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a pinched look and now and then some
She was so cold and hungry and tired that her face began to have a pinched look, and now and then some kind-hearted person passing her in the street glanced at her with sudden sympathy.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

a pinched look and now and then some
She was so cold and hungry and tired that her little face had a pinched look, and now and then some kind-hearted person passing her in the crowded street glanced at her with sympathy.
— from Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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