard and finally put it on, feeling even more nauseous about the idea of wearing souls around her neck.

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  • He ascended two floors to the hallway where Kris's supplies had been stocked.  He recalled how hard it could be taking care of a helpless creature like Katie or Toby.  He strode to the chamber that had served as a department store full of clothing to Kris's Immortals.  Not surprised to find the chamber ransacked, he sifted through the remaining clothing on the floor.  He guessed Toby's size and stuffed a bag with a few items before going to the food supplies.

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  • Rhyn crossed his arms, irritated.  Kiki trotted from the patio into the house perched on a hill overlooking Tokyo.  He returned ten minutes later with a small briefcase, a jacket and a hard case for his iPad.  Rhyn opened the portal, and the two strode through it, back to the massive tree where Rhyn had lost Toby in the cold, wet French Alps.

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  • It'll be hard, but I can do it, with Ully's help.

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  • Toby's heart somersaulted in his breast, and he tried hard to reach the depths of the powers that would be his when he was just a little older.

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  • There was frustration in his voice as well, and he was sweating hard ahead of her.

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  • He froze again and looked at her hard then shrugged.

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  • A tingle of alarm went through Rhyn, but his head was too heavy for him to process it.  Instead, he focused hard on containing the power within him.  When he felt he wouldn't explode, he looked around.  Darkyn had claimed Kris's library and stood near a pane of windows overlooking the snowy Alps.

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  • Rhyn focused hard on the demon lord then on putting one foot, then the other, beneath his shaking body.

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  • Rhyn ignored them, instead fixating on how to track Death in the underworld.  He stumbled with his first step but was soon running hard through the castle, his mind on finding Death to regain Katie.

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  • She hugged him hard.  Rhyn wrapped his arms around her, marveling at how real her body felt in the dream.  Her hair tickled his face, and he rested his chin on her head.  They held each other for a long moment.

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  • Andre ran hard for a creature that was already dead.  Katie chased him, terrified of looking back when the awful sounds seemed so close.  Only when the ground stopped trembling did Andre stop.

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  • Kris crossed his arms, looking hard at the deity.  "I think I said it."

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  • Toby closed his eyes, focusing hard on searching the memories of all the angels that came before him.

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  • The woman looked human enough.  Her features were hard to make out in the dark, but she at least had two arms and two legs.

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  • Deidre shifted with a grunt.  Katie sat back on her haunches, not sure what to do when she couldn't see what she was trying to cut.  Deidre was shaking as hard as Katie was, and Katie crept closer for body heat.

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  • Katie asked.  She settled next to the trapped woman, trying hard to keep her mind off how cold she was.  She was grateful for company, even if Deidre seemed as lost as she was.

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  • Rhyn looked hard at his friend, sensing what the death-dealer didn't say.

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  • The angel ignored her and dropped beside her, wringing his hands helplessly.  The blond woman dangled over the widening chasm, clutching Katie's hand.  She braced her feet against the side of the chasm and walked upward, until Toby could grab her belt.  The angel pulled hard, and Katie pushed Deidre on top of the angel, who yelped.

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  • Katie listened hard and soon heard it as well.

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  • He looked at it hard, not sure what to think about holding Kris's soul in his palm.

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  • Eternity at the day job I was trying so hard to leave.

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  • It's hard to find a good place for teenagers to go.

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  • But his play was as sharp as usual as he handled a hard ground ball to his left, cleanly gunning the runner out by three steps.

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  • I'm hard pressed to figure why any man in his right mind would dump her.

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  • I'd have blown my brains all over the wall months ago if I didn't have him to give me a hard time.

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  • After a quick supper of pastrami and fruit at Uncle Sally's Galley, Dean pedaled 27 hard miles, working up a good sweat and a painful case of shin splints.

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  • And here we are, acting like two heavies from the Church of Yesterday's Morals giving him a hard time.

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  • It's so hard to keep good people down there.

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  • The two travelers killed the time picking over a bland lunch and alternating long walks with longer periods of sitting on hard seats, re-reading a discarded newspaper.

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  • Dean looked at him long and hard.

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  • Dean was waiting for the sound of the coin dropping into the pay phone when he was startled to feel a hard object jammed in his rib cage and hear a voice say, Nice and easy, guy.

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  • The assailant shoved Dean backwards, sitting him down hard on the concrete sidewalk as his head whacked the wall.

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  • She said not to worry, but it's hard not to.

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  • His head slammed against something hard and he lay there, momentarily stunned to the brink of unconsciousness before turning slowly to his side and opening his eyes.

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  • A bunch of gangsters chasing after Byrne was always a hard pill to swallow.

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  • It would be hard not to.

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  • Still, even knowing that Lori was interested in Josh, it was hard to imagine that she wasn't attracted to Alex.

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  • And then the source hit her again with a hard cramp.

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  • The rain was still coming down hard and there were occasional rumbles of thunder.

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  • It was hard to believe he wanted to wait – not after all he had said.

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  • Is it that hard to discuss intimacy with me, Carmen?

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  • For one thing, because so many people are working so hard on it.

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  • It's hard to believe a person would turn down a trip to the Bahamas.

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  • You've had it so hard for a long time, and now you have the money to have fun shopping.

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  • Sliding her hand inside his shirt collar, she worked it around to the back of his neck, pulling his lips down hard on hers.

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  • It was hard to read his expression in the waning light.

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  • I wonder if that's what inspired the new stubble look – because it is so hard to get a close shave.

