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Meanings of sudden lifting in anglès

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Usage of sudden lifting in anglès
1
Dazed by the sudden lifting of weight, all he could do was stare.
Shadows
2
There was no sudden lifting of the veil, which concealed the image from his sight.
Dawn
3
I thought there was a sudden lifting of her eyes as I pronounced this name.
The Allen House; Or, Twenty Years Ago and Now
4
She was relieved-orshe thought it was merely relief, which made a sudden lifting in her heart!
The Price of Things
5
Even as the thought came, a sudden lifting-ofthe gray mass showed the point of a high uplifted pinnacle.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
6
This sudden lifting of the burthen made him feel how heavy it had been-how terrible the responsibility-howsickening the fear.
John Halifax, Gentleman
7
But why that sudden lifting of the head, as if a spirit hand had indeed touched him with its icy fingers?
Dora Deane; Or, The East India Uncle
8
The unexpected reply was accompanied by a sudden lifting of the lashes for a rapturous look and one of the flashing smiles.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
9
What it was that he wished to do he did not know, but he felt a sudden lifting up and freedom from restraint.
The Exiles and Other Stories
10
He pointed frantically with his flute, and the officer, at the sudden lifting of his arm, made a surprised movement, which Lucas misunderstood.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
11
Riley Sinclair's words brought a flash from Arizona, a sudden lifting of the head, as if he had not before thought of hoping.
The Rangeland Avenger
12
He saw now, with a clarity that was like the sudden lifting of some blind before a lighted window, that he had been beguiled, betrayed.
The Prelude to Adventure
13
'Your Italy is a witch,' he said, with a sudden lifting of eyes and voice, 'and there are too many people that love her!'
Eleanor
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Sudden lifting across language varieties
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