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1  The nurse gave her a fresh handkerchief, sprinkled with cologne water.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XXXVII
2  After a moment or two she uttered a profound sigh and wiped her face with the handkerchief rolled in a ball.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XXXVII
3  She carried in her hands a thin handkerchief, which she tore into ribbons, rolled into a ball, and flung from her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XVII
4  She sat on the sofa, clad in an ample white peignoir, holding a handkerchief tight in her hand with a nervous clutch.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XXXVII
5  He put on his soft hat and nervously took it off again, and wiping his face with his handkerchief, complained of the heat.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XV
6  He sipped the wine slowly, and when he had drained the glass she laid it upon the table and wiped his lips with her little filmy handkerchief.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XXX
7  She was splendid and robust, and had never appeared handsomer than in the old blue gown, with a red silk handkerchief knotted at random around her head to protect her hair from the dust.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XXIX
8  Madame Ratignolle removed her veil, wiped her face with a rather delicate handkerchief, and fanned herself with the fan which she always carried suspended somewhere about her person by a long, narrow ribbon.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In VII
9  She told her to notice particularly if a fine linen handkerchief of Monsieur Ratignolle's, which was missing last week, had been returned; and to be sure to set to one side such pieces as required mending and darning.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In XVIII
10  From his trousers pockets he took a fistful of crumpled bank notes and a good deal of silver coin, which he piled on the bureau indiscriminately with keys, knife, handkerchief, and whatever else happened to be in his pockets.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
ContextHighlight   In III