Example Sentences

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"I am alarming you," Mr. Birch said, quickly.

From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

Please to remember, end how it may, that I only speak because you have insisted on my speaking, and because I see that I am alarming you by my silence. 

From No Thoroughfare by Collins, Wilkie