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1  She could hear again the ripple of the water, the flapping sail.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XIX
2  "And the next day or the next we can sail to the Bayou Brulow," he went on.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XII
3  As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filling and overflowing them.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XII
4  A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In VII
5  Old Monsieur Farival laughed sardonically at something as he looked at the sails, and Beaudelet swore at the old man under his breath.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XII
6  First of all, the sight of the water stretching so far away, those motionless sails against the blue sky, made a delicious picture that I just wanted to sit and look at.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In VII
7  When she and Robert stepped into Tonie's boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XIII