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Australia delivered a decent bowling effort, with Gardner's spell and Kim Garth's economical opening burst the highlights, but the frustration for England was that they softly handed them their wickets.
Something about being touched softly made me nervous.
Dominick’s present-day reaction to seeing the gotcha intro to “I Married a Horse” is to giggle softly, then gesture with both hands like an orchestra conductor cueing a “ta-dah!” from the brass section.
Santa Tecum wept softly as she hugged the clear plastic folder of photos to her chest.
When the music changed to “Joy to the World,” an elderly man started singing along softly, pretending to conduct an orchestra with one hand as the other rested on his wheelchair.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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