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Leaning into the counter, I half-whispered, “I need Tucks, too.”
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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The highlight was a breathy, half-whispered Urlicht (another theme later redeveloped in the Second Symphony) and a richly comic Lob des hohen Verstandes (Praise of Lofty Intellect), a Mahlerian jibe at music critics.
Hallé/Elder - review Alfred Hickling 2010
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"I thought you would never say it," she half-whispered plainly, then grinned and kissed him again, slowly and tenderly.
Sarah Thomas Martin 2012
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“She's thinking about herself,” he half-whispered.
Dangerous Questions John Wentworth Chapin 2011
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Leaning into the counter, I half-whispered, “I need Tucks, too.”
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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And I found this in my locker yesterday, she half-whispered.
Gold Medal Murder Carolyn Keene 2010
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And I found this in my locker yesterday, she half-whispered.
Gold Medal Murder Carolyn Keene 2010
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And I found this in my locker yesterday, she half-whispered.
Gold Medal Murder Carolyn Keene 2010
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She drew in close, looked back at her family to make sure they couldn't hear, and half-whispered, "I didn't support Bush - at least not for those last four years."
Suz Redfearn: My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother 2009
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Use it, he half-whispered, half-shouted from the stage.
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