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  • Her heart racketed against her rib cage in disturbed reaction.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Her heart racketed against her rib cage in disturbed reaction.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • At that news, the shopkeepers pulled wooden shutters over their storefronts, locked them securely, and crept into their houses behind the shops as a mob of young men racketed through the street, shouting profanities and wrecking anything they could find.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • At that news, the shopkeepers pulled wooden shutters over their storefronts, locked them securely, and crept into their houses behind the shops as a mob of young men racketed through the street, shouting profanities and wrecking anything they could find.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Beth seemed determined to prove the truth of her assertion, and racketed about over the next few days with so many different suitors and such determined gaiety that Neil, observing, realized that such wildness was best left to spend itself unchecked, and set himself to presenting an unmoved facade in the face of much provocation.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Beth seemed determined to prove the truth of her assertion, and racketed about over the next few days with so many different suitors and such determined gaiety that Neil, observing, realized that such wildness was best left to spend itself unchecked, and set himself to presenting an unmoved facade in the face of much provocation.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • At that news, the shopkeepers pulled wooden shutters over their storefronts, locked them securely, and crept into their houses behind the shops as a mob of young men racketed through the street, shouting profanities and wrecking anything they could find.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • If I had possessed millions, I should still have gambled, reveled, and racketed about.

    The Magic Skin 2007

  • It was more than a handful of men that went with him, black and white banners about him, safe-passage through the streets at a wild pace that racketed echoes off the walls and scattered isolated groups of rioters from their path.

    2005 Cherryh, C. J. 2005

  • Stars appeared and disappeared as the last of the monsoons — the northern edge of them — visited Rocky, and thunder cells racketed around the mountains.

    Hard Truth Barr, Nevada 2005

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