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  • Alex worked hard all day, but it was obvious that he enjoyed it.

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  • He stopped, his gaze becoming hard.

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  • It was hard to tell what she would do – if or who she might talk to.

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  • Since she didn't look at him, it was hard to say whether he was talking to her or Alex.

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  • It wasn't hard to tell that he was still emotional about that subject.

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  • But then, he had never acted this way before, so it was hard to tell.

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  • That's hard to believe.

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  • Deciding to give up motherhood was the hard part.

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  • I suppose I should be grateful, but it's hard to take care of her when she keeps shoving money back at me.

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  • Carmen was obedient – how much was in her nature and how much was the result of strict upbringing was hard to determine.

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  • It was so hard to accept.

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  • And to think you once told me I was hard on the wildlife.

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  • It was hard to believe the little nodule on the screen was actually a baby, but the doctor was certain.

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  • She slapped him before he could get the word out — an open hand across the face as hard as she could hit.

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  • It was hard to tell what he was feeling.

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  • He loves children and he's really taking the loss of the baby hard.

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  • He was simply being Alex —- trying to help someone who was having a hard time.

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  • He instantly responded, pulling her hard against him and kissing her hungrily.

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  • It was hard to tell what he and Lori were actually going through, though.

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  • It was hard to tell if he had been asleep.

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  • We've been through some hard times.

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  • Lori was hard to figure though.

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  • It was hard to believe they had two children now.

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  • Just as suddenly, the earth began to buck hard enough that trees creaked and smashed into the ground.

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  • Talia smiled back then tried hard to grip the pendant, fascinated by its shininess.

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  • She'd learned the hard way what happened if she left her weapons in her room.

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  • His strikes were hard and fast and seemingly from every direction.

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  • Let's not make this hard on anyone.

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  • You have no idea how hard it is to keep that kid focused.

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  • He was staring at her hard.

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  • She landed hard on the soft ground.

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  • She'd forgotten how hard the adjustment had been from immortal to mortal world.

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  • Yeah. It's not as hard as I expected.

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  • He'd taught her to dance in the ring to outmaneuver the seven-foot vamp's hard strikes.

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  • They sparred hard for several moments, until Darian's upper body carried a sheen of sweat.

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  • They both breathed hard from their battle.

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  • He studied her hard.

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  • It was not the hard, fast, lustful connection he felt with his first mate, but a deeper connection.

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  • He landed hard and looked around at the only remaining beauty in the immortal world.

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  • She darted to the door and whipped it open, trying hard to sense if Darian reappeared close enough for her to follow.

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  • She focused hard on the image of Bianca and braced herself for Jonny's fiery touch.

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  • Jenn slapped him hard.

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  • The words struck her hard.

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  • Admittedly, it's hard to keep anything from a jackhammer like the Black God going through your memories.

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  • She worked hard to keep it that way.

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  • Darian tried hard not to think about holding her body against his in his own bed.

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  • She didn't wait for him to step back but kicked his knee as hard as she could.

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  • Darian was working hard to keep the Others from returning to the immortal world.

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  • Darian saw the hard look on Jonny's face as the Black God bent down to pick up the Oracle.

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  • Bianca swallowed hard, reminded of her time being bled near death by the former Black God and his son.

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  • Darian saw the fury cross Jenn's face, and her next strikes were fast and hard enough they might've given her the upper hand she needed.

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  • She lowered her weapon, breathing hard from the battle in the soft sand.

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  • She ran hard, spotting Yully and Charles fighting back-to-back at the base of the obelisk.

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  • Jenn snorted and swallowed hard.

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  • She stumbled away from a guardsman's blow that knocked her remaining dagger from her hand and landed hard.

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  • They burst out of the light, landing hard.

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  • His heart pounded hard.

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  • He fought hard and fast, disturbed by an image of the woman with the piercing eyes being snapped up by a trap in the field.

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  • He pumped his arms hard, ignoring the cries of three men as they fell into pits or were snapped up by traps with iron teeth.

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  • Breathing hard, Taran eased off her.

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  • He dug into the hard earth with his fingertips and sagged against one wall, panting.

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  • His eyes were observant and restless, his eyebrows thick and low, and his features hard.

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  • Rissa looked at him hard.

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  • Taran felt Sirian's hard gaze again.

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  • Arrows continued to fall, and he kicked the horse on in determination, focusing hard on the road ahead of them.

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  • It branched suddenly, so he pulled the horse's head hard to the left.

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  • He rode hard until the horse's breathing grew labored and then he slowed, senses alert.

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  • He grabbed her arm, and she twisted, punching him hard in the jaw before tearing away.

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  • Her breathing was hard, her wild look one of pure anger and fear.

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  • They are in the mountains, in a land hard for your enemies to cross.

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  • Taran released him and turned to stare hard at Sirian, whose calm features hid any emotion he might feel.

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  • He shook her off without meeting her gaze, his hard face cold and calm.

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  • The words pierced his haze, and he pulled his head away, breathing hard.

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  • He handed it to the youth, who tried hard not to smile in pleasure.

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  • Taran held onto the boy, numb and terrified, as they rode long and hard, away from the beach, away from his slain father.

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  • The barbarian ignored Taran and snatched Vara by the scruff, only to backhand him hard.

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  • He hit hard, rolling in time to see the sky disappear.

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  • Panicked in the darkness, he bounded to his feet, tripped, and landed hard on his face.

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