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However incongruous it was there, and the lips that had been framing a cruel retort merely gave utterance to a quiet acquiescence.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

Bill swiftly added another to that list of qualities which he had been framing on his homeward journey.

From Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Whatever question Mr. Goldstein had been framing, he was not permitted to use this part of the record.

From The After House by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

He had been framing a steady countenance to answer to all interrogatories.

From The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story by Reeve, Clara