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With a half-vexed laugh and somewhat heightened color she answered, "I imagine you won't have me all to yourself long."

From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Roe, Edward Payson

"The gracious hurry," she answered, with a half-vexed surprise in her eyes.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

But she had clapped her small hand over his mouth in a half-vexed, half-frightened way, with a definite gesture towards the next room.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

"Come, ladies and gentlemen, I move this party breaks up, or some one will get hurt," said Gus, with a half-vexed laugh.

From What Can She Do? by Roe, Edward Payson

I wonder," said Lillie, with a half-vexed air, after her partner had placed her beside her mother, while he hastened to procure some refreshments for us, "I wonder what Mr. Carlton dances for.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor