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In the centre of the room, Fernando continued to argue, flinging expostulative arms.
Tour de Force Brand, Christianna, 1907- 1955
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Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best; and really, though not bred to public speaking, manages rather well: -- In the present dreadful rarity of grains, a Deputation of Female Citizens has, as the august Assembly can discern, come out from Paris to petition.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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