Example Sentences

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He is, in fact, a sort of Master of the Castle, and though he is very self-suppressing, is a man of rarely fine qualities. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram

The sound of her own voice speaking these words, though the tone was low and tender and more self-suppressing by far than was her wont, seemed to peal like thunder in her own ears. 

From The Man by Stoker, Bram