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Examples
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And instantly she perished in the keen FRISSON of anticipation, an electric vibration in her veins, intense, much more intense than that which was always humming low in the atmosphere of
Women in Love 1907
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Ursula had apprehended him with a fine FRISSON of attraction.
Women in Love 1907
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A FRISSON of fear touched the London property market briefly on news that Dubai World was delaying repayment of some of its $60 billion (£36 billion) in debt.
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