I gave a small laugh and gazed at the ceiling, feeling monumentally stupid and childish. |
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Setting the picture down, I gazed over at the wall that held no pictures or posters. |
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A black sky stretched out above me and cold stars gazed down with torpid light that dulled and burned a stark yellow. |
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Tonight, though, Lauren and I gazed upon you at your midtown location while we studied for the bar. |
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His icy green eyes widened as she gazed down at him, a triumphant smile plastered on her face. |
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She gazed at the photograph of her and her mother, which she tucked under her pillow. |
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They gazed into each others eyes and suddenly they shared a moment, a moment which seemed to connect them to one another. |
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He gazed steadily at her with a calm and regal expression, his eyes shining softly. |
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She gazed sideward down the steep face at the mist which still hung imposingly below them. |
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Her eyes gazed into the white ceiling above her, now blue with the pale moonlight. |
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I gazed in wonder at the chaos that ensued in the beer gardens at night, at the pure unadulterated fun that was going on at all times. |
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He sighed and ruefully gazed down the rocky mountainside to the glistening valley below. |
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She gazed back at Sharpie's fingers as they skimmed lightly over the plastic keys. |
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Can any radicalism that has not gazed upon this dreadful Gorgon be anything other than skin-deep? |
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Sitting up, Adrian gazed into the photograph once again, staring at the picture of his wife and he underneath the tree. |
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I looked over the edge and gazed at the New York City skyline in the distance. |
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Achaeus gazed skywards, hoping to ingrain the images into his memory forever. |
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Sodden and anxious, riverbank dwellers gazed skywards as the heavens opened. |
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As the couple pledged their undying love and gazed dreamily into each other's eyes, in came a tiny voice. |
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Sasha said little to Hardy, but gazed at him between bumps and slides along the dunes. |
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When she arrived, she gazed upon a very old bonsai tree that lay rooted in the middle of a serene rock garden. |
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A pause followed as Jeremy and the cloaked woman gazed at each other, unmoving and unspeaking. |
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She gazed up above a small knitted quilt that was quickly materializing from two long needles and her experienced fingers. |
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The brightness of his ultramarine eyes surrounded in kohl was intensified ten fold as he gazed upon the same land I had been. |
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In one he gazed off in deep thought, brooding and handsome, in the other he was smiling to charm the lens off the camera. |
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I gazed down upon the old quarter, a collage of dun roofs, domes and vaults, pencil and square minarets. |
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Her long black hair was tied back in a thick braid, and her blue-gray eyes gazed into mine with a mixture of wisdom, kindness, and nobility. |
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Each of the primitive-looking Venuses gazed at a raw stone elevated on a nearby pedestal of equal height. |
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Isabelle gazed down at her faded denim dungarees which were covered in spatters of colourful paint. |
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They mournfully gazed at the empty floor that was earlier that day full of brown eggs speckled with grey spots. |
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She gazed up at the ceiling above the bed she'd been sleeping on and stared at the numerous bumps, cracks and bubbles. |
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He gazed down into the water and noticed the staff of one boat sticking above the surface. |
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I kicked the spinifex growing through the bitumen and gazed mournfully at the old projectors. |
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She gazed at the stalactites and stalagmites lining the floors and ceiling of the cave. |
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I gazed at the wine red brick buildings standing upon the hills, towering overhead. |
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I had sat on the branch of an oak tree and gazed out at the forest surrounding me. |
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She gazed at him in wonder, and he returned her stare with a look of friendly curiosity. |
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Emperor shrimp danced over sea cucumbers' backs and stargazers gazed into the blackness with their sad smiles. |
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She then gazed upwards into the starlit night sky that blanketed the heavens above. |
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By its side, we toasted marshmallows over the campfire and gazed at the star-studded night skies. |
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Startled by the torchlight, their shallow caprine eyes gazed back in fear and incomprehension at the source. |
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She ran her hand gently down his cheek, a loving caress as she gazed at him. |
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As the warden gazed out the open door, one of his underlings, a rather stout fellow named Mr. Hersby, approached the nervous man. |
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At the sight of our caravan of motor vehicles, the locals along the road stopped work and gazed open-mouthed in surprise and amusement. |
