Spoke Sentence Examples

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  • He opened the door and spoke quietly to someone.

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  • She spoke her mind.

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  • Pointing his fork at her plate, he spoke sternly.

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  • He spoke to his horse.

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  • Every one said I spoke very well and intelligibly.

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  • I didn't know he spoke French.

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  • Neither the boy nor the girl spoke again for some minutes.

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  • Last evening I went out in the yard and spoke to the moon.

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  • I laughed when you spoke of old Neptune's wild moods.

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  • The old woman spoke to one of the younger women.

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  • She glanced up as she spoke, and his expression became wary.

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  • Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale part.

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  • It is glorious to behold this ribbon of water sparkling in the sun, the bare face of the pond full of glee and youth, as if it spoke the joy of the fishes within it, and of the sands on its shore.

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  • He continued to stare at Adrienne while he spoke to Brandon.

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  • Finally he spoke, his voice controlled.

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  • He handed the glasses to the chief and spoke to him in their language.

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  • My eyes fill with tears now as I think how my mother pressed me close to her, speechless and trembling with delight, taking in every syllable that I spoke, while little Mildred seized my free hand and kissed it and danced, and my father expressed his pride and affection in a big silence.

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  • The crowds of men who merely spoke the Greek and Latin tongues in the Middle Ages were not entitled by the accident of birth to read the works of genius written in those languages; for these were not written in that Greek or Latin which they knew, but in the select language of literature.

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  • He must have sensed the cause of her sudden withdrawal, and spoke gently.

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  • The princess as usual spoke smilingly and listened with a laugh.

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  • As he spoke he kept glancing with the flirtatiousness of a handsome youth at Sonya and the young lady visitor.

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  • They danced for a few minutes in comfortable silence, and finally he spoke again.

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  • Alex spoke from behind her, his tone less than friendly.

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  • Mary studied her reflectively and finally spoke in a hushed tone, as if she didn't actually want to know the answer to her question.

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  • For a long time he simply stood there, and when he finally spoke, his voice was controlled.

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  • Cynthia wiped a tear off her cheek and when she spoke, her voice didn't sound like her own.

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  • They learned that Chilon was a very quiet man, that he never spoke about himself, and that he spent all his time in trying to make his country great and strong and happy.

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  • Someone spoke her name in a soft and tender voice from the garden and kissed her head.

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  • He rolled a cigarette as he spoke.

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  • Silence fell between them and then he finally spoke.

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  • His mouth was grim when he spoke.

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  • She waited for him to open the conversation, idly wondering if it would be ten before he spoke.

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  • Finally he swallowed and spoke.

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  • Mary contemplated her soberly for a few moments and then spoke gently.

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  • And now it was gone, not even a trace lingering as he spoke.

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  • Claudette spoke sarcastically from the kitchen doorway.

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  • The words were swift and emotional and she had no doubt he spoke the truth.

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  • Yet when he spoke, his voice was decisive.

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  • Mary was silent again for a few moments and when she spoke it was in a controlled voice.

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  • Mary was silent a long time and then she finally spoke.

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  • He spoke of having some sort of flashback.

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  • We were clearing dishes, before he spoke.

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  • The longer Howie spoke on the phone, the more I felt guilty that we were manipulating him into a parlor game at the expense of his privacy.

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  • I first spoke to Martha, while not fully committed; I knew she was more sympathetic to Howie than her husband.

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  • She looked at her husband, the most closed minded among us, when she spoke.

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  • He bit his lip and spoke.

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  • Martha and Betsy spoke frequently on the phone.

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  • I calmed Martha down and both Betsy and I spoke to all three of them, one by one.

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  • When I spoke to the now retired agent he was ecstatic.

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  • On Saturday morning Howie spoke up as we gathered for coffee.

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  • When I spoke with him later, he was pleased with his results.

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  • Only a few flying saucer advocates spoke from the fringes with a positive slant.

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  • While Daniel Brennan was aware of us as a group, he and I were the only ones that spoke directly.

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  • Betsy held my hand, sensing the fear in my voice as I spoke.

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  • Only Howie spoke to me.

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  • This time, I spoke up.

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  • I spoke to her alone for twenty minutes.

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  • Frank Vasapolli was not available so I spoke with Agnes Delanco.

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  • Betsy spoke to Martha on the phone after dinner while Molly and I walked Bumpus.

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  • She spoke with total resignation, utter defeat as she looked up at me.

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  • Julie called to talk to her daughter but after she spoke to Molly we talked.

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  • I related that Jackson spoke to our California associate.

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  • The two spoke for only a few minutes, in the privacy of the kitchen.

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  • They both spoke as if what said was oft repeated.

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  • While they didn't detail their crimes, both spoke of ruining their lives because of sins of the flesh.

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  • I thought he was pondering what I said until he spoke up.

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  • I saw him as I spoke.

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  • A woman huddled over a screen spoke up.

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  • Bianca held her breath and waited, able to feel the tension between them even with her eyes closed until he spoke again.

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  • The man who spoke snatched her arms from behind and shoved her into the kitchen.

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  • Even as she spoke, she saw pieces of his future blink in her thoughts.

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  • The voice he'd dreaded hearing finally spoke.

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  • Finally, it spoke to him.

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  • Itching to relieve some of her own nervous energy after the run-in with the vamps, she'd reached the door when Jonny spoke again.

