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  • She embraced Elizabeth, and said, in a voice of half-suppressed emotion, Farewell, sweet lady, dearest Elizabeth, my beloved and only friend; may heaven, in its bounty, bless and preserve you; may this be the last misfortune that you will ever suffer.

    Chapter 8 2010

  • Again the flashing glance, the half-suppressed smirk.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • She embraced Elizabeth, and said, in a voice of half-suppressed emotion, Farewell, sweet lady, dearest Elizabeth, my beloved and only friend; may heaven in its bounty bless and preserve you; may this be the last misfortune that you will ever suffer.

    Chapter 7 2010

  • Patch Darragh, who plays Tom, all but quivers with half-suppressed rage.

    A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010

  • Patch Darragh, who plays Tom, all but quivers with half-suppressed rage.

    A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010

  • Zeus began to dog-dream growl, accompanied by a half-suppressed dog-dream bark, a funny little wuf that made his lips flubber.

    The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010

  • Patch Darragh, who plays Tom, all but quivers with half-suppressed rage.

    A Masterpiece Made Manifest Terry Teachout 2010

  • Zeus began to dog-dream growl, accompanied by a half-suppressed dog-dream bark, a funny little wuf that made his lips flubber.

    The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010

  • Just a week ago, Waltz with Bashir, the animated documentary film Folman directed in which he explores his own nightmarish, half-suppressed memories of that period, was given its first underground screening in Lebanon -- not far, in fact, from Hezbollah headquarters in southern Beirut -- though the film is officially banned in that country.

    Tom Engelhardt: Waltz with Bashir: The Graphic Novel 2009

  • “That of rendering yourself acceptable to a girl you have known for so many years?” said Middlemas with a half-suppressed sneer.

    The Surgeon's Daughter 2008

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