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This catalyzed the retrieval of these women as theologians-not simply as saints honored for their piety or mystics gazed upon with curiosity. |
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The pimply-faced pubescent gazed in wonderment as his elder sibling orated perceptively on the great mysteries of teenage life. |
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He gazed into the mirror and saw a haggard face with a light stubble growing on the chin. |
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Then she sat back in her leather office chair and gazed out her corner office window. |
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As the sun went down in the distance, half hidden by puffy white clouds, Josie leaned over the ship's railing and gazed down at the calm water. |
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She was overcome with emotions as she gazed at the purest sunset she had ever laid eyes on. |
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I was beginning to feel all tingly as he gazed into the limpid pool of my eyes and professed his honorable intentions. |
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I leaned across the hood of the vehicle and gazed through the tinted windshield. |
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Putti, his eyes bright from the fire, instantly noticed her passiveness, but he spoke nothing of it as he gazed proudly at her beside the fire. |
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As we stood there awkwardly, clutching our bags, Aunt Rachel gazed at us thoughtfully. |
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He felt his heartbeat pump overtime as a pair of coal-black eyes gazed at him with contained fury. |
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He opened the cracked faceplate of the fallen astronaut and gazed in horror at what lay within. |
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Since the earliest times, man has gazed skyward, hoping to discern signs of good or ill fortune in the patterns of the stars. |
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Viewers gazed in astonishment as the supposedly silver-tongued trial lawyer lurched from one inanity to the next. |
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I ignored her snide comment and instead gazed around the house with distaste. |
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Afterwards we lay close together and gazed at the stars above, becoming fast friends, exchanging confidences. |
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With an intent stare, she gazed into the flames, seeming to go into a trance. |
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As I gazed in the direction of his usual path, I saw fishermen bring back their catch of the day. |
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An Irish setter leaned up close to Duffy and gazed into his pale blue eyes. |
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Dousing her face and neck, she gazed for a fleeting moment into the water, her thoughts momentarily blank. |
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She gazed at the floorboard of the car confused and light-hearted with Sade's annoying company. |
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Quickly applying fly spray to his now glossy coat, she gazed around for another stable hand. |
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I gazed at a silver crucifix dangling on a fine chain under the pit of her throat. |
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A trio of cats gazed up at her, curiously eyeing her approach with heads tilted one way or another. |
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Propping up his head on his hand, he gazed about in the room, the fumes of markers and paint lingering from the previous class. |
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Over at the machinery section, farmers gazed longingly at some of the latest gigantic tractors. |
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We sat at an outdoor garden, degusted the beefsteak, gazed at the stars and the lights of Taipei below. |
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Her eyes glittered with excitement as she gazed at her surroundings for what seemed to be the thousandth time. |
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The demonic glowing eyes he carried gazed upon the spirit of Phyoni, grimacing at the sight. |
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He gazed goggle-eyed at the monuments to the great and good interred there, and read their epitaphs with awe. |
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He gazed at his reflection for a long time, straight into his own pupils and losing himself there in that depthless gulf. |
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The stars were twinkling in the night sky and a full moon gazed down on this desolate place waiting to become another new neighborhood. |
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He pulled away suddenly and gazed at me with raw emotion clear in his eyes, smiling that irresistible and devastating smile of his. |
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As his lips formed a grin mirrored by hers, he gazed into her grassy green eyes that seemed to shimmer brightly of their own accord. |
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She gazed down and suddenly one of the dim shapes moved, darting into a pool of light from the half moon to take the form of a man. |
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For a moment we gazed like children at the shelves groaning with boxes of chocolate, then we quickly, efficiently, and joyously filled our boots. |
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I gazed down upon the old quarter, a collage of dun roofs, domes and vaults, pencil and square minarets, ugliness and elegance. |
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She gazed into his troubled face, dark hair falling across green eyes, sunlight dusking his pale skin, like fate waking up to morning air. |
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Even as she gazed endlessly at her new domicile, Virginia did not feel at home, but rather as if she was being sent into a penitentiary. |
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She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument. |
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While I gazed at walls decorated with faded record jackets, the owner enthralled me with his in-depth knowledge of this musical genre. |