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  • The massive vamp crossed his arms and drew closer as she spoke.

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  • The two spoke for a few moments before Xander bowed his head and walked away.

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  • He knelt beside Sean's body as he spoke.

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  • He spoke the truth, just as her father lied to her.

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  • Neither spoke, and the chauffeur took them north, instead of south towards home.

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  • As he spoke, his fangs lengthened.

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  • Neither spoke on their return trip to the bed and breakfast, and she went straight to her room.

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  • I ran into someone I knew from college, Jake said and began to pace again, half-lost in his thoughts as he spoke.

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  • Damian didn't trust the beings that saw all, knew all, and yet spoke in riddles—if they chose to speak at all.

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  • Jake was so quiet, she thought he left until he spoke again.

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  • He dialed and spoke in a different language to the man on the other end.

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  • She tightened her grip on the wheel, assuming he spoke to Damian.

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  • As he spoke, memories streamed through his mind, memories of the universe before the Schism and afterwards, when he and a few others were cast alone onto earth.

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  • He pulled photos from the envelope as he spoke.

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  • A strange voice in his head spoke the word again, and he saw the woman with blue and silver eyes.

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  • No one spoke to her.

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  • Pierre spoke from her doorway, framed against the light of the hall.

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  • The men spoke among themselves, swapping war stories and discussing the Tucson Sector's influx of vamps.

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  • It was the first time he'd understood the words she spoke to him.

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  • Two swung his legs off the bed, holding his breath in case she spoke again.

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  • Lost in his thoughts, he didn't sense the danger until it spoke.

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  • His gaze swept over her in cold admiration as he spoke.

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  • She spoke until she was hoarse.

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  • She spoke until she drifted into an uncomfortable doze only to awake when he released her.

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  • She replayed their first kiss, his ring, the way his men spoke of him.

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  • As he spoke, he peeled off his shirt to reveal a whip-like, muscular upper body coated by a thin layer of tan skin.

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  • As he spoke, he continued the light stroke of one thumb and trailed a finger down the side of her face and traced her jaw.

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  • He shifted forward as he spoke and nudged her head aside with his.

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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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  • Her throat tightened as she spoke.

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  • His cold smile scared her, until he spoke.

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  • She blinked, not registering the deity was behind her until he spoke.

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  • They both knew he spoke the truth—a steady salary would go a long way toward lessening their money problems.

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  • Before old Pop Dawkins croaked, those guys hardly spoke to each other.

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  • The telephone confab was between Rose and Cynthia and apparently the two spoke with like mind.

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  • He turned and looked at Dean as he spoke.

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  • Cynthia spoke in a whisper as she poked around.

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  • When he spoke, it didn't sound as if either beer was his first.

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  • Lydia spoke in a whisper.

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  • I guess that's why she spoke up when Fitzgerald tried to frame me.

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  • The Deans met Maria's betrothed, Emilio, who spoke halting English and was as polite as his fiancée.

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  • To Dean's way of thinking, it spoke of fear—as well as guilt.

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  • He spoke in front of Maria's uncomprehending presence, although statements like "Martha, no" were readily understood.

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  • Aside from Larkin, there was only an elderly clerk who neither looked up nor spoke.

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  • I spoke with some Denver friends.

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  • Lydia spoke not another word, ignoring Dean in favor of her thoughts as she raced back to town.

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  • He almost spoke, then stopped.

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  • She neared him as she spoke, pausing close enough that she had to crane her head back to meet his gaze.

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  • Darkyn spoke as if he intended for her to remain that way, at least through the end of the deal.

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  • As her excitement grew, she spoke faster.

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  • His resolve lasted until she spoke, and he saw the truth of her words and the expression on her face.

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  • The events he spoke of occurred just a few months before, when Darkyn was attacking the Immortals and before Rhyn took over the Council That Was Seven.

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  • Gabriel was halfway to the lake when Darkyn spoke to him.

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  • He pealed Destiny from his neck and handed her to Carmen, his voice softening as he spoke to Destiny.

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  • There was something about him... the way he moved and even the way he spoke, soft and gentle with such a deep warm voice.

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  • Yes, and then I spoke for you - again.

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  • Maybe it would be best if Lori spoke to them about this only through an attorney.

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  • Alex was sitting in his chair, reading a magazine and glanced up when she spoke.

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  • She was lifted to her feet and Bill spoke to her in a calm voice.

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  • She kissed his palm and spoke to him softly.

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  • Carmen's attention returned to Lori as she spoke.

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  • His eyes certainly spoke a welcome.

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  • Glancing up sharply, she studied his response as she spoke.

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  • I know you thought I spoke, but I tried to speak this morning and I couldn't.

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  • Isn't it possible that you were also dreaming, and you were the one who spoke?

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  • She could feel his eyes boring into her as she spoke.

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  • Finally Señor Medena spoke to Carmen.

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  • After a pause, Gerald spoke again in a sarcastic tone.

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  • Finally he hugged her and spoke softly into her ear.

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  • Though not traditionally handsome, he moved and spoke with a diplomat's grace.

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  • Deidre turned to see if there was someone behind her the stranger spoke to.

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  • No one ever spoke to his predecessor that way.

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  • She rolled onto her stomach to see who spoke.

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  • He held her gaze as he spoke.

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  • As she spoke, she pulled the iPad loose and handed it to Gabe.

