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Meanings of nervous twitching in English

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Usage of nervous twitching in English
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A nervous twitching affected his chin and the lobes of his ears.
The Teeth of the Tiger
2
A peculiar nervous twitching of his nostrils betrayed a poorly suppressed excitement.
Betty Zane
3
The nervous twitching of the cheek indicated his frame of mind.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
4
She started and looked at him with a nervous twitching of her eyelids.
The Miller Of Old Church
5
A nervous twitching of the Pope's features showed his suppressed irritation at this reply.
The Master-Christian
6
A nervous twitching keeps him constantly moving, and he has the leprosy:-thisis well known.
The Maid of Maiden Lane
7
A little later the eyelids were afflicted by a nervous twitching that she could not control.
Love of Life, and Other Stories
8
There was a nervous twitching of her lips.
Over the Pass
9
Frustration overtook the nervous twitching in her limbs.
Sushi for one?
10
Krasicki made no reply, but Goddard noted the nervous twitching at the corner of his mouth.
And the deep blue sea
11
Signals of distress were hung out in her quivering lip and the nervous twitching of her hands.
The Passenger from Calais
12
Here the story teller paused to collect his thoughts and conquer the nervous twitching of his lips.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
13
The light played on his features and gave him an unpleasant look of leanness and nervous twitching.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
14
About the corners of her mouth there was a nervous twitching and her whole slender body trembled.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
15
The nervous twitching of his mouth ceased.
The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
16
At this stage Mr Rockfeller showed signs of nervous twitching, and interposed by assuming an injured air:
The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
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