Certain of herself, certain of her friends in the house, certain of her voice and her success, Carlotta flung herself into her part without restraint of modesty. (Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera)
Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned. (Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
The first thing Rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man Rainsford had ever seen, a gigantic creature, fierce as a tiger, strong, but actually gentle as a baby. (Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game)
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Rain-drenched, fresh, vital, full of life, spring enveloped all of us. (Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
Numb of all feeling, empty as a shell, still he clung to life, and the hours droned by. (Armstrong Sperry, Call it Courage)
Certain of herself, certain of her friends in the house, certain of her voice and her success, Carlotta flung herself into her part without restraint of modesty. (Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera)
Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned. (Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
Nausea began to spread through his stomach, warm and oozy and evil. (Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War)
The first thing Rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man Rainsford had ever seen, a gigantic creature, fierce as a tiger, strong, but actually gentle as a baby. (Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game)
"In real life I am alarge, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands."
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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