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  • After giving him a moment to examine it, Gabe spoke.

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  • This order he spoke out loud.

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  • She'd seen a handful of nuns yesterday, and only Daniela spoke to her.

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  • Wynn always spoke differently, she reminded herself.

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  • If he spoke with anger or frustration or anything other than the quiet, impassioned tone, she would've been able to handle the news better.

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  • Each spoke to him as he swam, filling his head with visions as they told him their stories.

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  • The air felt a little heavier around her as he spoke, compelling her attention to him.

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  • His gaze was steady as he spoke.

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  • He spoke the words in the cool, detached tone that she recognized from their interactions at the hospital.

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  • He spoke with thoughtfulness.

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  • He spoke in tear-filled gibberish she didn't understand, and she moved away to the door.

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  • The confidence with which he spoke floored her.

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  • As the oldest and most revered of the death dealers, only the damned millennial generation failed to flinch when he spoke.

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  • Its voice was hoarse, and it spoke with a small lisp.

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  • The robed man returned and spoke in the harsh tongue.

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  • Even as Rhyn spoke, he was disturbed by the thought of the frazzled but sweet woman across the hall from him falling to his brother.

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  • She hated how he spoke to her, like he knew exactly what to say to terrify her.

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  • He spoke a smattering of words she didn't understand.

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  • They spoke in German as they made their way down the narrow wooden stairwell to the packed bar.

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  • Even when he spoke of replacing her with a nymph.

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  • By the look on Ileana's face, Katie knew Rhyn spoke the truth.

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  • Even as she spoke, her thoughts went to what Gabriel told her.

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  • She froze at the cultured voice with its rich accent, knowing the woman at the nearest table spoke about her.

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  • She ignored the door opening until someone spoke to her.

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  • Evaluating each other, the three creatures stood in tight silence before Rhyn spoke at last.

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  • He spoke to her, and his cold presence was close.

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  • He sensed the entrance of another before his companion spoke.

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  • Death smiled, and when she spoke, he looked away.

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  • She wanted to be offended by his comment but suspected he spoke the truth.

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  • Megan spoke with a gentle British lilt, and her dark eyes took in everything as they walked.

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  • The guy I spoke to said he beat the ever-living shit out of them all at once, until they agreed to come back and do what Kris says.

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  • Even as he spoke the words, he knew he'd never disregard his friend.

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  • She didn.t notice Gabriel in the corner until he spoke.

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  • The warriors never spoke or even gave her more than a passing glance.

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  • Romas's brother spoke to the group.

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  • The hunky stranger spoke to Romas's oldest brother.

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  • Evelyn spoke to her, her words foreign.

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  • The odd energy flowing between them held them both in silence for a long moment before he spoke.

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  • She spoke to him for several moments before his eyes rose and lingered on Kiera.

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  • She neared him as she spoke until she was toe-to-toe with the massive man and glaring up at him.

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  • A'Ran didn't have to guess which her his uncle spoke of.

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  • He spoke even less than normal.

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  • He relented and spoke, his words garbled.

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  • Romas said I was crazy with hormones, but I spoke to someone on the Council who thought it was a good idea.

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  • Jetr listened and spoke, glancing over after a few minutes.

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  • In the end, she spoke his name.

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  • As she spoke, the words became easier.

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  • When the quiet stretched uncomfortably long, she spoke again.

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  • Mison and Romas spoke quietly while Jetr turned to her.

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  • Neither spoke to her, only stood quietly while their warriors remained in the hallway behind them.

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  • One of the warriors emerged, spoke to Romas, and retreated.

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  • They had not seen her since their wedding but Cynthia spoke to her by telephone frequently and the two were as close as the distance allowed.

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  • She twisted her now-empty left hand ring finger and spoke, in barely a whisper.

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  • She spoke, venom in her voice.

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  • Edith kept shaking her head 'no' as he spoke.

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  • Cynthia spoke in a consoling tone as both women rose.

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  • He turned his back to the stairs and spoke in almost a whisper.

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  • Every time he spoke to this guy, he found himself on the defensive.

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  • I don't mean to be disrespectful, ma'am, but when we spoke on the telephone, I offered you the letters and the clothing.

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  • She smiled at the others as she spoke quietly to Cynthia.

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  • I spoke with her on the phone around Christmas and mentioned I was coming to Ouray for some ice climbing.

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  • I spoke to Mrs. Shipton about it.

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  • As he spoke, the Quincy sisters entered the front door.

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  • He spoke to the sheriff at home, but, as he suspected, Weller could do nothing without Edith's referral.

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  • Neither spoke for more than an hour, until the ranch and stable were in sight and Dean's watch reminded them of reality.

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  • Neither spoke until the lights of Montrose glowed through the snow.

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  • From the very beginning there had been an intensity, a seriousness to the falling flakes that spoke of accumulations far in excess of anything the Deans had seen to date.

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  • They spoke for a few moments and she promised to call again in the evening when, perhaps, she'd have more information.

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  • He stared the others away while he spoke with her.

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  • A myriad of emotions flooded over Dean as Corday spoke.

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  • He could feel himself getting redder as the man spoke, but for once, he held his temper.

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  • I spoke with a nice lady at the new paper but she said all the old records were in some basement.

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  • It was Fitzgerald who spoke.

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  • Dean spoke for the first time since the investigators arrived.

