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1 After this, I could not repress the desire of speaking with him.
2 I strove-yes , Icanhonestly say, strove to repress the desire .
3 Yet this did not repress the desire for conversation; it only made us more cautious, artful, and deceptive.
4 As I cannot repress the desire , I have had to put all my energy into getting hold of sugar.
5 It is better to dribble sham sentiment in words over and over than to think it, and repress the desire to talk.
6 Gaston repressed the desire to laugh.
7 He consciously repressed the desire to turn suddenly and surprise the shadowy and yet clear figure in the gloom.
8 The young girl glanced irresolutely at the conjurer, but repressed the desire to learn more of the future, fearing her father's laughter.
9 "So good to..." His hands twitched as he repressed the desire to reach out and touch her.
10 And every time she glanced at Jim she repressed the desire to fling herself on his breast and cry out the anguish that consumed her.
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