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As if to quell the urge, their bodies cool down a third of a degree.
When Republicans go off-beam, it is not because they indulge their far-fetched political fantasies as Democrats do, but rather because of some great urge to demonstrate that they are not ideological or extreme.
Each time the Packers resisted the pass-wacky urge and ran; all three runs were rewarded with success.
Galina had the urge to catch that trembling fork and hold it tight, not to let it shake.
Galina walked downstairs, trying to resist an urge to run.
If I decided to cross the street and go in, it must have been because I secretly wanted to start working again-without knowing it, without being aware of the urge that had been gathering inside me.