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  • It was Jake Weller who spoke up.

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  • Gladys Turnbull, almost forgotten in the corner, spoke up for the first time.

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  • He looked at her as she spoke.

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  • He finally spoke with him at the airport.

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  • Able Whitehouse, the guy we spoke to back in Virginia gave us the clue, only we didn't realize it.

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  • He surveyed the perfection of her bearing while she spoke.

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  • While stroking her hair, he spoke softly, "My name is Jackson Parrish, and as God is my witness, I will do all in my power to correct this situation."

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  • Jackson rose and spoke with authority.

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  • The two men herded them to the cellar's exit as the leader spoke.

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  • Without standing, the man spoke, pointing a long nailed finger.

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  • Jackson spoke, relating all he deemed pertinent.

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  • Connor spoke first, "Are you here to kill me?"

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  • He put his arms around her, held her close and spoke into her hair.

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  • Elisabeth spoke first, I am so sorry for all I have put you through.

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  • He pulled her close and spoke into her hair, You are denying me nothing.

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  • Sam finally spoke, "Well that settles that."

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  • She hugged him tightly and spoke into his chest.

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  • I know I can't do anything to plead your case, but what if Samantha spoke to them and told them what happened here.

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  • Yes, I already spoke with him about it.

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  • Jackson spoke to the vocalist, then stood at the edge of the dance floor and motioned for Elisabeth to join him.

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  • No one spoke on the way home; the only sound, weeping from the two women.

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  • In his mind's eye, he had pictured her much older – probably because of the way Katie spoke of her.

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  • They ate in silence for a while and finally Gerald spoke, his tone conversational.

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  • Katie spoke in a low voice over Carmen's shoulder.

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  • He laced fingers behind his head and stretched his back, glancing around at the herd as he spoke.

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  • Alex held a chair for Lori, and Josh glanced uncomfortably at Carmen, running a hand through unruly red hair as he spoke under his breath in a sarcastic tone.

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  • No, it was mere chance that he was looking at her while he spoke to Katie.

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  • He clamped one hand around her waist and slid her closer, leaning over her as he spoke.

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  • The screen door squealed and slammed, and then Alex spoke.

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  • She listened, unable to fathom the magnitude of chaos he spoke of.

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  • He was quiet for a moment before he spoke in a softer tone.

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  • As he spoke, he strode from the commo room to the ledge outside.

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  • Lana reached Arnie and spoke to him too quietly to hear.

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  • He turned away and spoke in his broken voice to the man called Dan.

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  • General Greene spoke finally, his voice jarring her out of her thoughts.

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  • She was twisting the edge of her shirt as she spoke.

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  • The quick wrap is easier, he instructed, holding up each of the products as he spoke.

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  • The way he kissed her and the way his gaze lingered on her every time they spoke was more than enough to convince her he was attracted to her.

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  • After a brief hesitation, he spoke.

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  • When Kelli said nothing, Lana spoke.

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  • She rose slowly as she spoke.

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  • Death shrugged with a knowing smile that told him more than if she spoke.

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  • You're saying Death spoke to you?

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  • Andre shook his head even before Gabriel spoke.

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  • A peaceful quiet settled over them until she spoke again.

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  • Rhyn trotted away from the beach as he spoke.  Katie scrambled after him.

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  • Gabriel was gone.  No one followed him, let alone spoke to him.  Rhyn looked around uneasily, wondering who – or what – he'd been speaking to.  He started back to the spot where they'd stopped for water.  A few minutes later, Gabriel reappeared.

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  • Perhaps this had been the evil of which Death spoke.

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  • He spoke to Harrigan, who was filling out a report on a daylight burglary.

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  • The two detectives spoke with Leo the waiter, the night clerk and the maid.

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  • Real bikers weren't bothered by a little rain, he tried to tell himself, but the car radio spoke of a storm system moving up from the south, bringing with it high winds and torren­tial rain.

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  • No one spoke until the silence became awkward.

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  • Cynthia put her arm around Randy as she spoke to Dean.

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  • They sat is silence through one whole Count Basie take before Dean finally spoke.

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  • He spoke of family barbecues and a week's vacation on the Jersey shore, kids growing up and Christmas eggnog shared.

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  • Fred was uncommonly quiet and minutes passed before he spoke.

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  • When Cleary spoke to his landlady on Monday, the seventeenth, he told her he'd already mailed her the key.

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  • He didn't have the foggiest idea anyone was looking until after he spoke with Mrs. Glass—around Rollins, Kansas, and yet he keeps changing names, not leaving his signature and not even being seen unless he can't help it.

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  • Parkside would remain untainted and a favored place to live and raise healthy, God fearing children who would become model citi­zens like those to whom he spoke.

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  • A younger man in a plaid shirt spoke up.

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  • Dean spoke firmly and looked Randy right in the eye.

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  • Neither of the men seemed to pay the slightest attention to either Dean or the painters, but one of them seemed to be keeping an eye on the door while the other spoke in low tones to his companion.

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  • When her sobs began to subside, he spoke in as calm a voice as he could muster.

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  • Dean spoke so softly she hardly heard.

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  • Dean picked up the magazine, glancing at it as he spoke.

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  • Dean also spoke to Cece Baldwin again, just to touch base and see if she might have heard further from her mysterious benefac­tor.

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  • They were both quiet for a few moments, breathing in the cool night air before Dean spoke.

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  • Burgess spoke in a low tone but showed no reluctance to talk.

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  • I spoke with a lot of people who knew Jeffrey Byrne— Jonathan Winston didn't.

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  • He spoke quietly, but his voice carried well.

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  • Handing one to Carmen, she spoke gently.

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  • When he spoke, his voice was low and tense.

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  • Finally he spoke, his voice soft and controlled.

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  • They ate in comfortable silence for a while before he finally spoke.

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  • Taking a deep breath, she studied her iced tea as she spoke.

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  • Carmen sat down and picked up her cup, taking a sip before she spoke.

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  • His gaze was troubled as he spoke.

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  • When he finally spoke, his voice was controlled.

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  • She hesitated a moment and then leaned back, looking at his face in the moonlight as she spoke.

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  • Glancing at Katie in the mirror as she helped with the wedding dress, Carmen spoke jokingly.

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  • When he spoke, his voice was warm and gentle.

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  • She spoke without looking at him.

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  • They were nearing the house when he finally spoke.

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  • When he finally spoke, his voice was almost a whisper.

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  • They ate in silence for a few minutes and then he spoke again.

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  • Finally he spoke in a controlled voice.

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  • Turning to Princess, she spoke.

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  • He shook his head, refusing to look at her as he spoke.

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  • He was quiet for a few minutes, and then finally spoke in a controlled tone.

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  • Alex shook his head no and spoke for Jonathan's ears.

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  • He spoke in a hushed tone and when he came back to the kitchen, his face was pale.

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  • Mary, who had always been opposed to Josh marrying Lori, was the only one who spoke.

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  • Claire twisted to see who spoke and was struck by the tall, slender man who stepped from the shadows of the forest.

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  • Shifting her attention from the tattooed man, Jenn rested her eyes on the young man, who glanced at her after Dustin spoke.

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  • He stopped a short distance from the one who spoke and drew a knife.

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  • The two spoke, and he felt Jenn's magic in the air as she exerted what control she could over Jonny.

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  • At her silence, Yully spoke.

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  • There was a tense silence and then she spoke.

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  • He'd felt a need to apologize the last two times he spoke to Vara, but never would.

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  • He spoke loudly enough for even those in the back row to hear.

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  • They rode for a short distance before she spoke again.

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  • He faced her as she spoke.

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  • She knew the rumors that spoke of the Warlord being cursed.

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  • His features paled and he bounded to his feet while the guard still spoke and motioned to two men at his right.

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  • Sirian spoke to a flustered man near one wall.

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  • It must remain pure, it must - - She spoke fast but faltered as he raised the dagger to her forearm.

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  • The youth spoke a few commanding words.

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  • When she spoke, her voice was cold.

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  • Taran sank into a squat beside her, studying her as she spoke.

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  • He spoke her name once.

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  • He studied her for a long moment, and she saw his resistance give before he spoke.

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  • Even as he spoke the words, he knew he couldn't sacrifice her for the kingdom.

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  • As he spoke, he slid the sword through the woman's gullet and released her.

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  • He snatched another woman as he spoke and stabbed her.

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  • She froze at the faint voice, unable to determine if it was the demon who spoke.

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  • He spoke, his voice quieting until Vara had to draw nearer.

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  • Vara spoke off to the side with a warrior-like man in plain clothing of earthy colors.

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  • As dawn broke across the sky, the elder demon who possessed Memon spoke to him.

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  • The smooth bronze features were sober as he spoke.

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  • His voice lowered and he spoke softly.

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  • Right now it was enough to hear his deep voice, regardless of which language he spoke.

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  • She turned her head, avoiding his lips as she spoke.

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  • Carmen studied his face as she spoke.

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  • His breathing changed and he moved, kissing her bare shoulder before he spoke.

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  • She smiled and spoke in a calm voice.

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  • Finally he brushed the hay from his shirt and jeans, his gaze downcast as he spoke.

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  • When he spoke, his voice was quiet.

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  • Finally he spoke softly.

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  • Rob spoke as he passed them on the way to his horse.

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  • He patted Ed on the neck and spoke in a soothing manner.

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  • Maybe Gerald was intuitive – or maybe only he and Felipa were looking her way when Alex spoke.

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  • As the trio disappeared into the forest, Carmen spoke to Gerald.

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  • He didn't look at her when he spoke and his voice was controlled.

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  • She smiled at him as she spoke to Carmen.

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  • A warm deep voice spoke behind her.

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  • Gerald spoke as he turned away.

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  • Sam whistled and spoke softly.

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  • She put an arm around Carmen's shoulders and spoke in a soothing, completely calm voice.

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  • Alex had turned his attention to Carmen when she spoke, but her words sent it scurrying back to Sam.

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  • He eyed her clothing and spoke hesitantly, as if not certain whether he would be punished for his words.

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  • He lifted a brow and spoke softly.

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  • His gaze held hers for a moment, and when he spoke, his tone was injured.

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  • As he turned to go, he spoke to Carmen over his shoulder.

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  • They spoke in broken English, but they appeared to understand what she wanted.

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  • She spoke against better judgment.

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  • She spoke through clenched teeth and her tone must have been convincing because he looked scared.

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  • Yet when he spoke, his tone was conversational.

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  • Gerald eyed the two of them and then spoke to Alex.

