1 He could not pronounce the name without a stiffening of the muscles of his throat.
2 She held the light at the same level, and it drew out with the same distinctness her slim young throat and the brown wrist no bigger than a child's.
3 Ethan stood looking at her, his heart in his throat.
4 He helped himself mechanically and began to eat; then disgust took him by the throat and he laid down his fork.
5 Tears rose in his throat and slowly burned their way to his lids.
6 "Hum--hurrump," said Gerald, clearing his throat in embarrassment at being caught openly in an act of kindness.
7 Mammy stood beside the table, watching every forkful that traveled from plate to mouth, as though she intended to force the food down Ellen's throat should she see signs of flagging.
8 Her heart in her throat, she went swiftly down the stairs.
9 He cleared his throat three times to speak and failed each time.
10 Uncle Peter cleared his throat.
11 A hard little pain had started in her heart and was traveling slowly up toward her throat where it would become a lump and the lump would soon become tears.
12 The hard little pain had at last reached Scarlett's throat and she wailed out loud--not, as Pittypat thought, for poor Charlie but because the last sounds of the wheels and the laughter were dying away.
13 There was something about the tragic melody and Lorena's lost love that mingled with her own excitement and brought a lump into her throat.
14 She pinned the wrapper close about her throat, lit her bedside candle and hurried down the dark stairs into the front hall.
15 "Quick, Melly," cried Scarlett, her heart in her throat, exasperation sweeping her as she saw that Melly's hands were shaking so that it was impossible for her to read.