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1  She wrung her hands in mock despair.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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2  She wiped her eyes with shaking hands.
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3  Her hands seemed to be made of cool ivory.
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4  Then we must get her out of the Jew's hands.
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5  She knelt down and pressed his hands to her lips.
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6  Then she flung herself on her knees and kissed my hands.
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7  His cool, white, flowerlike hands, even, had a curious charm.
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8  "I hope he will fall into proper hands," continued the old man.
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9  After some time, he thrust away his plate and put his head in his hands.
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10  They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands.
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11  Her little hands stretched blindly out, and appeared to be seeking for him.
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12  She clenched her hands together, and her voice seemed to catch in her throat.
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13  Mrs. Vane winced and put her thin, bismuth-whitened hands on her daughter's head.
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14  She has been innocent, and the black hands of jealousy have crushed her reedlike throat.
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15  He was thick-set of figure, and his hands and feet were large and somewhat clumsy in movement.
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16  His lips trembled, and rushing to the back of the box, he leaned up against the wall, hiding his face in his hands.
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17  He escorted them to their box with a sort of pompous humility, waving his fat jewelled hands and talking at the top of his voice.
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