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  • Aaron finally spoke, as his focus shifted from Rob to Carmen.

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  • She spoke as she turned the potatoes.

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  • When he finally spoke, is voice was strained.

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  • When she finally spoke, her voice was strained.

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  • He spoke again, riveting her attention on his face.

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  • At the table, when he pushed her chair in, Alex leaned over her and spoke softly.

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  • The caller spoke in Spanish and Alex answered likewise.

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  • He kissed her forehead and spoke to her.

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  • She looked into his eyes and spoke softly.

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  • When he spoke again, it was with the old confidence.

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  • He was quiet for a few moments and then he stroked her arms as he spoke.

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  • He spoke over his shoulder as he rode into the brush.

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  • Again he started through the door and spoke over his shoulder.

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  • He spoke in a low voice.

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  • He leaned close to his aunt and spoke in an audible whisper.

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  • She glanced at his somber profile several times on the way home, but they never spoke.

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  • He was moving quickly toward a window as he spoke.

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  • She spoke against his chest in a quivering voice.

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  • Warmth flooded her face again as she spoke.

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  • For the first time she spoke his given name.

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  • He was turning toward the kitchen as she spoke and he glanced back at her with an amused expression.

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  • He surveyed her bare legs with twinkling eyes, arching a brow as he spoke.

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  • When he finally spoke, his voice was soft and husky.

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  • Finally he spoke, his voice calm.

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  • He spoke with a soft drawl.

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  • Finally she cleared her throat and spoke.

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  • She gazed up into his dark eyes and spoke in a voice choked with emotion.

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  • He smiled and spoke in a voice equally shaken.

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  • Gazing into her eyes, he spoke.

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  • His mother spoke of a rich woman often, one who sent her on errands when his mother was not wanted at the whorehouse where she made what living was afforded a poor woman beyond the marriage age.

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  • As if reading his mind, the stranger spoke.

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  • She rose as she spoke, gloves in hand.

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  • The stranger spoke of a land where he was accepted and never hungry, where they'd build an army to kill his father.

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  • His eyes flashed bright red, his arms gesturing to the world around as he spoke.

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  • As he spoke, his incisors grew.

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  • She approached him as she spoke.

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  • The color fled from her cheeks as he spoke.

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  • The quietness with which he spoke made Jessi feel bad for asking.

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  • Before she could order him downstairs as she intended, he spoke.

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  • The moment she stepped foot in his room again, he spoke again.

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  • The two of them moved to the porch, where they spoke quietly for a few minutes.

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  • Jenn picked up Jessi's phone as she spoke.

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  • He trailed a finger down the side of her face as he spoke.

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  • Petite with cool beauty, Sofi appeared delicate, until she spoke.

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  • No one spoke, and Xander growled.

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  • Creatures no one she'd met yet spoke well of.

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  • Jule spoke quickly to Dusty while Xander tried to figure out what Jonny was doing texting him.

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  • In the debate abolishing the court of wards he spoke, like most landed proprietors, in favour of laying the burden on the excise instead of on the land, and on the question of the restoration of the bishops carried in the interests of the court an adjournment of the debate for three months.

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  • On the 2.3rd he again spoke vehemently for exclusion, and his speech was immediately printed.

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  • The conception will be made clearer when it is remembered that Aquinas, taught by the mysterious author of the writings of the pseudo-Dionysius, who so marvellously influenced medieval writers, sometimes spoke of a natural revelation, or of reason as a source of truths in themselves mysterious, and was always accustomed to say that reason as well as revelation contained two kinds of knowledge.

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  • In his first prophecy he spoke of freedom for all people.

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  • He spoke at an important meeting upon this question in London on the 10th of June 1864, which laid the ground for the University Tests Act of 1871.

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  • He belonged to the Root and Branch party, and spoke in favour of the petition of the London citizens for the abolition of episcopacy on the 9th of February 1641, and pressed upon the House the Root and Branch Bill in May.

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  • Universal suffrage he rejected as tending "very much to anarchy," spoke against the hasty abolition of either the monarchy or the Lords, and refused entirely to consider the abstract principles brought into the debate.

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  • Taking the term Italy to comprise the whole peninsula with the northern region as far as the Alps, we must first distinguish the tribe or tribes which spoke Indo-European languages from those who did not.

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  • In 1673 he opposed the Indulgence, supported the Test Act, and spoke against the proposal for giving relief to the dissenters.

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  • In 1705 he supported a motion that the church was in danger, and in 1710 in Sacheverell's case spoke in defence of hereditary right.'

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  • They spoke of " natural realism " and a " natural dualism " of mind and matter (reinstating here the element which Berkeley had struck out).

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  • He spoke, read and wrote twentyfive languages.

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  • Attempts have been made to show that they were of German origin, but although they were doubtless subject to Germanic influences, they spoke a Celtic language.

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  • He had wonderful gifts of insight, and spoke to the birds.

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  • For when the older morphologists spoke of a stamen as a metamorphosed leaf, it was implied that it originated as a foliage-leaf and subsequently became a stamen.

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  • That is to say, there were several purposes for which it was convenient to distinguish "English" and "French" - the last name taking in all the followers of the Conqueror; there were no purposes for which there was any need to distinguish Normans as such, either from the general mass of the people or from others who spoke the French tongue.