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She gazed back towards the bus stop as the East route vehicle accelerated away. |
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But something rather unexpected happened as I gazed at these images of the past. |
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I just gazed at the squatting figure in front of me, suddenly feeling extremely weary. |
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Lunchtime shoppers gazed in astonishment as police launched a full-scale raid on a suspected drug pusher operating from York city centre. |
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She gazed upon him hour after hour, and her very soul seemed to speak out of her dying eyes. |
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In a sudden burst she sat down and gazed at the teacher whose mouth was now agape with shock. |
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Sam was holding her close, supporting her easily as he gazed down at her, a soft expression on his face. |
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Slowly, he withdrew five photograph frames and gazed into them while lying down on the couch on his back. |
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She felt calm as she gazed into the red heat of the flames that danced around, licking the wood. |
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Reia gazed out the window, her eyes enchanted by the world's serene beauty. |
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He pulled the car over to the side of the road and gazed at it, the old Victorian structure with its gables and wraparound porch. |
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She handed it to Cary who gazed questioningly at the picture which vaguely resembled a landing space craft. |
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I recalled how I had gazed dreamily at his picture in the yearbook in the library at school today. |
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She gazed directly at Ryan with yearning eyes, and Ryan felt like she was speaking specifically of him, which made him feel good. |
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Mac gazed at the relief map, scanning the recorded edges where their flight plan would begin. |
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While all around them, beautiful trees waved their leafy fans in the air and two loyal horses gazed at their puzzling humans. |
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I gazed out at the stars, leaning my elbows on the edge, for awhile before answering. |
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As he gazed upon the license plate in front of him with its letters and numbers, he almost wished for a car. |
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She gazed in horror at the seemingly lifeless body of her dear friend on the floor. |
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I gazed across the smooth rippling sea, aching in every part of me to be able to swim in it again. |
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I was beginning to feel all tingly as he gazed into the limpid pool of my eyes and profess his honorable intentions. |
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Twirling a lock of his long white beard around a finger, the old man looked solemnly at me as his dark liquid eyes gazed at me intently. |
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They spoke a little to each other and then the lady took Lord Arnor's arm and they gazed round the company on the boat together. |
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Her brother's worried eyes gazed into her and she felt like the most artificial person on earth. |
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She gazed back at the couple in her rear view mirror, a wistful, longing expression in her blue-green eyes. |
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He gazed out into the sun-bathed crowd assembled in front of the stand in the clearing in Donadea forest. |
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Roxanne gazed around the pool to see if there were any other free sun loungers. |
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Her clear eyes gazed lovelessly at me as I stood still, my own eyes burning into hers in hope of inflicting some emotional torture. |
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They gazed on the road with a solemn, placid expression, as of men to whom the Atlantean weight of this weary world was as the down on a feather. |
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I gazed at the mahogany of the desk, the long scar made there by a shattering coffee mug almost three years ago. |
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I gazed malevolently at the dreary, run-down apology of a holiday town and wished myself somewhere else. |
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Though the gap in his fingers, he had gazed upon the man dressed in regal scarlet, presently greeting the crown prince. |
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From atop a tree-house, the big picture of a man with a white flowing beard gazed down on a merry crowd gathered around a huge cake. |
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She held his sun-bronzed face between her hands, and gazed into his dark eyes with infinite tenderness. |
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She managed to stop laughing, then her face turned serious and she gazed into his face. |
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As she gazed out into the expanse she saw nothing of the thick silver fog, or the dark grey water. |
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Emotions briefly flickered across his blue eyes as they gazed into hers, wide and astonished. |
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Phineas Brock stretched out atop his bedroll beside the campfire, folded his arms under his head and gazed up at the crowded night sky. |
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Sarah felt something stir within her as she gazed at him, her eyes never leaving his and she was befuddled. |
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Hard, fearful looks crowned their countenances as they gazed upon us. |
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His eyes held a sad dimness as he gazed on my pitiful figure. |
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Blake gazed at the both of them then, his face becoming more vacant. |
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Like a patient leaving the hospital, she stepped out of the house on 11 Bandfield Street and gazed at the street with a blend of relief and anxiety. |
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His voice broke piteously, but Bahzell only gazed down with flinty eyes, and something inside the landlord shriveled under their dreadful promise. |
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He gazed into the man's compassionate eyes in helpless, naked trustingness, and then he wriggled closer to rest his head in the man's lap, and with that, he fell asleep. |
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Colin gazed at his brother full on, disbelief apparent in his gray eyes. |
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Sara gazed up at the house in dazed wonder, not noticing Mr. Lake's retrieval of her valise from the carriage or his offer of hand to steady her step down to the sidewalk. |
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A fat woman in a red and beige dress busily fanned herself while her male escort gazed longingly at the other women when he knew his wife was busy eyeing the young men. |
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He gazed down at Ataren with pitilessness building in his eyes. |
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Sarah stood in front of the full-length mirror and gazed at herself. |
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We gazed across the loch at Ben Lomond, which for once, in this apocalyptically bad summer, was gloriously free from cloud and touched lightly by skinny bands of sunlight. |
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Roy gazed at Sarah's curvaceous figure as she went back to May's room. |
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Between the torch brackets, images of long-dead nobility gazed down at them with an air of sorrow, as if their sightless eyes regretted the passing of more cheerful days. |
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While rock music blared out, the main stage was starkly silent as groups of concert-goers gazed quietly at flowers and candles covering the muddy ground. |
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She gazed at the absence of light coming through the string-like curtains on the exterior wall like an anxious dormouse who's been too long in hibernation. |
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Johnson kept doing all he could, gazing down at those eyes that gazed right back at him with a seemingly stunned look. |
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We gazed on a residential area of box-like homes stacked on top of one another on a steep hillside. |
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I switched on the light and gazed blearily through a haze of dust. |
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She gazed at Sebastian with disinterest, that same simper on her face. |
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She gazed absently at her fingernails, pushing down the cuticles and digging out small pieces of dirt that had become lodged between the nail and skin. |
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I gazed sadly through the window out onto the Gatwick flight path. |
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In a dark rocky cave, a giant octopus spread its long, writhing tentacles in search of its prey, and gazed the while through the water with large lustreless eyes. |
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I refreshed myself in the mid-day heat by drinking its pure lymph from the hollow of my hand, and gazed with long and insatiable delight upon the memorable fountain. |
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Stittsworth sighed and gazed out the window, whereupon he noticed a male goat mounting a female goat with extreme vigor. |
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During my traffic-filled commute to work this morning, I gazed up over the sky of downtown and noticed a giant blimp floating about over the buildings. |
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In the tall, chapel-like gallery at the entrance, one gazed up, across and through the shimmering expanse of Summer Moon, a symphony of color, light and energy. |
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She gazed petulantly at a mantelpiece empty of deckle-edged cards. |
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From my porthole window, I gazed in awe at the stunning contrast of the shining snowcapped Chugach Mountains against the blueness of the Gulf of Alaska. |
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His dark blue eyes gazed solemnly into hers, windows of tenderness. |
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His old eyes, brown and lazy, gazed ahead from under a slant brow. |
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As we gazed down the length of Glen Etive to the silver slash of Loch Etive it was satisfying to realise that the success of our day was far greater than we expected it to be. |
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She gazed up at the starry night sky and thought about her future. |
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He gazed longingly up at the immense, empty sky that cut across the nearby horizon through the naked trees and began tramping through the snow towards it. |
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As they came upon the balcony guarded precariously by a short fence of black steel, Tia gazed up at the midnight sky, bedazzled by its sudden beauty. |
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Through the mesh of the floor the lizard gazed down at the passers-by. |
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The Queen gazed long at Estelle and then dismissed her with stern words. |
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The giraffe gazed downwards at us with a stupidly benign expression on its face and slowly stalked away, balanced on its implausibly spindly legs. |
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She gazed at the amazing, lumbering dark masses, grazing on the cliff top. |
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When he produced his first few results on 4-manifolds, the ideas were so new and foreign to geometers and topologists that they merely gazed in bewildered admiration. |
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She gazed at the yellow glow emanating from the light fixture. |
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He unshuttered the window, and gazed through, the crisp autumn wind bit at his face as the past bit at his heart and again he pulled himself away from it. |
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I gazed down perplexedly at the top of her glossy, jet-black head. |
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He made mechanical models, and gazed at ditchwater through a microscope. |
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Even as he gazed upon her fear-glazed features, a frown of recognition touched her mien, and it seemed to him then that he could hear her thoughts. |
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Melanie pushed the tissue paper aside and gazed adoringly at the Dior bag she had splurged on for her 37th birthday. |
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She remembered how wise and tempered Jake had seemed when she gazed into his eyes, even when he was the tiniest of tykes. |
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Mr. Fenton gazed at her for a time with his brows somewhat wrinkled. |
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They wuffed and wheezed and wagged and wiggled for us and then after a minute or two they sat their tired selves down and gazed at me and my camera. |
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Justin gazed out from the dim interior as more than 300 police motorcycles from dozens of jurisdictions rumbled past. |
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And so there Miss Johnson sat, rigid with disbelief as two of her least subservient students gazed into her watery eyes and grinned wolfishly beneath little lambskin cloaks. |
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When she had a sonogram done eight weeks into her pregnancy, Anthony gazed into the grainy printout and had a vision. |
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The gambler gazed at the undealt cards, desperate to know whether the ace of hearts was still among them. |
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She gazed again down the web path to the slaughtered island, and to other islands beyond it, their distant lights unhazed by dust. |
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As she gazed, an unmirthful smile spread over her features, like sunshine that grows melancholy in some desolate spot. |
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His heart became appalled as he gazed forward into the waste darkness of futurity. |
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And when we had got free, and gazed around on the wreckish results the stoutest of us quailed. |
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They gazed upon it with the enthusiasm that a naked Amazonian Indian might greet the sudden arrival of a tumble-drier in his wickiup. |
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Lakshmi gazed into the suddenly empty expanse of her suitcase, then closed it with a bang, punctuating the end to the conversation. |
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Andy, 27, and Kim, 26, smooched, cuddled and gazed adoringly at each other. |
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Meg gazed desperately across the room to where Monty was guffawing with mirth and stuffing into his mouth a cheeselet. |
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He gazed at the flowers and the flickering candles, clearly moved. |
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As I gazed at myself in the looking-glass, I found that I should be a handsome boy when I had put on my silver-buttoned attila. |
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The imperial Elizabetta gazed with surprise at the youthful and unpretending appearance of the little being that had set the world madding. |
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He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him. |
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As they gazed, a white face, wet with the sweat of fear, poked out and stared down upon them with eyes in which the late terror still lived. |
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Every item of intelligence appeared to redouble the astonishment of the islanders, and they gazed at us with inquiring looks. |
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Taoist myths state that Laozi was conceived when his mother gazed upon a falling star. |
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The Fortune Teller gazed his wondering green eye in the orb of clouded mist. Over looking their movements from above the starlet night. |
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And the vacant orbits gazed back at her, tonguelessly declaring their inexhaustible resources. |
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Rhodes gazed wistfully into the dense umbrageous tangle whence his host had disappeared. |
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Hypnotized, my eyes stared at the small bulge made by that book inside the pocket, they gazed fierily at that one inconspicuous spot as if to burn a hole in the coat. |
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It was not long before our hands dragged Helvidius to prison, before we gazed on the dying looks of Manricus and Rusticus, before we were steeped in Senecio's innocent blood. |
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As she read the portrait of the small staring face in the sailor hat, fervent in its withdrawn impavidness, gazed out upon her from the slowly gliding limousine. |
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I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined. |
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The puma sat there for several minutes in the oblique honeyed light, tautly upright, looking like a Lalique ornament as it gazed lakeward into the rising sun. |
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Merle gazed with horror upon the apparently uncontrite fratricide. |
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Julian reported that she was losing her sight and felt physically numb, but as she gazed on the crucifix she saw the figure of Jesus begin to bleed. |
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Only Peter was out of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window. |
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As we gazed across the courtyard, admiring the minaret with its unusual exterior spiral staircase, I spotted two figures climbing upward, above the crenulated walls. |
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I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing. |
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Lord Walderhurst gazed at her through the monocle with an air he sometimes had of taking her measure without either unkindliness or particular interest. |
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