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she was a determined enemy returning
The new-comers tried to preserve an airy calm, and treat this offensive junior as beneath their notice; but she was a determined enemy, returning constantly to the assault, and the skirmishes continued.
— from The Jolliest Term on Record: A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

silence with a distressing effort read
He proceeded falteringly until he announced the cessation of the American war, and then, attempting to utter the sentence, "I offer to declare them free and independent States," he broke down completely, and, after a painful and agitated silence, with a distressing effort read the fateful words.
— from The Rock of the Lion by Molly Elliot Seawell

see we are doing exactly right
"I am not afraid, but I don't see we are doing exactly right."
— from Leslie Ross; or, Fond of a Lark by Charles Bruce

street was a desert every room
Every street was a desert; every room in every house was empty.
— from Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front by Arnold Bennett

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