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Example sentences for "heart seemed"

  • My heart seemed to stop its beating, and tears dimmed my eyes, as I gazed across the water at that distant canoe.

  • My heart seemed to stop beating, and I retained no sense other than to cling desperately to the swaying cord which alone held me from being dashed to death on the jagged rocks below.

  • The Commissaire was there even before the words of command were uttered, and my heart seemed to stop beating as his heavy hand tore aside the drapery.

  • My heart seemed to stand still at his words.

  • Another week of misery passed away, during which my heart seemed to sink and wither, while the fount of my tears, long since drained, dried up.

  • Business said I should be very generous if I gave her ten shillings; but my heart seemed to say, would it not be better to give it all?

  • I have been told that she--" Then I stopped, for my heart seemed to grow too big for my bosom.

  • Now at this my heart seemed to stop, but when I saw the light shining in my love's eyes, it beat again so joyously, and swelled so with joy, that my bosom seemed too small to contain it.

  • And yet at that moment I knew not what was fitting to say, for my heart seemed in my mouth, and every inch of my body quivered with a strange joy.

  • I could hardly breathe: my heart seemed stifling me.

  • She was already the Phryne of Athens for me, but when suddenly a light knock came on the door outside my heart seemed to stand still and I could hardly find voice to say, "Come in.

  • Then all at once he went under, and my heart seemed to stand still, but he came up again directly, shaking his head and spitting.

  • My heart seemed to give a great leap, for somebody gave me a rough push and it seemed as if I were going to be thrust down the well.

  • It all seemed to happen in a moment, and my heart seemed to stand still as I saw one treacherous savage, over six feet high, strike my uncle over the head with his club, my poor uncle falling as if he had been killed.

  • He handed me the glass, and as I looked through, my heart seemed to give a great throb, for the lovely picture I gazed upon seemed to more than realise my dreams.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    darling wife; enforce the; heart ache; heart beats; heart began; heart failure; heart full; heart gave; heart sank; heart seemed; heart tells; heart was; heart will; hearted gentlemen; hearted girl; heartily glad; hearty meal; hearty shake; hearty welcome; high hand; higher mathematics; moved away; other thing; three columns; till when; total ignorance