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And there I was, numbering myself among them in the most unambiguous way possible.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2018

It opened clear on my comprehension that Helen Burns was numbering her last days in this world, and that she was going to be taken to the region of spirits, if such region there were.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Typist and stenographer, or secretary or translator in French and German and Rumanian" she was numbering off the occupations on her fingers as she listed them "or even governess, if there isn't anything else.

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

He knew not what occupied her eyes or thoughts,—fancied, may-be, that she was numbering the books of the library, or engaged in some equally diverting occupation.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various

While she was numbering the pages, Barker came in and Kirkwood drew him into a corner, where they conversed earnestly.

From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana