Example Sentences

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Mose who had been screwing up his face began again: "Feller knock me down have me to w—w—w—w—whup."

From The Starbucks by Read, Opie Percival

Old Sally had been screwing up her lips and shaking her head solemnly ever since Tuvvy’s name had been mentioned.

From Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes by Barnes, Robert

"Who can it be?" thought Hepzibah, who had been screwing her visual organs into the acutest focus of which they were capable.

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel