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Before the verdict and while the lawyers and judge were summing up, most people felt that life imprisonment for Hauptmann would be sufficient, because of the circumstantial nature of the evidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sandbag landed almost as an afterthought, as Shultz and Gorbachev were summing up their discussion.

From Time Magazine Archive

About him the Webb men were summing up the votes needed to bring in their leader.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

The Rat realized that he was looking him over as if he were summing him up.

From The Lost Prince by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

He spoke the short sentences in a level voice, as though he were summing up the results of a business conference.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith