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Claws digging, feet kicking, the cat attacked the dog.

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The raccoon, a scavenger, enjoys eating turtle eggs.

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Hissing, slithering, and coiling, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey.

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The old, white-whiskered rancher rode the runaway horse into town.

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The large moose, red-eyed and angry, charged the intruder.

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And then suddenly, in the very dead of night, there came a sound to my ears, clear, resonant, and unmistakable.

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I saw a dog, a German Shepard, run past our house yesterday.

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The mountain climber edged along the cliff, hands shaking, feet trembling.

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Two armed men robbed the grocery store.

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Dripping, laughing, scrubbing, we gave our dog a bath.

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