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1  But it's so hot," insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears, "And everything's so confused.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
2  The hair in his nostrils quivered slightly and as he shook his head his eyes filled with tears.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
3  In a little while I heard a low husky sob and saw that the tears were overflowing down his face.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
4  Daisy's face was smeared with tears and when I came in she jumped up and began wiping at it with her handkerchief before a mirror.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
5  After a little while Mr. Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and unpunctual tears.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
6  The hard brown beetles kept thudding against the dull light and whenever Michaelis heard a car go tearing along the road outside it sounded to him like the car that hadn't stopped a few hours before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  The tears coursed down her cheeks--not freely, however, for when they came into contact with her heavily beaded eyelashes they assumed an inky color, and pursued the rest of their way in slow black rivulets.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3