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1  Piggy stopped beating the water.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
2  Instead, Piggy beat the water with his hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
3  Warmth radiated now, and beat pleasantly on them.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
4  The storm of sound beat at them, an incantation of hatred.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
5  In Simon's right temple, a pulse began to beat on the brain.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
6  Passions beat about Simon on the mountain-top with awful wings.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
7  He clenched his fist and beat hammer-wise on the red wall at his right.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
8  Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by beating on his open mouth.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
9  Again the blue-white scar jagged above them and the sulphurous explosion beat down.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
10  Simon's effort fell about him in ruins; the laughter beat him cruelly and he shrank away defenseless to his seat.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
11  The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
12  Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
13  He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters