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Penelope was so excited she could barely keep from galloping; with great willpower she held herself to a fast trot.

She was so excited by her flash of insight that she could hardly keep from clapping her hands.

Much of the time I was depressed just trying to keep from drowning in the maelstrom of events and emotions swirling around him.

After the first wave, Ryoichi Usuzawa clambered over the rubble between his rooftop and another building, holding on to a downed power line to keep from being swept away by the water.

He’d called her “child” to keep from killing her.