Pounding Sentence Examples

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  • The blood was pounding in her ears.

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  • Her heart was pounding as he stopped in front of her.

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  • His heart was pounding harder than ever.

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  • I woke up with my heart pounding many times.

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  • He began pounding his fist into his hand.

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  • It seemed that she had barely dropped off to sleep, before someone was pounding on her door.

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  • A pounding at the door made him snap awake.

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  • She glanced at him, her heart pounding harder.

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  • Yully's heart was pounding.

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  • Deidre's head was pounding.

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  • He ran until his pounding heart drowned out his pounding feet.

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  • Katie watched him go, her nightmares in her thoughts and her heart pounding.

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  • With a groan, she dropped back onto the bed, her head pounding.

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  • Her heart was pounding.

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  • In his second period he developed the theory of "potentiality" or dynamization - namely, that medicines gained in strength by being diluted, if the dilution was accompanied by shaking or pounding, which was supposed to "potentialize" or increase the potency of the medicine.

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  • Fabre states that the lastnamed insect uses a stone for the temporary closing of her burrow, and the Peckhams have seen a female Ammophila take a stone between her mandibles and use it as a hammer for pounding down the earth over her finished nest.

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  • Virtuoso guitar playing melds with pounding electronic drums to bring you tunes you'll be humming for weeks.

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  • Even at this hour a piano was pounding out a raucous tune in one of the three saloons.

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  • She gasped and stepped away, heart pounding.

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  • She rummaged around one of the cupboards for her prescription painkillers, her head pounding.

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  • She opened the door, heart pounding.

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  • Katie emerged from the shadow world with her heart pounding.

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  • The man beside Lana rocked back suddenly, pounding his gun on the ground as it jammed.

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  • Kris caught it by the hilt and waited, the sound of his heart pounding loud in his ears.

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  • Finally she pulled back to gaze up at him, fully aware of her pounding pulse.

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  • His warm lips touched her shoulder, planting soft kisses along it and up her neck until her heart was pounding.

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  • Claire bounded to her feet, heart pounding.

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  • She got dressed and looked at the time, her heart pounding harder and harder as she moved towards the door.

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  • He took her hands and pulled her close, gazing down at her with an expression that sent her heart pounding.

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  • It was too early for the vamps to be in the gym, so she stripped down to her undershirt without changing into her sparring gear and began pounding into the dummy in front of her.

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  • Another gorgeous girlie who reaps the benefit of David's lengthy ream nozzle pounding away in her spectacular rear end is juicy Janna.

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  • Her heart was pounding hard and warmth invaded her neck.

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  • Her heart was pounding and it wasn't only fear of the storm.

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  • The pounding didn't stop until she wrenched it open.

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  • Her heart pounding, Jenn moved forward and whispered into Jonny's ear.

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  • They stood there, hearts even more accelerated, pounding in unison.

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  • Cynthia was sufficiently sympathetic to the afternoon pounding Dean had taken to not bust his chops over the Fat Tire Ale.

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  • Heart pounding, she stared at the woman and man before her.

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  • The blood was pounding in her neck when he nibbled on her earlobe.

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  • He issued a quick order Gabe couldn't hear through the blood pounding in his head.

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  • Kiera offered a smile and hurried past them, heart pounding and face red with embarrassment.

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  • Gladys Turnbull was pounding away on a lap top computer in a corner of the parlor while young Martha and Donnie played a game of Old Maid on the sofa.

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  • Her heart was pounding for a man who didn't think of her as anything more than a little sister.

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  • It took her a moment to separate the pounding of her heart from the sound of hooves striking earth.

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  • With each step, the fear grew, until when she lowered herself into the chair, her heart was pounding in her ears.

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  • He stopped outside her chambers, heart pounding.

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  • Taran kept his gaze steady, his heart pounding.

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  • Carmen woke to the feel of water pounding on her legs.

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  • Heart pounding, she slowly retreated, pausing only when the heel of her shoe reached the edge of the porch.

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  • It was a few minutes before she realized the pounding noise was someone knocking at the door.

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  • She woke from a dream that a woman was pounding on her door and then realized that there actually was someone at the front door.

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  • Gradually the nausea abated and the pounding in her head stopped.

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  • Her heart pounding, she took his hand and led him off the verandah into the garden where they could speak privately.

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  • Her heart was pounding fast and hard.

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  • Heart pounding hard, she sat on the bed and pulled out her cell phone.

