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not a dry eye among us
Brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins, students and friends of years long past were grouped around me, not a dry eye among us.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

nearly a dozen eggs amongst us
After demolishing nearly a dozen eggs amongst us, and two capital salmon-trout, which our fast friend, the Anglo-Norwegian, had filched from a large cistern, where they are placed during the winter, for the benefit of his master's table; and after imbibing cauldrons of coffee—so delicious was its flavour—we showed and expressed great
— from A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross

not a dry eye among us
‘What happier women might have thought of his sermon I cannot say; there was not a dry eye among us at the Refuge.
— from The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins

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