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Example sentences for "but she said nothing"

  • Aunt Miriam looked anxiously at the tears which seemed to come involuntarily, but she said nothing.

  • He is wonderfully better than you, thought Fleda as she looked in the young gentleman's face for a second, but she said nothing.

  • She knew instinctively the writer of the letter, but she said nothing, waiting for Sylvia herself to speak.

  • There was an instant fiery flash in her eye, and she drew herself up as if in haughty defiance, but she said nothing then, nor did she speak later when she left with the Graysons, merely giving him a cold good-night bow.

  • Sylvia Morgan shuddered, but she said nothing.

  • Illustration: Jacinth's brows contracted, and the lines of her delicate face hardened, but she said nothing.

  • She let the memory go on, with its mincing steps, back into the dreary darkness of the river from whence it had come; but she said nothing.

  • She looked up with wide eyes--the eyes that Traill had first loved--but she said nothing.

  • She could have told him--told him to the letter what he wanted to know--but she said nothing.

  • She looked at him with something of his own fierceness in her face, as though she were preparing herself to fight with him; but she said nothing at the moment, and then he again went on.

  • Here Alice turned round towards him sharply, as though she were going to interrupt him, but she said nothing, though he paused for her to speak; and then he went on.

  • She made a slight sign with her head, as much as to say that Lady Glencora must have no opportunity of writing from the latter place; but she said nothing.

  • Lady Glencora twisted herself about in her chair, but she said nothing.

  • But she said nothing, and her aunt went on with her proposition.

  • But she said nothing; and after a while her aunt went on very slowly with her proposition.

  • Linda, when she heard this, gave one slight scream, but she said nothing.

  • Ellen's eyes gave a quick and strong answer to this, but she said nothing.

  • Ellen's arms were drawn very close round her companion at this, but she said nothing, and her face was laid in Alice's bosom.

  • His words had cut her, but she said nothing, for she was in dread lest the slightest word should betray the truth.

  • There was a vulgar streak in his character that often jarred on her, but she said nothing, for she was inexplicably fond of him.

  • Again he looked at her steadily, but she said nothing.

  • She watched her intently at times; would look across at her over the rims of her spectacles, and would note the bowed head and the close-drawn lips; but she said nothing.

  • Mrs. Baffall flutteringly thought it possible that Honora might do something with the man not altogether to the taste of his friends, but she said nothing.

  • He waited for a moment, as though expecting her to reply; but she said nothing.

  • Lily reflected that he had come to call on Maria, in spite of being busy, but she said nothing.

  • Maria paled a little, but she said nothing to disapprove this extraordinary statement.

  • Once in a while she glanced back at George Ramsey, then uneasily at her niece, but she said nothing more.

  • Maria turned slightly pale and continued to stare at him, but she said nothing.

  • He stood silent at her side, as though he expected her to say more, but she said nothing.

  • There was much which Miss Jean might have said to all this, which fell like the vainest folly on her ears, but she said nothing.

  • Miss Jean looked grave when the plan was spoken of, but she said nothing in the hearing of her brother.

  • Pranken announced that he must now take his departure; he evidently expected Manna to raise some opposition, but she said nothing.

  • But she said nothing to her and turned her back to the window.

  • The flush stole over her cheeks again, but she said nothing.

  • Her fingers were pressed tightly into the palms of her hands, but she said nothing.

  • As the doctor paused she opened her lips as if to speak, but she said nothing.

  • Cuckoo reddened with anger, but she said nothing.

  • But she said nothing; and after breakfast Rachel joined the two girls in the potato-field, and worked as hard as they, hour after hour.

  • But she said nothing, and Rachel, too, was silent.

  • Josephine cast a look of wonder and anguish on Camille, but she said nothing.

  • A spasm crossed Josephine's face, but she said nothing at the time.

  • Rose sighed, but she said nothing; for she saw that to excuse Camille would only make the jealous one more bitter against him.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but although; but can; but has; but have everlasting life; but here; but just; but many; but more; but none; but nothing; but owing; but presently; but really; but see; but she could not; but something; but they were all; but they were not; but they will not; but those; but when they came; butter rubbed; buttered toast; heavy weight; immigrants from; little difficulty