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  • The underground stems (rhizomes or tubers) are rich in starch; from that of Arum maculatum Portland arrowroot was formerly extensively prepared by pounding with water and then straining; the starch was deposited from the strained liquid.

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  • Mineral, vegetable and animal substances, by means of tools and apparatus of stone, wood and bone - tools for cutting, or edged tools; tools for abrading and smoothing the surfaces of substances, like planes, rasps and sandpaper; tools for striking, that is, pounding for the sake of pounding, or for crushing and fracturing violently; perforating tools; devices for grasping and holding firmly.

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  • This essential oil, as an article of commerce, is prepared by roughly pounding the bark, macerating it in sea-water, and then quickly distilling the whole.

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  • It should have been an exciting moment, but frightening would have better described the sudden pounding of her heart.

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  • Sofia started the car with shaking hands and tore away from the curb, heart pounding as she watched Ving's furious form grow smaller in the rearview mirror.

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  • The pounding started to subside and the blood had soothed his throat somewhat.

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  • She lay in his arms, afraid to answer the desire pounding at the door of her heart — afraid he would discover she was no longer the woman he married.

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  • Santina, a gorgeous innocent looking brunette takes her pounding like a trooper, but the winner of this vid is definitely Sara.

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  • I go to college and try to blend in, Try to appear so casual, tho my heart is pounding.

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  • Not Breathing brings us the next track which has an electro feel with some pounding rhythms.

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  • The heavy flak batteries were still pounding away at them and they were dropping to within range of the light flak.

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  • As the Senator left, he saw another agent pounding a large padlock hasp into the side of his door.

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  • The rice husks were removed by crushing with a mortar or pounding with a wooden hammer.

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  • In the afternoon she may well have spent several hours pounding millet for the family's meal that evening.

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  • A grandly towering fusion of jazz funk, eccentric samples and lush vocals nailed to a chassis of crackling grooves and pounding percussion.

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  • Young men are pounding rice flour in mortars using heavy wooden pestles.

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  • The Germans quickly retaliated to the pounding we were giving them, and we soon suffered our first casualties.

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  • Crushing riffs, Shredding solos, pounding drums and skull smashing basslines.

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  • Then again, you don't get a winter of miserably pounding the tarmac through all kinds of foul weather with the triathlon.

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  • Getting fit isn't just about pounding the gym treadmill of sweating it out in an aerobics studio.

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  • Schemes involving part boxing and part pounding of the catch seems wasteful of space.

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  • At the same time, they are robust enough to resist the heavy point load of exercise machines together with regular pounding produced.

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  • The music itself is full of energy making full use of pounding bass lines and spacey synth work to create a sensation of fluidity.

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  • Then again, you do n't get a winter of miserably pounding the tarmac through all kinds of foul weather with the triathlon.

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  • Hear for yourself Their sound is flamenco in a head on collision of punk rock riffs, pounding bass and thrashing drums.

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  • Getting fit is n't just about pounding the gym treadmill of sweating it out in an aerobics studio.

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  • They performed a really energetic, heart pounding set that was n't the slow, ambient, kinda wishy washy stuff I was expecting.

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  • It recalls the salty air, the radiating sunlight, the cool breeze, the pounding waves and even the sounds of life on a busy boardwalk.

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  • Once you have a portfolio assembled, it's time to start pounding the pavement, whether real or virtual, in search of a way to get paid to take pictures.

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  • Is your head pounding or are your hands trembling?

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  • Suddenly you feel your heart start pounding, you feel a pain in your chest, and you think your chest is going to explode.

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  • You can't concentrate, and your heart is pounding.

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  • If you want to work off-campus, you'll need to grab a copy of your local newspaper and start pounding the pavement.

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  • Whether you're a fan of Billy Gibbon's guitar licks or Dusty Hill's heat pounding bass lines, you can find the tabs you need from the list below.

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  • Your body may have a physical reaction to them, such as a pounding heartbeat and sweating.

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  • No quiet strategizing or silent plotting, you're always slapping the stylus around the touch screen with your heart pounding out of your chest.

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  • The computerized opponents are not easy to beat, and can counter you without difficulty if you don't put any thought into your fighting technique -- Pounding on the buttons randomly will not work.

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  • The game scores the singer on pitch and length of note, but bigger scores are accumulated through the awesome thrashing and pounding of the other players.

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  • However, due to arcade players' habit of pounding the console, the unit was redesigned to use six buttons as it is still found today.

