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1  Everything was sent flying and crashing.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER V
2  Only a big fly buzzed and fluttered against the window pane.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VI
3  I saw at once that the bird was flying into the cage of herself.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 6: CHAPTER IV
4  A fly flew up suddenly and struck the window pane with a plaintive buzz.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VI
5  Some flies woke up and settled on the untouched veal, which was still on the table.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 6: CHAPTER VI
6  He felt as though he were flying upwards, and everything were vanishing from his sight.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER II
7  He brought his fist down heavily on the kitchen stove, hurt his hand and sent one of the bricks flying.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER II
8  Now he was in a state bordering on ecstasy, and all that he had drunk seemed to fly to his head with redoubled effect.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER I
9  The gentleman heard him, and seemed about to fly into a rage again, but thought better of it, and confined himself to a contemptuous look.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV