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kenning her and lowing quietly
She went among the beasts, and they would be kenning her, and lowing quietly like calves, and she would be lifting their feet, and then there would be a hole in the clits o' them a'.
— from The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars

know he added laughing quietly
If anyone’s wicked it’s me, I know,” he added, laughing quietly.
— from Gabrielle of the Lagoon: A Romance of the South Seas by W. H. (William Henry) Myddleton

Knox hesitates and looks questioningly
( Knox hesitates and looks questioningly at Margaret. )
— from Theft: A Play In Four Acts by Jack London

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