1
He bowed, in silent acknowledgment that it was so-andbegan to toy nervously with the gold vase which Lucilla had left on the table.
2
Your mother stood for a moment toying nervously with her white, trembling fingers.
3
He made no answer, but toyed nervously with a paper cutter.
4
His fingers are toying nervously at a bit of torn fringe upon the coverlet.
5
He remained silent for a moment or two toying nervously with a paper knife.
6
Mercy's fingers toyed nervously with the trinkets at her watch-chain.
7
She wore a sickly grin, and toyed nervously with the firedrops around her neck.
8
He toys nervously with his hat and backs out of the hall to the door.
9
The adjutant was toying nervously with his sword-knot.
10
Her own toyed nervously with his coat-lapel, twisting and twirling a button as he went on.
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Diana toyed nervously with a fork.
12
The fingers of her right hand toyed nervously with the small pendant that hung on a chain around her neck.
13
The deep lace collar at her throat rose and fell, and her fingers toyed nervously with a ribbon of her grey bodice.
14
Joseph toys nervously with the huge diamond, which is a badge "de rigueur" of his rank and grade as a bonanza king.
15
When Tomara still did not return, she dressed quickly and sat down by the fire, toying nervously with the strand of pearls on her breast.
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Then, in a decisive voice, while his fingers toyed nervously with his monocle, he added, "I have resolved to end it once and for all."