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1  Mammy shifted from one foot to another like a restive elephant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  He shifted her to one knee and, leaning back, reached for a cigar and lit it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
3  Ashamed that she was poor and reduced to galling shifts and penury and work that negroes should do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  The Simmons boys were so busy they were operating their brick kiln with three shifts of labor a day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  "I ain't takin no orders from you," he said briefly, shifting his wad of tobacco to the other cheek.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLV
6  They were too well bred to whisper but they shifted on their feet and stared at Carreen's bowed head.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XL
7  Everyone laughed except Peter, who shifted from one large splayed foot to the other in mounting indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
8  He shifted his wad of tobacco to the other cheek and, without waiting for an invitation, sat down on the top step.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  Her sore foot, forgotten in the excitement, now gave a tremendous throb that made her grit her teeth and shift her weight to the heel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  So he stayed and, gradually, unobtrusively, a large part of the burden of Tara shifted from Scarlett's shoulders to the bony shoulders of Will Benteen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
11  She took the handkerchief and wiped her damp cheeks, a little relief stealing over her as if she had shifted some of her burden to his broad shoulders.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVII