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beating 33 boomed 18
chomping 19 clutching 23
creaked 21, 79 curled 23, 26, 60, 76
distracted 29, 160 draping 33
escaped 29, 156, 218, 224 feared 21
garbled 19 giggled 25, 32, 33, 61, 140, 150
groaned 21, 134, 176 grumbled 19, 92
intersected 22 marveling 23, 161
nudging 28, 84 peered 21, 54, 62
poking 23, 221 popped 19, 82, 123, 159, 206, 209, 214
reasoned 27, 53, 84, 121 retorted 29, 45, 64, 115
rippled 23 rushed 15, 16, 22, 62, 100
sank 23, 25, 177, 190 sauntered 28, 62
scampered 28 scooped 34, 40, 53, 54, 120
shroud 26 splintered 22
squeezed 16, 24, 55 squinted 28, 89, 97
startled 28, 127 stiffened 33
stirred 21 streaming 33
stretched 28, 77 struck 29, 84, 148
stunned 39, 66, 197 stuttered 29, 79
surveyed 23, 153 sweeping 23, 28
swishing 19 tiptoed 21, 49, 52, 84, 89, 159, 172, 183
tossing 25, 26, 71 trudged 21, 55, 73
tucked 92, 159 uncurled 28
whacked 20 winding 18
winked 35, 200, 224 yawned 23, 26, 28, 55, 91