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  • In 1816 he was elected deputy, and spoke in favour of liberty of the press and extension of the franchise.

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  • The necromancer of ba`al 'obh was held to be possessed of the spirit who spoke through him with a hollow voice.

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  • After a sleepless night, I trod with a lofty step the ruins of the forum; each memorable spot, where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation."

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  • At length Augustus summoned the representatives of the nation and Nicholaus of Damascus, who spoke for Archelaus, to plead before him in the temple of Apollo.

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  • So long as he counselled submission to the overwhelming power of Rome the people complied, but when he spoke of obedience to Florus he was compelled to fly.

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  • The influence of Hellenism over them is shown by finds in the tombs and the fact that they spoke the Greek language as well as their own (bilingues in Ennius).

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  • The people continued to use a German dialect as their native tongue, though the educated classes also spoke French.

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  • Fortunately at Arbois he came under the influence of an excellent teacher in the person of the director of the college, who must have discerned in the quiet boy the germs of greatness, as he constantly spoke to him of his future career at the Ecole normale in Paris.

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  • The reform of land tenure in Ireland, the representation of women, the reduction of the national debt, the reform of London government, the abrogation of the Declaration of Paris, were among the topics on which he spoke with marked effect.

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  • The pupils at Brienne, far from receiving a military education, were grounded in ordinary subjects, and in no very efficient manner, by brethren of the order, or society, of Minims. The moral tone of the school was low; and Napoleon afterwards spoke with contempt of the training of the "monks" and the manner of life of the scholars.

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  • In general, however, his views at that time were republican; he belonged to the club of Friends of the Constitution at Valence, spoke there with much acceptance, and was appointed librarian to the club.

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  • While arousing the enthusiasm of their inhabitants on behalf of France, he in private spoke contemptuously of them, mercilessly suppressed all outbreaks caused by the exactions and plundering of his army, and carefully curbed the factions which the new political life soon developed.

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  • He spoke about it as one that lay in the course of destiny.

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  • He spoke in complimentary terms of Pitt, but resisted his claim to be considered as a "sole minister" or, in the modern phrase, "a prime minister."

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  • At any rate, he spoke at Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day in a worthy manner; admitting that the growth of the German navy was a main factor in British construction, and pointing out that no power was better able to bear the strain or less likely to fail than Great Britain.

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  • Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834), an eccentric American Methodist revivalist, visited North Staffordshire and spoke of the campmeetings held in America, with the result that on the 31st of May 1807 the first real English gathering of the kind was held on Mow Cop, since regarded as the Mecca of Primitive Methodism.

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  • As a legislator he spoke seldom, but always with great ability, his most famous speech being that of the 11th of February 1847 opposing the Mexican War.

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  • He interceded for Waltheof's life and to the last spoke of the earl as an innocent sufferer for the crimes of others; he lived on terms of friendship with Bishop Wulfstan.

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  • But the archbishop prevailed upon the pope to suspend the bishops, and before his return published papal letters which, in announcing these sentences, spoke of the constitutions as null and void.

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  • Napoleon on the other hand spoke of her in his will with marked tenderness, and both excused and forgave her infidelity to him.

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  • For this end he had obtained letters of recommendation to the guardian, to whom, however, he only spoke of his desire of satisfying his devotion, not hinting his other motive.

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  • In this effort they were aided by the fact that Jackson was a high Mason and frequently spoke in praise of the Order.

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  • The members of the commission were to be invested with powers so extensive that Cicero spoke of them as ten "kings."

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  • Fox and his fellow-preachers spoke whenever opportunity offered, - sometimes in churches(declining, for the most part, to occupy the pulpit), sometimes in barns, sometimes at market crosses.

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  • He preached in all the churches that were open to him, spoke in many religious societies, visited Newgate and the Oxford prisons.

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  • When the churches were closed against him he spoke to the Kingswood colliers in the open air, and after six memorable weeks wrote urging Wesley to come and take up the work.

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  • Among its fundamental rules we find a provision for dividing the society into bands of five or ten persons who spoke freely and plainly to each other as to the real state of their hearts.

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  • Among the latter was Lord Cloncurry, at one time on the executive of the United Irishmen, with whom Emmet dined the night before he left Paris, and to whom he spoke of his plans with intense enthusiasm and excitement.

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  • In 1901 there were 55 persons speaking Gaelic and English, none who spoke Gaelic only, and 92 foreigners (almost all Scandinavians).

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  • Bismarck coquetted with him as the representative of a force that might help him to combat the Prussian liberals; in 1878, in a speech before the Reichstag, he spoke of him with deep respect, as a man of the greatest amiability and ability from whom much could be learned.

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  • It has woollen mills, cotton compresses, clothing, furniture, and spoke and stave factories and machine shops, and is a cotton market.

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  • Lord Aberdeen made no secret of his dislike for the Turks, and openly expressed his disbelief in the reality of their reforms; and in January 1853 the tsar, in conversation with Sir Hamilton Seymour, the British ambassador at St Petersburg, spoke of the Ottoman Empire as " the Sick Man," and renewed the proposals for a partition made in 1844.

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  • The whole area was united as one civil parish in 1903, and the population in 1901 was 16 4,333, of whom only about 8% spoke Welsh.

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  • He was a man of great talents and spoke and wrote many Oriental and European languages.

