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A half-shocked and half-indignant expression came into her face as she mentally grasped the situation, and she replied with emphasis: "Certainly! just wait a minute."

From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George

The captains, who had not relished the proposed reduction even to 150 tons, were half-amused and half-indignant.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert

Dolly looked in amazement at the group of angry men and at the half-frightened, half-indignant faces of Dotty and Tod.

From Two Little Women by Wells, Carolyn

No, mother," answered Curdie, half-beseeching, half-indignant, "I will not insult my new gift by making pretence to try it.

From The Princess and Curdie by MacDonald, George

Anna was not a little thing at all, and she would have been half-amused and half-indignant if she had known that that was the impression she had made on him.

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth