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Meanings of heave bosom in English

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Usage of heave bosom in English
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The heaving bosom could bear silence no longer; the insult was unendurable.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
2
On seeing me, she immediately dropped her head upon her heaving bosom.
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
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She fell upon her knees, folding her hands across her heaving bosom.
The Grey Cloak
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She paused with heaving bosom and then swept on in her mad discourse.
Possessed
5
Emotion she felt, for this her heaving bosom and occasionally compressed lip betokened.
The Canadian Brothers; Or, The Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the...
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Kathinka tried in vain to pass him; then, pausing, with heaving bosom, she cried:
Rabbi and Priest: A Story
7
The lady stepped out to the foot-lights with heaving bosom.
The Goose Man
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The point of the knife touched the heaving bosom of the tramp, above the heart.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
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Madeline ended, out of breath and panting, with her hands pressed upon her heaving bosom.
The Light of the Western Stars
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White of face, with heaving bosom and eyes like two glowing sapphires, she confronted them.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
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A fresh handkerchief was drawn from the heaving bosom for the fresh tears which again flowed.
People Like That: A Novel
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I dared to look up; her head was turned away, but her heaving bosom betrayed emotion.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
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I could not see her face, only the dusk of her hair and her heaving bosom.
To Have and to Hold
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With heaving bosom she leaned close above him.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
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Mary bowed her head, but her heaving bosom gave evidence of the struggle of her heart.
The Amulet
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The woman spun on her heel and faced him sharply with bent brows and a heaving bosom.
Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories