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  • "I shall be a fish," Flach cried, running toward the shim - mering margin of the isle.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • And the frocks of shick sheeples in their shum-mering insamples!

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • But the first wave of his assault had been thrown back, and now these two craven warriors stood before him, stam - mering their pathetic excuses.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • She rose, loose and easy in her dark Rover clothing, decorative bright scarves and sashes wrapped about her waist and shoulders, the ends trailing down in silken streamers, her long red hair shim - mering in the lamplight.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • It crowded up to the raised barrel of 1-70 on both sides, silvery and shim - mering, making the signs and guardrails and stalled cars waver like mi-rages; it gave off that liquidy humming sound like a stench.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Her lithe body set up warm ripples, a kind of vibration he felt deep inside like the ham - mering of his heart.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • Lori, of course was busy in the kitchen, and Nick could be heard ham mering nails somewhere, but Jason and Lovey were play ing with toy telephones.

    The Cat Who Came To Breakfast Braun, Lilian Jackson 1994

  • "More than adequate, Great Lord," Serig said, ham - mering the glee out of his voice.

    The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • We surveyed the countryside and Mr. Haggard asked, 'Is that shim - mering white thing over there the cathedral?'

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • But the first wave of his assault had been thrown back, and now these two craven warriors stood before him, stam - mering their pathetic excuses.

    Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

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