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  • Bring your mind lexicon (or a regular lexicon) because you'll be pounding your brain for obscure 3-letter words you may have never heard.

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  • For example, someone who is afraid to fly may begin having episodes of pounding heart and sweating palms at the mere thought of getting on a plane in two weeks.

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  • Each step is repeated until the symptoms of fear (such as pounding heart and sweating palms) disappear.

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  • Children release anxiety by pounding, hitting, running, punching, or shouting.

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  • Shin splints are caused by overuse or by stress fractures that result from the repeated foot pounding associated with activities such as aerobics, long-distance running, basketball, and volleyball.

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  • The epinephrine may make the child feel shaky and have a rapid, pounding pulse, but these are normal side effects and are only dangerous to those with heart problems.

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  • The sound of the bamboo staves hitting each other and the ground is quite loud and startling, and implies danger to the dancers who prance in and out of the spaces created by the rhythmic pounding.

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  • Where are the fireworks and the pounding hearts of love at first sight?

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  • Afterward, Hal went from room to room pounding on each door and sobbing with despair over what he had done.

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  • Every mile of walking, is another mile of pounding on your feet.

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  • Cheer extreme is exciting, heart-pounding, lights flashing, music pounding, soaring through the air fun.

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  • If there was only one eraser, it was the student's job to clean the chalk dust out of the eraser by pounding it against the wall of the school.

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  • For example, if you are a faithful walker, pounding the pavement for the same amount of time and mileage each day, then most certainly add those calories to your daily intake needs.

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  • An elliptical can engage your arms more, and will save your feet from pounding on a surface, so keep those points in mind if you're trying to decide between it and a treadmill.

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  • The solitary pounding of the pavement during a jog or the self-imposed isolation of standing in a corner lifting weights can get a bit tedious, especially for an extroverted person who thrives in the company of others.

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  • Aerobic exercise is the kind that keeps your heart pounding for a while, utilizing the air you breathe to power a complex, calorie-burning process.

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  • Exercising in the water is beneficial for just about anyone, but is particularly useful for anyone whose joints can't take the pounding of high-impact exercises, such as running and high intensity aerobics.

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  • If you can't climb a flight of stairs without your heart pounding and your breath coming in great gasps, for instance, then you just may want to improve your cardiorespiratory endurance.

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  • The synthesizers and pounding percussion that run throughout the score seem to imply danger lurking ahead.

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  • Their starships are battle-hardened machines capable of pounding most other fleets with their heavy weaponry.

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  • Heart pounding, she trotted down the sloping trail, glancing nervously at the hill to make sure she didn't suddenly fall off her path.

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  • Once able to sit upright, the pounding in his head commanded his attention, as well as the bone-numbing chill.

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  • He put his head back and closed his eyes for a short time, but the pounding headache and the burning in his throat only intensified.

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  • That physical attraction was responsible for the pounding of her heart right now.

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  • The next thing she knew, Katie was pounding on her door.

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  • Temptation had been pounding on the door with a sledge hammer lately.

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  • He released his breath, blood pounding through his body.

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  • His pace quickened as he ran, his heart pounding with eagerness to see the magnificent hall that had been his.

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  • Magic fluctuated around her, sometimes pounding her and sometimes absent.

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  • I was the one who came pounding on your door, not the other way around... remember?

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  • Jessi hurried inside, heart pounding, not at ease until all four locks of her apartment door were securely in place.

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  • His heart was pounding hard, but it wasn't from desire for once.

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  • Picumnus, a rustic deity (like Picus) and husband of Pomona, is specially concerned with the manuring of the soil and hence called Sterquilinus, while Pilumnus is the inventor of the pounding of grain, so named from the pestle (pi/um) used by bakers.

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  • The next day Robert's aunt heard a great pounding and sawing in her woodshed.

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  • The early December sun couldn't set fast enough to prevent her pounding headache from growing worse on her drive to work.

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  • Like Fred, Westlake too had callused fingertips from pounding computer keys.

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  • The burning in their throats returned as well as the pounding headaches, but they remained alive.

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  • She lay in his arms, afraid to answer the desire pounding at the door of her heart — afraid he would discover she was no longer the woman he married.

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  • Heart pounding, Darian waited until they were gone.

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  • Her heart pounding, she turned the car around and drove back towards the dueling men.

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

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  • He sat back for a moment, heart pounding at the prospect of what he was about to do.

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  • Her head was pounding and her throat was dry.

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  • Saddened, she considered calling him to check in when a sudden pounding at the door made her jump.

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