He swallowed drily and tried to maintain his identity.

And dismissing me, no doubt, he thought, discomfort making him swallow drily.

Gwenlyn swallowed drily, struggling to squash her growing panic.

He swallowed drily, his blood panicked through him, the sound still building in his throat.

As his eyes adjusted to the gloom, he swallowed drily.

She raised the blade again, swallowing drily.

Now and then she swallowed drily, and her ribs heaved.

Gazing into eyes that were suddenly like warm velvet, she swallowed drily as an unbearable excitement flooded her.

She swallowed drily and asked huskily, 'Why can't we go down the ladder this way?'

His lips shaped the word almost without sound, and she nodded, swallowing drily.