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1  The instant his feet were on the sidewalk he broke into a run.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
2  A time of peril on the killing beds was when a steer broke loose.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
3  Instead of falling silent at the end, the bell broke into a sudden clangor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16
4  She got out: and as soon as she was out of sight on the side street Jurgis broke into a run.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
5  Then her voice would begin to rise into screams, louder and louder until it broke in wild, horrible peals of laughter.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
6  And so, at last, when the meeting broke up, and the audience started to leave, poor Jurgis was in an agony of uncertainty.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29
7  He had no knife, but with some labor he broke himself a good stout club, and, armed with this, he marched down the road again.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
8  It really broke his heart to do this, at half-past twelve o'clock, after he had wasted the night at the meeting and on the street.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
9  And then Teta Elzbieta broke forth into protestations and reproaches, so that the people outside stopped and peered in at the window.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
10  To a musket that broke in a crisis he always attributed the death of his only brother, and upon worthless blankets he blamed all the agonies of his own old age.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 30
11  Then he was forced to acknowledge that he could not go on without fainting; it almost broke his heart to do it, and he stood leaning against a pillar and weeping like a child.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12
12  So for several days he had been going about, ravenous all the time, and growing weaker and weaker, and then one morning he had a hideous experience, that almost broke his heart.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
13  And the speaker's voice broke suddenly, with the stress of his feelings; he stood with his arms stretched out above him, and the power of his vision seemed to lift him from the floor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28
14  She broke into a run, shouting to the people to ask what was the matter, but not stopping to hear what they answered, till she had come to where the throng was so dense that she could no longer advance.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11