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1  Dally licked his lips nervously.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 9
2  Johnny was always nervous around strangers.
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Context   In Chapter 2
3  He's dead--- his mother has had a nervous breakdown.
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Context   In Chapter 7
4  Johnny looked around, slapping his pockets nervously.
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Context   In Chapter 4
5  I think most of the guys were nervous because of the 'no weapons' rule.'
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 9
6  He looked a little nervous, and I wished they'd let him have a cigarette.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 12
7  I wondered why--- Johnny was a nervous wreck, but he never was that jumpy.
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Context   In Chapter 3
8  "Big time Socs, all right," I said, a nervous bitterness growing inside me.
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Context   In Chapter 3
9  He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes, and that beating he got from the Socs didn't help matters.
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Context   In Chapter 1
10  Johnny was high-strung anyway, a nervous wreck from getting belted every time he turned around and from hearing his parents fight all the time.
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Context   In Chapter 2
11  I was smarting and aching and my chest was sore and I was so nervous my hands were shaking and I wanted to start bawling, but you just don't say that to Darry.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1
12  "It was the Socs," I said nervously, because there were plenty of Socs milling around and some of them were giving me funny looks, as if I shouldn't be with Cherry or something.
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Context   In Chapter 2