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  • All these Germanic tribes, which were known from the 3rd century onwards by the generic name of Franks, doubtless spoke a similar dialect and were governed by customs which must scarcely have differed from one another; but this was all they had in common.

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  • The law was invoked, and, confronted for the first time with the intricacies of the Ornaments Rubric, spoke with an uncertain voice.

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  • The new monarch was a reserved, enigmatical prince, who seldom laughed, spoke little and wrote less - a striking contrast to Christian IV.

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  • According to Radlov, the earliest inhabitants of Siberia were the Yeniseians, who spoke a language different from the Ural-Altaic; some few traces of them (Yeniseians, Sayan-Ostiaks, and Kottes) exist among the Sayan Mountains.

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  • Russell spoke with spirit and dignity in his own defence, and, in especial, vehemently denied that he had ever been party to a design so wicked and so foolish as those of the murder of the king and of rebellion.

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  • He spoke with the utmost calm of his approaching death; "c'est une derniere fonction," he said, "qui n'est ni penible ni desagreable."

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  • In the same year he spoke for Lord Melbourne in the action (thought by some to be a political conspiracy 3) which the Hon.

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  • He spoke frequently.

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  • Presumably, therefore, the Scyths also spoke an Iranian dialect.

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  • These, as has been seen, spoke a cognate dialect, and the tombs which belong to their period show exactly the same culture with Greek and Siberian elements.

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  • Some prominent burghers even spoke at Uitlander meetings in favour of the Uitlander requests.

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  • The Thonraki, according to Gregory Magistros, held that "Jesus in the evening meal, spoke not of an offering of the mass, but of every table."

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  • Thereafter he spoke constantly, and acquired considerable reputation as an orator, - bringing out, moreover, many books in prose and verse.

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  • On the other hand, he spoke with respect of Hippocrates, and wrote a commentary on his Aphorisms. In this we see a spirit very different from the enthusiasm of the humanists for a purer and nobler philosophy than the scholastic and Arabian versions of Greek thought.

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  • Harvey, as is well known, spoke slightingly of the great chancellor, and it is not till the rapid development of physical science in England and Holland in the latter part of the century, that we find Baconian principles explicitly recognized.

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  • He wrote and spoke vigorously against Welsh disestablishment (1893); and in the following year, under his guidance, the existing agencies for Church defence were consolidated.

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  • Jetha was of such a mild temper that, even if any one spoke harshly to him, he would endure it and never retaliate.

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  • The race who first developed it spoke an agglutinative language, and to them was due the invention of the pictorial hieroglyphs which became the running-hand or cuneiform characters of later days, as well as the foundation of the chief cities of the country and the elements of its civilization.

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  • He spoke against the illegal canons on the 14th of December 1640, and again on the 9th of February 1641 on the occasion of the reception of the London petition, when he argued against episcopacy as constituting a political as well as a religious danger and made a great impression on the House, his name being added immediately to the committee appointed to deal with church affairs.

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  • The apocalyptic writer could obtain no hearing from his contemporaries, who held that, though God spoke in the past, "there was no more any prophet."

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  • He presented a measure in favour of full liberty for the press, which at that time was almost unanimously reactionary, protested against the outlawry of returned emigres, spoke in favour of the deported priests and attacked the Directory.

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  • In January 1667 he was one of three appointed to manage the evidence at the hearing of the impeachment of Lord Mordaunt, and in November of the same year spoke in defence of Clarendon, so far as the sale of Dunkirk was concerned, and opposed his banishment, and this appears to have been the last time that he addressed the house.

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  • The name is the Latin equivalent of the Greek Tupprivia or Tupojvia, which is used by Latin writers also in the forms Tyrrhenia, Tyrrhenii; the Romans also spoke of Tusci, whence the modern Tuscany.

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  • Contemporaries usually spoke of 70, 72, 73 or 77 members, and perhaps the list is complete with Daenell's recent count of 72, but the obscurity on so vital a point is significant of the amorphous character of the organization.

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  • Black showed that on the contrary causticization meant the loss of something, as proved by loss of weight; and this something he found to be an "air," which, because it was fixed in the substance before it was causticized, he spoke of as "fixed air."

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  • He voted twice, but never spoke in the House.

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  • In the same session Gladstone spoke on the question of bribery and corruption at Liverpool, and on the temporalities of the Irish Church.

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  • In defending the new scheme he spoke incessantly, and amazed the House by his mastery of detail, his intimate acquaintance with the commercial needs of the country, and his inexhaustible power of exposition.

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  • The most prominent members of the family were Mircea (1386-1418), who accepted Turkish suzerainty; Neagoe, the founder of the famous cathedral at Curtea de Argesh; Michael, surnamed the Brave (1592-1601); and Petru Cercel, famous for his profound learning, who spoke twelve languages and carried on friendly correspondence with the greater scholars and poets of Italy.

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  • His argumentative force was recognized at once, but the full scope of his powers was first shown on the 2nd of February 1775, when he spoke on the disputes with the colonies.

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  • In his letters he spoke of her always as Mrs Armistead, and some of his friends - Mr Coke of Holkham, afterwards Lord Leicester, with whom he stayed every year, being one of them - would not invite her to their houses.

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  • At a later period he was unjustly described as "a scurrilous party writer," which he certainly was not; but, on the other hand, Johnson spoke of his writing "so variously and so well," and put Robinson Crusoe among the only three books that readers wish longer.

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